In our second visit to get Equadorian food at
Chimborazo, I finally got off my dead ass and took some notes.
NOTE: Chimborazo isn't going to be a speedy dine. This time was probably about 2 hours - not that we were in any rush. But the first time there were some problems in the kitchen where plates were coming out one at a time...so we literally were served 10 different times. (On the other hand they gave us 50% everything for the wait - so it is always about the customer here...no worries, as long as you don't have somewhere to be.)
Must Have
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+ Chaulafan -- This is probably the go to dish here - essentially fried-rice with shrimp, beef, pork and chicken - and carrots, peas, peppers, etc. Fab. u. lous.
+ Hornado Con Patas -- A giant pile of roast pork served with llapingachos (and hominy - booorrrring...just ignore that). The magic of this is the pork drippings everywhere on the plate - the (potato) llapingachos soak it up -- unbelievably good.
+ Lomo Saltado -- stir-fried beef, peppers, onions, potatoes in a spicy/vinegary sauce.
Very good
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+ Camarón Encocado - if you are a curry person, this yellow curry over perfectly-cooked shrimp and white rice
+ Llapingachos - potato pancakes, chorizo, eggs and peanut sauce over rice...tasty but not motivating. Llapingachos are ssooOOOOooo much better with the Hornado con Papas.
+ Pescado Frito - whole fried tilapia with yellow rice, beans and patacones (fried green plantains).
+ Empanada de carne
+ Ceviche de camarón -- GIGANTIC shrimp in here...probably too big...can't get it to stay on the plantain patacones. The tomato chunks are also huge and hard to manage. But once you get it in your mouth you don't mind anymore.
+ Negra Modelo
Good
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+ Churrasco -- grilled flank steak with rice and fried egg with sides of beans, sweet plantain and fried yucca. Just doesn't quite fire on all cylinders.
+ Pacifico Claro
Take it or leave it
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? Muchín de yuca -- blandish, gluey...not that one should expect much from yucca. The dipping sauce is magic. (Maybe salt could have saved the day?)
Comments
Sun, 08/29/10 21:31
RMA said the version he h as has Cointreau i [...]
Tue, 08/24/10 14:08
This drink gets my vote!
Sat, 08/14/10 16:23
I just had one of these a t a speakeasy in S [...]
Tue, 08/10/10 19:53
Wow. How times have chan ged. Now I order [...]
Sun, 06/27/10 22:52
The sequence above did no t work for the rem [...]
Sun, 06/13/10 22:49
+ Chocolate Coconut Chew
Sun, 06/13/10 10:12
Updated with second visit . PS: sis#1, lookin [...]
Fri, 06/11/10 10:28
I haven't bought any myse lf...but I think S [...]
Fri, 06/11/10 10:10
Chocolate Coconut is the bomb! It tastes li [...]
Fri, 06/11/10 09:44
Yeah, I was torn on Lemon Pie....I just put [...]
Fri, 06/11/10 09:24
I'd bump Lemon Pie up to a must have (it's [...]
Mon, 06/07/10 10:49
The consistency of soba i s a tiny bit diffe [...]
Fri, 06/04/10 11:02
There are VERY few things on this planet I [...]
Fri, 06/04/10 10:42
Oh, I love Tampopo. For t he noodles, though [...]
Tue, 05/11/10 14:01
Don't know if it has alwa ys been like this [...]