Highway 311 - Peruvian cuisine
This is a Latin American restaurant with special focus on Peruvian cuisine located in JLT. They invited me to try out their food.
I've had Peruvian food just a couple of times earlier and had mixed feelings. I really liked some dishes but didn't quite enjoy some.
On this particular day, we were the only ones here. The ambience is yellow-ish and gave a bit of a dull feeling.
We called for some guacamole as we decided on the food. The guacamole was certainly very nice along with the tortilla chips.
guacamole.
There were a lot of interesting dishes, and since we didn't have much experience with Peruvian cuisine we stuck to their recommendations, so as to end up trying their best dishes.
We started with a half-combo of the pollo a la barsa. It consists of half grilled chicken. It is served along with two dips - a green spicy dip, and a yellow mild dip. Since I love spicy, the green one really appealed to me. It had green chillies in it and it might be a bit too much for most people. The chicken itself tasted good, but felt a bit dry.
Then we had the Lomo Saltado. This is a stir-fry of beef tenderloins, and noodles (you can have it with rice instead). The noodles tasted delicious in the sauce, and I took a few more helpings, but the beef was hard and chewy. It was a task to have it.
Being a fan of prawns, the Camaron Huracan caught our attention. This dish consists of tiger prawns fried and served with zesty dynamite sauce. These taste similar to dynamite prawns but are partially de-shelled; it still has the head. This did taste pretty good and had the zesty hint to it.
For sides along with our mains, we had causa de pollo. They translated this as mashed potato. Being a big fan of potato, I was looking forward to it. When they got this, we were a bit dumbstruck since we couldn't figure out which is this dish among the ones that we've ordered. When he said it is mashed potato, we we furthermore surprised. This didn't look anything like we were expecting. Firstly, the potato was not the usual one that we're used to. Secondly, this also had avocado, and shredded chicken in it. It might sound interesting, but the taste was just about okay. I googled it too, and it did look identical to the one that they served us, but perhaps it wasn't meant for my tastebuds.
the other side dish was arooz verde. This is green Peruvian rice that is cooked in a special broth. It was a bit stickier, and tasted alright.
I think the desserts are what we liked more than all the savoury items.
We had a chocolate cake. It might not be Peruvian, but this was heavenly. It was moist, fudgy, and chocolatey. I literally couldn't stop at one bite.
The other one is a Peruvian dessert known as the crema volteada de quinoa. It is similar to the caramel custard but has quinoa flour in it. This tasted good, but I think you need to be used to this flavour, and not have pre-conceived notions before having; then only you'll like it. It is topped with caramel too.
It was just an average experience overall. I think this place is for a particular target audience that has developed a taste for this cuisine, and I'm not one of them.
I've had Peruvian food just a couple of times earlier and had mixed feelings. I really liked some dishes but didn't quite enjoy some.
On this particular day, we were the only ones here. The ambience is yellow-ish and gave a bit of a dull feeling.
We called for some guacamole as we decided on the food. The guacamole was certainly very nice along with the tortilla chips.
guacamole.
There were a lot of interesting dishes, and since we didn't have much experience with Peruvian cuisine we stuck to their recommendations, so as to end up trying their best dishes.
We started with a half-combo of the pollo a la barsa. It consists of half grilled chicken. It is served along with two dips - a green spicy dip, and a yellow mild dip. Since I love spicy, the green one really appealed to me. It had green chillies in it and it might be a bit too much for most people. The chicken itself tasted good, but felt a bit dry.
Then we had the Lomo Saltado. This is a stir-fry of beef tenderloins, and noodles (you can have it with rice instead). The noodles tasted delicious in the sauce, and I took a few more helpings, but the beef was hard and chewy. It was a task to have it.
Being a fan of prawns, the Camaron Huracan caught our attention. This dish consists of tiger prawns fried and served with zesty dynamite sauce. These taste similar to dynamite prawns but are partially de-shelled; it still has the head. This did taste pretty good and had the zesty hint to it.
For sides along with our mains, we had causa de pollo. They translated this as mashed potato. Being a big fan of potato, I was looking forward to it. When they got this, we were a bit dumbstruck since we couldn't figure out which is this dish among the ones that we've ordered. When he said it is mashed potato, we we furthermore surprised. This didn't look anything like we were expecting. Firstly, the potato was not the usual one that we're used to. Secondly, this also had avocado, and shredded chicken in it. It might sound interesting, but the taste was just about okay. I googled it too, and it did look identical to the one that they served us, but perhaps it wasn't meant for my tastebuds.
the other side dish was arooz verde. This is green Peruvian rice that is cooked in a special broth. It was a bit stickier, and tasted alright.
I think the desserts are what we liked more than all the savoury items.
We had a chocolate cake. It might not be Peruvian, but this was heavenly. It was moist, fudgy, and chocolatey. I literally couldn't stop at one bite.
The other one is a Peruvian dessert known as the crema volteada de quinoa. It is similar to the caramel custard but has quinoa flour in it. This tasted good, but I think you need to be used to this flavour, and not have pre-conceived notions before having; then only you'll like it. It is topped with caramel too.
It was just an average experience overall. I think this place is for a particular target audience that has developed a taste for this cuisine, and I'm not one of them.
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