"As a brief heat wave gripped the city on Saturday night, I found myself craving cold beers and hot meat skewers. Usually I seek out a proper Uzbek or Japanese restaurant for this sort of thing, something along the lines of Farida or Yakitori Totto, but I decided to roll the dice on a relative newcomer this time, the Peruvian-themed Kausa in Hell’s Kitchen. And in no time at all I was sipping cool Andean lagers and using my fork to slide grilled corazon off hot metal rods. Kausa does a fine job with these traditional anticuchos ($13), the famous South American street snack of spiced and singed beef hearts. The meat itself sported complex layers of smoke and gaminess, while a veneer of sauce kept all the stronger flavors in check with notes of garlic, salt, and chile. — Ryan Sutton, chief critic" - Eater Staff
