Adventure #217: Mayta Peruvian Kitchen and Pisco Bar

We are back from our 2-week trip in Western France but before I post all the great as well as not so great food we had in France, I am going to first post a few of restaurants we visited before we left! I am so far behind!

G saw a review of restaurants in SCMP the other week and decided to pick 2 to try.  The first one we visited was this Peruvian restaurant.  No idea what Peruvian cuisine is but let's give it a try!

Decor is modern and cosy

Order 2 cocktail to try.  On the left Mayta, made of pisco (a Peruvian liquor), chili amarillo, mango, passion fruits, lime and pisco sour foam. Very interesting.  Sweet with a hint of chili! On the right Chilcano made of pisco and ginger ale.  Tasted refreshing but the alcohol will hit you when you least expect!

Arroz con pato which consisted mainly of beer cilantro rice and duck leg confit.  Very rustic dish and very delicious too.

Seco de ternera, braised veal with cilantro beer sauce, rocoto mash potatoes and glazed carrots.  The veal was really soft, the mash smooth and the carrots were very interesting - they tasted a bit pickled.  This dish was delicious but not what I expected of a Peruvian dish, a bit too refined maybe?

On the waitress' recommendation we ordered a Suspiro de limeda, milk caramel and port meringue.  Delicious but we were unable to eat more than half as it was extremely sweet!

We also had a Amazonas which is kinda like a sandwich made up of roasted bananas, chocolate candy slices and amazonas nut cream.  Interesting.

The food we ordered were rather good. We weren't adventurous enough to try the more traditional food on the menu, so can't really comment on what Peruvian food is like.  Personally much preferred the cocktails.

Mayta Peruvian Kitchen and Pisco Bar
3/F, Grand Progress Building
15-16 Lan Kwai Fong
Central
Tel: 2790 0928

Liebster Award

What a pleasant surprise! Thank you Stinky Spikes for nominating me for a Liebster Award.

Here are the answers to your questions:

What is your favorite fruit?

Durian (seriously!). But since it is not easy nor not cheap to get Malaysian durians in HK, next in line are mango and pineapple.

What is your favorite food?

You have to ask? I have a food blog, so I love all food as long as it is good.  However, having said that I do occasionally crave for Nasi Lemak.

What is your favorite drink?

My favourite drink after a long hard day is red wine.  Recently we have been drinking quite a lot of Italian.

What would you cook if a friend (eg. me ha ha!) was coming over for dinner?

Although I do like to cook, I rarely do. But if you were to come for dinner, I know just the place to take you!

What website(s) do you visit most often?

Google? I seem to be always looking up for something!

How did you choose the name for your blog?

As you will see from the introduction to this blog, it started one summer because we were bored and thought to ourselves: hey we have been living in HK, the land of good food, for what years, we should go out and try more.  And the blog sort of started from there.

What/Who inspired you to start and keep writing?

See above.

How many countries have you been to/ lived in in your lifetime?

Other than food, travel is our other passion.  We cannot not travel and having 2 kids never stopped us (well, other than the first few months after each birth). So we have been to quite a number of countries and we hope to add to the blog as we travel. 

How many more (which ones) do you intend to visit in the next 2 years and why?

Well, we will be going to France next week, so more restaurants reviews when we return in 2 weeks!

What was the biggest life changing thing/event that happened to/ for you thus far?

Moving to HK some 20 years ago (oh…am I giving away my age here?) and having my 2 kids.

What was the craziest thing you did with a friend/ family member recently?

Sorry, I don’t do crazy. Heehee

That's all folks!

I will give the award some thoughts and will post my nominations at a later date.