My friend came here before and said it's not bad so I decided to try. It's Peruvian food which I don't think I've tried before. This is my dine out #3 ($30 each). The place was quite small and dark. We were seated at the bar, I normally don't like sitting at bars because it feels like they can hear what we are saying haha. Well, I wasn't on a date so doesn't really matter but still.
The service was good, the lady was very nice and the bar tender was very nice too. I was taking pictures of the food but I think he heard me say it's so yellow and he got his cellphone and turned on the light for me. And he said "
you should drink the tap water". I don't like tap water lol!
It was a 4 course menu. Anyways, I ordered aji amarillo chili seafood chowder, tacu tacu, mejillones caliente, ginger and mango pound cake. My friend got quinoa solterto, lomo saltado, bolas de yucca, Peruvian caramel shortbread cookies.
I know it's weird looking at all those names, it's like what is that? The chowder, I'm sure you all know what it is. It was not bad, there were quite a bit of stuff in there, different seafood but didn't take time to see what they were, potatoes and other stuff. It had a little kick to it which I like.
My friend's quinoa was very good. It had a tangy taste to it which was very appetizing.
Mejillones caliente, it was mussel in some tomatoe sauce. It was good but I thought another restaurant was better but that restaurant is famous for their mussel so it's a different story. I thought the other one is better because of the flavour. Chicha wasn't as strong as that other restaurant and I guess I prefer something with more flavour? I kind of hope they can put tomatoes rather than red peppers, I'm not really a pepper person but I ate it all. It came with a bread, it was kind of hard on my teeth (crunchy) but it was not bad. Not sure what that black stuff was on it though.
Tacu tacu, sorry but I didn't really like this. Maybe I was too full? There were a lot of root veggie in it so it makes me even more full and the black thing was a stuffed thing and it tasted like some Indian food. I didn't know there was cheese and I ate it. I didn't want to spit it out so I swallowed it and drank some water. Other than that I thought it looked pretty.
Lomo saltado were fries with steak which I thought was pretty good. It's like comfort food. I should have ordered that, oh well.
Balas de yucca were croquettes, my friend said it was stuffed with cheese. Nope, didn't want to try.
The pound cake was very good, it said ginger and mango but I didn't really taste ginger. I think there were some mango taste? I just see cream and strawberries. It was very soft and not too sweet. There was a gooseberry and it wasn't as sour as I thought.
The shortbread cookies were good too, I tried a bit and it kind of have a lemon taste to it which was really nice. Not overly sweet as well.
Overall, not bad, I liked everything except that one. I always make bad choices haha. Yes, I think I would come back again, not a bad place.
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