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Chilean food anyone? I was coming back to Chilenazo after a while so that I could savor its food and review the restaurant. It is a small place in a strip mall on Canoga Avenue in Canoga Park, with friendly and excellent service. My plan was to only have empanadas. I ordered the shrimp with cheese and the beef empanadas. Both were superb. I had to wait for both empanadas and they came out piping hot. Seems they were flash baked because the crusts were crisp. One could taste the shrimp in the empanada and its flavor was not overwhelmed by the cheese. The beef empanada had a very mild flavor and also contained raisins and hard-boiled egg parts. What I liked most was that both the empanada dough coverings had different colors, different finger and mouth feel, different texture and different taste. Salsa Verde was my favorite salsa. It had tones of cilantro, garlic and Serano chilies. There is a reason why I go into a restaurant and only order appetizers and leave. This is especially true when there are other items on the menu that catch my eye (here it was Chilean pies, tamale, chicken, beef and fish dishes). This gives me the opportunity and the excuse to come back soon. That is my wish for Chilenazo.