David K.
Yelp
I wanted a light lunch and I when I stumbled on this I knew my search was over. It could not have been more perfect. I had a drink and a ceviche. It's a beautiful place, with brightly colored wall murals, ceramic tiles on the bar front, and half the table seats were actually swings with padded seats and elaborate rope work. I tried the swings. Nice for relaxing with a drink maybe; not so great for eating though. The elaborate graffiti style artwork all over the Wynwood district, visible from the outside porch seating area, contributed to the colorful ambience.
This being a Peruvian restaurant (they describe it as "Peruvian With an Asian Kick") I knew I had to have a Pisco Sour. Good choice: obviously fresh squeezed lime juice, just enough sweetness, adequate liquor, a good head from the egg whites, and, unusually, something called Creole Bitters, which I'd never encountered before. This was served with a complimentary bowl of "crispy concha corn," which I think was deep fried corn kernels, salted and spiced.
The seviche was excellent, comprised of 4 (!) seafoods: shrimp, mahi-mahi, octopus, and calamari. As well as sweet potato, slivered onions, more concha corn, and choclo which was new to me and resembles hominy. Served with fried plantain on the side: thicker and not quite as crunchy as plantain chips from a bag. The seafood was all very fresh and the four kinds with the different shapes and flavors made it really stand out above other seviches I've had. They were all good but the shrimp really stood out for its sweet flavor and the calamari with no disagreeable rubbery texture that's common. The way they do seviche here is it comes with a base sauce called "leche de tigre" to which you can choose to add one more sauce if you wish. There were 5 to choose from and I was indecisive so the waiter brought small samples of each! I decided on the Aji Amarillo, fruity and spicy. When you order it with an optional sauce the ingredients are served on top of that sauce, with the base leche de tigre served in a separate bowl for dipping. This was a good way to do it so you could vary the flavor, using more of one or the other sauce as you wished. I was impressed with the portion size for what I thought a very reasonable price ($19) considering the cost of seafood these days.
Being a Peruvian/Asian fusion restaurant they also have sushi rolls and wok stir-fries too. All the items are listed on a delightfully colorful menu (see photo). And a very large selection of drinks including beer, sangria, and cocktails.