was at a dinner with 10 others this past Tuesday evening.
I noticed two things about the menu, ocopa is no longer on the menu and there is now a $3 corkage fee per bottle of alcohol or 6 pack of beer. (the corkage fee was not charge for our group despite a bottle of pisco, some craft beers and a 6 of Modelo)
We all really enjoyed a number of items:
Empanadas - choice of cheese, chicken, or ground beef. We opted for some cheese & also some ground beef empanadas. Both were terrific, tasty flakey crust and savory filling, gound beef had a bit of hard boiled egg in it.
Papa Rellena - mashed potato stuffed with seasoned beef, onions, egg, olive and raisings. served with salsa criolla (onions in lime juice). Again delicious, the beef, onions, olives etc are packed in the center of a small football shaped scoop of mashed potato then quickly deep fried.
Anticuchos = 2 seasoned beef heart skewers. grilled, marinade included soy sauce so had a teriyaki like flavor in addition to the VERY beefy taste.
For our entrees:
Arroz Con Mariscos = seasoned rice cooked with seafood, green peas and peppers
Lomo Saltado = beef slices sautéed with onions and tomatoes. served with white rice and home cut french fries
Peruvian style rotisserie (charcoal grilled) chicken, served with sides of fried yucca and sweet plantain, chicken was very moist and full of flavor.
Lamb stew with beans = slowly simmered pieces of lamb served with beans and rice
All the above was delicious, only item that was a bit off was the seafood fried rice, flavors just didn't pop like the last time I had enjoyed it.
I did absolutely nothing and it was everything I thought it could be.