Peruvian Food Guide

Best Peruvian Dishes to Order for Pickup

Some plates are happy in a box. Others want a table. This is how we sort the menu when the meal is leaving the building.

Plates that travel

Pollo a la brasa is the safest box on the menu. The rotisserie chicken stays juicy after a ride, and you can keep the sauces off it until you are home. The quarter-bird plate, sides included, is $12.99 before tax. A half with its two sides is $16.99. The bird alone is $19.99. The $31.99 line adds that whole bird to two large sides. The pollo a la brasa page is the long version of the bird.

Lomo saltado travels because the fries, the rice and the wok beef are already one plate. It is $21.99 before tax. Lomo saltado is the page to read if you want the stir-fry and not a stew. Ají de gallina, shredded chicken in yellow chili and walnut sauce over rice, is $16.99 and was built as a saucy plate, so a closed container suits it. See ají de gallina.

Arroz chaufa is fried rice, which is almost designed for a lid. Chicken chaufa is $16.99, beef is $17.99 and the mixed plate is $18.99, all before tax. The arroz chaufa page covers the chifa rice. Tallarín saltado is the noodle cousin: chicken is $18.99 and beef is $20.99. Tallarín saltado explains the soy noodles. Tallarín verde, basil-spinach pasta with chicken or with steak, is $20.99 either way, on tallarín verde.

Plates to eat here

Ceviche is lime-cured fish. Give it time in a car and the onion softens, the juice pools, and the texture you came for is gone. Fish ceviche is $17.99 before tax, with sweet potato and choclo. Eat it in the dining room. The ceviche page is written for that plate, not for a later box.

Fried seafood is the other plate to eat here. Jalea, the crisp mix of fish, calamari and shrimp over yuca, is $22.99 before tax, and it is best while it is still crisp. A closed box steams it soft. If you still take jalea home, eat it first, not after the rice. Chicharrón de pescado, the fried fish bites, is $19.99 and belongs in the same “eat it now” group.

Ask for sauces on the side

Ají verde, ají rocoto and huancaína are sold by the cup: $0.99, $0.99 and $1.49 before tax. On a pickup, ask for them beside the food instead of on it. A child can skip the rocoto, and the fried things stay crisp a little longer. The sauce guide says what each cup actually is, using the menu’s own words.

How pickup ordering works

Orders go through our own page, not through a delivery app. You pay when you place the order. Choose ASAP or a later slot. ASAP usually needs about 20 minutes of prep. The number you see is the menu number, before tax. The last online order is taken 15 minutes before closing. A 4% card fee applies. The daily specials stay in the dining room, except the Mon/Wed/Thu whole-chicken deal, which is on that page too at lunch (11:30 AM–3 PM). Parking at the restaurant does not carry a fee.

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday the room runs a lunch service and a dinner service, with a gap in the afternoon. Friday and Saturday are the long day. Sunday is the shorter day. Tuesday: closed, so there is nothing to pick up. If the group is large enough that you are counting whole birds, use the pollo portions guide before you guess.

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