Rick Powell
This is a popular place midday, so it felt like a long time before I got my anticuchos, and even longer, much longer, for my chicharron de pollo. The anticuchos were worth the wait, accompanied by papa a la huancaína, which wasn't listed as being part of the dish on the menu. It didn't come with choclo or cancha, which was. :-( The beef hearts were delicious, sliced thinner than Rawa, more tender and tastier, too, and served atop sweet potato on a long black rectangular platter. Nice presentation. A light eater would have found this dish big enough for a meal.
I wasn't thrilled with the fried chicken though. It was a tad overcooked -- the white meat had started to get stringy, if only just. Also, the batter could have used some seasoning. I didn't care at all for the french fries, but then I rarely do in this town. They were over-fried, and the smaller sticks were too brown and hard. Can't complain about the generous serving size. I had to take the leftovers to go.
The green aji sauce was great, by the way, with a decent amount of heat, and a nice citrus bite.
To be fair, though, I think I ordered the wrong things. The vacationing Peruvian family next to me pigged out on lots of great looking seafood, including a mountainous serving of ceviche, a parfait glass of leche de tigre (the ceviche came with is own little pitcher of the stuff, too) and a giant mound of rice with all sorts of seafood. They looked happy and said so when I asked.
On the other hand, the ceviche and other seafood dishes were 100-120 pesos more than similar offerings at Rawa, though if memory serves, the serving sizes can't compare.
I'll be back to try it all.
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