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Mi Peru
1450 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Henderson, 89052
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Phone: 702-220-4652
Fax: 702-220-3651
http://www.miperugrill.com
raymi@miperugrill.com
Thursday through Sunday, the restaurant serves Peru’s most popular dish, pollo a la brasa, or rotisserie chicken. What makes this version distinctive isn’t the bird, which is fine, but rather the aji sauce. Peruvians eat their roast chicken with fries and salad, so in that respect, they aren’t so different from us. From there, you can work your way through a raft of beef, chicken and fish dishes, all of which come in oversized portions and are intensely flavored. One of the most satisfying is tacu tacu con lomo saltado, sautéed beef, onions and tomatoes, alongside the densest mass of stewed rice and beans on the planet. Peru has a huge coast and an enormous fishing industry, so it’s no surprise that these seafood preparations are impressive. Jalea is a literal mountain of deep-fried shellfish and corn, plus onions, potatoes and tartar sauce.
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This small, informal restaurant serves Peruvian fare - duh. We started off with a complimentary salad of jicama, carrots, cucumber and onion in lime juice and a cup of aji dipping sauce. This salad proved to be both spicy, refreshing and the best dish we consumed this evening.
Our shared appetizer was papa a la huancaina - boiled potatoes covered with a mild aji sauce and cream. I could not taste the aji sauce and the overall flavor was muted. I also tried a glass of chica morado -- a purple corn drink which was pretty good though it won't be replacing diet Pepsi at Hacienda de Westie.
Ann ordered arroz con Mariscos -- a mixed seafood dish with rice billed as being Peru's take on paella. I settled on a mixed seafood soup called parihucla that the menu described as Peru's take on bouillabaisse. Both entrees were bland and compared unfavorably to their better known counterparts.
Posted by: westie on 10/5/09 at 10:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
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