Taste of Peru Menu

4.4
(1,100+ Reviews)
  • Appetizers

    • Empanada De Carne O Pollo

      Your choice of chicken or beef pastry.
      $3.75
    • Ensalada De Palta

      Avocado salad with lettuce & tomatoes marinated in sweet onions.
      $7.50
    • Papa A La Huancaina

      Sliced boiled potato under a fresh yellow cheese sauce.
      $8.00
    • Yuca A La Huancaina

      Sliced boiled yucca under a fresh cheese sauce.
      $8.50
    • Ensalada De Mariscos

      Super-fresh seafood salad.
      $17.50
    • Palta Rellena De Pollo

      Avocado halves filled with a chicken and vegetable mayonnaise salad.
      $9.00
    • Palta Rellena De Vegetales

      Avocado halves filled with a vegetable mayonnaise salad.
      $7.50
    • Papa Rellena

      Mashed potato stuffed with a mixture of seasoned rib eye steak, eggs, raisins, & olives. Served with sweet onions.
      $8.00
    • Anticuchos De Carne O Pollo

      Peruvian shish kebabs (2 per order) marinated with Peruvian spices. Your choice of beef or chicken.
      $8.00
    • Tamal - Guy Fieri's Favorite

      Peruvian-style corn tamal made with chicken or veggie. Served with a garnish of lime and sweet onions.
      $7.00
    • Coctel De Camarones

      Shrimp cocktail
      $17.50
    • Coctel De Mariscos

      Mixed seafood cocktail
      $17.50
    • Ceviche De Corvina

      Fresh corvina marinated in lime juice & spices. Served with potato, onions, Peruvian corn, & sweet potato.
      $19.50
    • Ceviche Mixto

      Mixed seafood, marinated in lime juice & Peruvian spices. Served with potato, onions, Peruvian corn, & sweet potato.
      $19.50
    • Ceviche De Camarones

      Fresh Gulf shrimp, marinated in lime juice & spices. Served with potato, onions, Peruvian corn, & sweet potato.
      $18.00
    • Ceviche Especial

      Mixed seafood & fresh corvina, marinated in lime juice & Peruvian spices. Served with potato, onions, Peruvian corn, & sweet potato.
      $20.50
    • Choros A La Chalaca

      Half a dozen mussels on the shell marinated in lime and served smothered in a salsa of corn, tomatoes, & onion.
      $9.00
    • Choros A La Chalaca

      A dozen mussels on the shell marinated in lime and served smothered in a salsa of corn, tomatoes, & onion.
      $17.00
    • Tiradito De Corvina

      Fresh corvina marinated in Peruvian spices and aji Amarillo.
      $19.50
    • Chicharron De Calamar

      Fresh squid served with a garnish of lime & sweet onions.
      $12.75
  • Weekend Specials

    • Ocopa

      Boiled potato under a green fresh cheese cream made with peanuts and Huacatay (Peruvian black mint)
      $9.00
    • Causa De Vegetales

      Mashed potatoes filled with vegetables.
      $8.00
    • Causa De Pollo

      Mashed potatoes filled with chicken.
      $9.00
    • Causa De Cangrejo

      Mashed potatoes filled with crab. (Ask for availability)
      $12.00
    • Guiso De Pollo Con Quinoa

      Stew of chicken with quinoa served with white rice.
      $15.75
  • Soups

    • Parihuela

      A huge, super mixed seafood soup.
      $19.50
    • Chupe De Camarones

      A creamy shrimp soup, with rice and Peruvian spices.
      $19.00
    • Chupe De Mariscos

      A creamy seafood soup, with rice and Peruvian spices.
      $19.50
    • Caldo De Camarones

      A fresh gulf shrimp soup.
      $18.50
    • Sopa A La Minuta

      Beef soup with noodles and potatoes.
      $12.50
    • Sopa Viagra

      A super creamy mixed seafood deluxe soup.
      $25.00
    • Aguadito De Mariscos

      A seafood soup with cilantro and rice.
      $19.50
    • Aguadito De Pollo

      Chicken soup with cilantro, rice, & vegetables.
      $13.00
    • Sopa De Pollo

      Chicken noodle soup
      $12.50
    • Sopa A La Criolla

      Creamy beef noodle soup.
      $12.50
  • Kids Menu

    • Chicharron De Pollo

      Peruvian style chicken nuggets accompanied by french fries.
      $6.00
    • Salchipapas

      Peruvian style mix of cut fried hot dog sausages with French fries. An authentic South-American dish.
      $6.00
  • Peruvian Dishes

    • Lomo Saltado - Guy Fieri's Favorite

      Sautéed rib eye beef cut in strips, cooked with tomatoes, onions, & French fries & served with white rice.
      $14.00
    • Estofado De Pollo O Carne

      Beef or chicken stew with raisins, tomatoes, olives, onions, potatoes, & green peas cooked in red wine. Served with white rice.
      $14.00
    • Seco De Carne O Pollo

      Beef or chicken in a cilantro base sauce, cooked in beer, & served with rice & beans.
      $14.00
    • Seco De Cordero

      Lamb cooked in red wine, beer, chile ancho, red peppers, & pumpkin. Served with white rice & beans.
      $16.00
    • Bistec Con Frijoles Y Arroz

      Fried rib eye steak topped with onions & tomatoes served with beans & rice.
      $14.00
    • Bistec Apanado Con Arroz Y Papas

      Breaded rib eye steak served with white rice & French fries.
      $14.00
    • Bistec A Lo Pobre

      Fried rib eye steak, fried plantains, 2 over easy fried eggs, beans & white rice.
      $15.50
    • Papa A La Diabla Con Bistec

      Boiled potato, underneath our signature hauncaina sauce, & topped with a fried rib eye steak. Served with white rice.
      $14.00
    • Arroz Chaufa De Pollo O Carne

      Peruvian-style fried rice with your choice of chicken or beef, green onions, egg, soy sauce, & ginger.
      $14.00
    • Tallarin Saltado De Pollo O Carne

      Spaghetti with your choice of chicken or beef, sautéed in garlic, soy sauce, & ginger, with onions, tomatoes, green & red peppers.
      $14.00
    • Tallarin Verde Con Bistec Apanado

      Spaghetti mixed with a homemade green pesto sauce & topped with a breaded rib eye steak.
      $15.00
    • Cau-Cau

      Traditional Peruvian dish made out of honeycomb tripe stew, cooked in mint & Peruvian spices, served with potatoes & white rice.
      $14.00
    • Aji De Gallina

      Shredded chicken smothered in a walnut cream sauce, served with a boiled egg, potatoes, & white rice.
      $14.50
    • Pollo Al Vino

      Chicken stew cooked in Chablis wine, carrots, olives, raisins, & sweet peas. Served with white rice.
      $14.00
    • Pollo En Salsa De Mani

      Chicken in peanut sauce accompanied by a potato, served with white rice.
      $14.00
    • Pollo Saltado

      Sautéed chicken cut in strips, cooked with tomatoes, onions, & French fries & served with white rice.
      $14.00
    • Arroz Con Pollo

      Peruvian style chicken & green rice. Cooked in beer, peas, cilantro-based sauce. The chicken absorbs the entire rice flavor from being cooked in the same pot.
      $14.00
    • Tacu-Tacu Con Bistec Y Huevo

      Rice & beans cooked together & fried into a ball with aji amarillo, topped with a fried rib eye steak & accompanied by 2 fried eggs.
      $16.00
    • Pollo A La Parilla

      Grilled chicken accompanied by a fresh avocado salad topped with marinated sweet onions in lime juice. Served with white rice.
      $14.75
    • Carne A La Parilla

      Grilled rib eye steak accompanied by a fresh avocado salad topped with marinated sweet onions in lime juice. Served with white rice.
      $15.75
  • Combos

    • Menu Para 2/Dinner For 2

      Papa a la Huancaina, Tamal, Ceviche Especial, Arroz con Mariscos.
      $50.00
    • Guy Fieri's Combo

      Lomo Saltado, Tamal, Anticuchos de Carne y Pollo, 2 Alfajor, 2 Inca Kola.
      $35.00
  • Seafood

    • Arroz Con Mariscos

      A super mixed seafood dish, with yellow rice, shrimp, mussels, octopus, clam, snow crab, scallops, squid, seasoned with Peruvian spices and cooked in beer and Brandy.
      $19.50
    • Arroz Con Mariscos Mama Carmen

      A super mixed seafood dish, with green cilantro based rice, shrimp, mussels, octopus, clam, snow crab, scallops, squid, seasoned with Peruvian spices and cooked in beer and Brandy.
      $19.75
    • Sudado De Mariscos

      Steamed squid, mussels, octopus, scallops, shrimp cooked in tomato sauce, red wine & served with rice.
      $18.75
    • Sudado De Camarones

      Steamed gulf shrimp cooked in tomato sauce & Chablis wine. Served with rice.
      $18.00
    • Corvina Sudada

      Corvina filet, steamed in white wine & served with rice & boiled potatoes.
      $19.75
    • Corvina Sudada Con Mariscos

      Steamed filet of corvina, squid, mussels, octopus, scallops, & shrimp, cooked in red wine & served with rice.
      $24.50
    • Arroz Chaufa De Corvina

      Peruvian-style fried rice with corvina, cooked with garlic, soy sauce, ginger, egg, & green onions.
      $19.00
    • Arroz Chaufa De Camarones

      Peruvian-style fried rice with shrimp, cooked with garlic, soy sauce, ginger, egg, & green onions.
      $18.00
    • Arroz Chaufa De Mariscos

      Peruvian-style fried rice with mixed seafood, cooked with garlic, soy sauce, ginger, egg, & green onions.
      $18.75
    • Camarones Fritos

      Fried-breaded gulf shrimp, served with salad & French fries.
      $18.00
    • Jalea

      Fried-breaded corvina, squid, mussels, octopus, shrimp, & scallops. Served with corn & sweet onion marinated in lime.
      $22.75
    • Chicharron De Mariscos

      Mixed seafood fried & served with marinated sweet onions in lime juice.
      $18.50
    • Picante De Camarones

      Fresh gulf shrimp in a creamy walnut sauce, served with white rice.
      $18.00
    • Camarones Al Ajo

      Fresh gulf shrimp sautéed in garlic. Served with white rice.
      $18.00
    • Camarones A La Plancha

      Fresh gulf shrimp sautéed in garlic sauce, in a homemade mild, served with white rice.
      $18.00
    • Camarones A La Diabla

      Spicy gulf shrimp cooked with garlic in a red sauce, served with white rice.
      $18.00
    • Tallarin Saltado De Camaron

      Spaghetti with shrimp sautéed in garlic & ginger, with onions, tomatoes, green & red peppers.
      $18.00
    • Tallarin Saltado De Mariscos

      Spaghetti with mixed seafood, sautéed in garlic & ginger, with onions, tomatoes, green & red peppers.
      $18.00
    • Tallarines Verdes Con Corvina Apanada

      Spaghetti mixed with a homemade green pesto sauce & breaded corvina on top.
      $22.50
    • Tallarines Verdes Con Camarones Fritos

      Spaghetti mixed with a homemade green pesto sauce & breaded fried shrimp on top.
      $21.50
    • Saltado De Camaron

      Shrimp sautéed in vinegar & beer, mixed with onions, tomatoes, French fries & served with white rice.
      $18.00
    • Tortilla De Camaron

      Peruvian omelette with shrimp & fresh cheese. Served with white rice.
      $18.50
    • Filete De Corvina En Salsa De Ajo

      Fried filet of breaded corvina, served with white rice & salad.
      $19.50
    • Corvina A La Parilla

      Grilled corvina served with white rice & salad.
      $19.50
  • Blue Plates

    • Arroz Con Mariscos Y Langosta

      A super mixed seafood dish, with lobster tail, yellow rice & shrimp, mussels, octopus, clam, snow crab, scallops, squid, corvina fillet seasoned with Peruvian spices & cooked in beer & Brandy.
      $59.00
    • Arroz Con Mariscos Y Langosta Mama Carmen

      A super mixed seafood dish, with green cilantro-based rice, lobster tail, shrimp, mussels, octopus, clam, snow crab, scallops, squid, corvina fillet, seasoned with Peruvian spices & cooked in beer & Brandy.
      $59.50
    • Huachinango Sudado

      Red snapper steamed in red wine, tomato sauce & onions, served with rice.
    • Filete De Corvina A Lo Macho

      Fried filet of corvina with steamed seafood served with rice.
      $23.50
    • Huachinango Frito Con Crema De Ajo

      Fried red snapper accompanied by garlic cream, rice, & a small salad.
    • Cangrejada Con Mariscos

      Mix of blue & snow crab, along with other mixed seafood, steamed & cooked in red wine & served with rice.
      $39.50
  • Side Orders

    • Platanos Maduros

      Sweet fried plantains.
      $4.00
    • Papas Fritas/French Fries

      $3.25
    • Arroz Blanco/White Rice

      $3.25
    • Frijoles/Beans

      $3.25
    • Camote Frito

      Sliced and fried sweet potato.
      $4.00
    • Yuca Frita

      Strips of fried yucca.
      $4.00
    • Palta

      Avocado in slices.
      $4.00
    • Salsa Criolla

      Our marinated sweet onions in lime juice.
      $4.00
    • Crema Huancaina

      A portion of our signature huancaina sauce.
      $4.50
    • Aji

      12 oz cup of our green Peruvian hot sauce for $5. Or a 32 oz cup for $13.50.
    • Rocoto

      Peruvian hot sauce.
      $1.95
    • Leche De Tigre

      $6.50
  • Vegetarian

    • Saltado De Vegetales

      Sautéed vegetables with tomatoes, onions, French fries & served with white rice.
      $12.50
    • Chaufa De Vegetales

      Peruvian-style fried rice with vegetables and egg.
      $12.50
    • Tallarin Saltado De Vegetales

      Spaghetti with vegetables cooked in garlic with onions, tomatoes, green & red peppers.
      $12.50
    • Tortilla De Vegetales

      Peruvian egg omelette with vegetables and fresh cheese. Served with rice.
      $13.50
    • Tallarin Verde Con Vegetales

      Spaghetti mixed with a homemade green pesto sauce and vegetables on top.
      $13.50
    • Papa A La Diabla Con Vegetales

      Boiled potatoes served with Peruvian huancaina cream sauce along with rice & vegetables on top.
      $13.50
    • Tacu Tacu Con Vegetales

      Rice & beans cooked together with aji amarillo fried into a ball, topped with vegetables.
      $14.50
  • Desserts

    • Alfajor

      Cookies with manjar blanco (Peruvian caramel) in between & topped with powdered sugar.
      $3.00
    • Flan

      A homemade custard dessert topped with caramel syrup.
      $4.00
    • Arroz Con Leche/Rice Pudding

      Rice boiled in sweet milk & made into a sweet pudding. Served warm or cold.
      $4.00
    • Helado De Lucuma

      Lucuma (fruit that grows in the Peruvian coast) ice-cream.
      $4.00
    • Mazamorra Morada

      Purple corn pudding
      $4.00
  • Drinks

    • Inca Kola

      Peruvian pop made out of lemon grass.
      $2.25
    • Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, Diet Coke

      $1.75
    • Coffee

      Freshly brewed Peruvian coffee.
      $2.50
    • Chicha Morada

      A purple corn & pineapple drink. Served by glass ($2.50) or pitcher ($9.00).
    • Virgin Pisco Sour

      Signature drink, done with Peruvian Pisco liquor. Served by pitcher.
      $12.00
  • Pollo a la Brasa

    • Pollo A La Brasa

      Whole chicken ($16.50) or 1/2 chicken ($12.50) with fries and salad. Available from 2:30PM only on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday.

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