South American in Miami New Times
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This huge multilevel restaurant looks more like a corporate convention’s dining facility than a bistro. But when the upper tier is filled with packed buffet tables on Sunday, the lack of intimacy pales in comparison to the phenomenal deal: The $29.95 all-you-can-eat brunch for two even includes all-you-can-drink bubbly. At nonbrunch times, it’s best to […]
Awarded by New Times for having the Best Arepas in 2009, this small, nondescript eatery is situated in a small strip mall. You’d never guess the goodies that await you inside. The place is loaded with indigenous crafts and trinkets, and the staff is friendly and helpful to newbies – someone will gladly explain any […]
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Peruvian-Cantonese is exotica anywhere, and especially in this strip-mall setting. But the accommodating Chifa puts it all together. Asparagus (made of egg-drop, chicken, and asparagus) and fuchifu (egg-drop, chicken liver, and vegetables) soups are rich ways to begin. Lots of deep-fried appetizers, too — pigeon, shrimp roll with almonds, and crab claws. Get duck prepared […]
Beer & tapas make a great pair. Just ask the regulars at this unassuming spot. As far as brew options, they’ve got somewhere in the neighborhood of 80 bottles of beer on the wall — plus drafts, wine and cocktails to boot. Pair your fave fermented option with tapas, including quesadillas, tacos, nachos and hot […]
The roasted eggplant dip at Driftwood Room, the new restaurant at the revamped Nautilus South Beach Hotel, arrives packed inside a charred zucchini. Diners have two options: Plunge the accompanying pita slices into the tangy eggplant, or cut right into the zucchini and enjoy two tasty vegetables in one bite, sans bread. Such was the […]
Few diners can resist this casual, traditional Peruvian eatery’s jalea mixta, a platter of lightly battered fried seafood and yuca garnished with a crunchy chili-and-lime-marinated onion-and-pepper topping that beautifully balances the dish’s grease component. One order is a meal for two, but if four split it as a starter, they could sample some of the […]
Although the menu boasts a variety of Peruvian dishes, the star at El Pollon Grill is the chicken. Prepared rotisserie-style, it’s juicy and tender with a crisp brown skin. Order it with a side of French fries and salsa huanca
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This northern outpost of two-decades-old Peruvian restaurant El Francesco, renowned as one of Lima’s top seafood spots, fills a niche — change “niche” to “humongous hole” — left gaping by Miami’s other Peruvian eateries, tasty though the food at some of these luncheonette-looking places may be. Namely it’s upscale. The food’s a dress-up version of […]
Peruvian restaurant GK Bistronomie is a play on the words “bistro” and “gastronomy.” Chef/partner Rafael Perez previously owned four restaurants in Ecuador, one of which, Zazu, in Quito, earned a place among the top 300 restaurants in the world by Relais & Ch
At this comfortable and inviting Argentine steak house, nothing succeeds like excess, as in enormous portions of hugely flavorful, precisely cooked beef that cost a fraction of what they would at your typical American-style meatery. An encyclopedic wine list and suave, professional service add to the enjoyment of meats cooked on the grill or the […]
Henry Hané’s Jattö is one of the most interesting restaurants in Wynwood. The restaurant cites the cuisines of Peru, Colombia, and Spain as influences, but Hané and chef Aleric “AJ” Constantin have constructed a menu that offers comfort food like suckling pig BBQ tips and patatas bravas with a chef-driven touch. The cocktail menu is as interesting, with plays on […]
KokoRiko ain’t McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, or Starbucks. It is, more or less, a Colombian KFC. The space is brightly lit, and the small, simple menu offers family meals. Choices include quarter-chicken platters (fried or rotisserie white or dark meat or chicken tenders) with a side of white rice and one of many sides (ranging from […]
No animal has suffered more abuse at the hands of corporate and incompetent amateur cooks than the chicken. La Granja, though, gives this wildly popular, often-abused bird the respect it’s due, carefully roasting it until the skin turns bronze and crispy and the meat tender and juicy. The Kendall outpost of this chain of Peruvian-style […]
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Peruvian culinary ambassador Gastón Acurio’s Miami outpost at the chic Mandarin Oriental on Brickell Key merges the humble cevicher
It’s 3 o’clock Saturday morning, and you’ve been out drinking around Brickell. There’s a good chance you’ll be among the other hungry partygoers who flood this small restaurant for a hangover-curing, Colombian-style fast-food fix. But fast food at 3 a.m. is not the only reason people flock here. Weekdays at lunchtime, the humble spot is […]
Discreetly tucked away in a Miami strip mall, La Patagonia Argentina offers great Argentine fare and top service at reasonable prices. Popular dishes include entraña ($15.95), a grilled skirt steak served with mixed greens; pollo Santa Cruz ($11.95), chicken stuffed with spinach in a creamy mozzarella sauce served with butter-herb potatoes; and ravioles de espinaca […]
Foodies the world over are well aware that, quite often, no-frills = best food. Such is the case with Las Delicias Peruanas. Set in Wynwood with a nondescript gray exterior, this little spot serves up some of Miami’s best Peruvian cuisine and seafood favorites. From ceviches of fish, shrimp, octopus, mixed shellfish and more to […]