Clockwise: aji sauce, maracuya (passion fruit juice), Kola Inglesa, chicha morada (purple corn drink spiced with cinnamon, clove, pineapple, and sweet pepper).
Ensalada de calamares ($10.95). Nice and tangy. The calamari was fresh with a good snap, but the dish wasn't my favorite. Not my order, and I wouldn't order it again if I had the choice.
Chicharron de pescado ($10.95). Crunchy golden fish bites? With criolla salsa? Yes, please! Even Little Monkey Niece gobbled these up. We told her they were chicken nuggets. It's easy to trick three-year-olds.
Tallarin de camaron y carne ($13.95). This stir-fried spaghetti with shrimp, beef, onions, and tomatoes was very Chinese-like. Yummers.
Mojarra frita ($11.95). I love whole fried tilapia! This guy looked straight at me and said, "I'm effing delicious!" A very self-aware fish.
By the time we left, the place was completely packed.
And with good reason.
oooh, this place looks good!
ReplyDeletei love your line about the "self-aware" fish...cracks me up!
There is nothing like a whole fried fish. The crunchy salty skin is to DIE FOR.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the morning drool session!
I love the caption for the fish photo.
ReplyDelete"It's easy to trick three-year-olds."
ReplyDeleteThis was my favorite part. I'm guessing she didn't eat any of the the whole fried tilapia.
the "it's chicken nuggets!" line used to work with the teen.
ReplyDeleteone day, she realized it had the wrong texture.
and now, she won't touch anything that swims.
Mmmm...I'm going to miss eating at this place. Thanks to you I discovered it. I took one of the guys there to eat once so hopefully Mamita's will continue to be enjoyed after I'm gone.
ReplyDeleteHmm. Maybe I should eat there for lunch today.
Any sauce served in a squeeze bottle is fine by me.
ReplyDeletePeruvian food is pretty much always good. I never thought about it before I moved to Chile, and now it's up there in my favorite food ethnicities.
ReplyDeleteI too loved that you tricked LMN into eating fish. Hopefully by the time she realizes that it's not chicken she also realizes that fish is yummy!
loved the tilapia comment
ReplyDeletethat catfish looks like the one we had in costa rica... prepared the same way... yum
ReplyDeletemmmm - I'm all over anything fried. especially fish.
ReplyDeleteNot gonna lie. That fish really creeps me out.
ReplyDeletei want some of those fish bites. and the fried whole fish.
ReplyDeletei could eat on aji alone.
ReplyDeleteOther than very fresh fish, the food in Peru was not very noteworthy. Another Lomo Saltado? No thanks. Then again, the food looked nothing like the deliciousness in these pictures. Mmmm, fish.
ReplyDeleteEwww that fishy picture ewwwww!
ReplyDeleteI have yet to try this place and it's so close to my 'hood.
ReplyDeleteThis place looks great!
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