Chifa Man San — Restaurant in Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

I've eaten here a few times and have been pleasantly surprised more than not, at least when I ordered platos that weren't noodles or fried rice.

The last time I visited I had roasted pork and although not every morsel was luscious, a lot of them were. It was a simple, ample dish, mostly thin slices of pork, with lots of garlic and ginger.

Today I tried the fried chicken in oyster sauce, and it was even better: Nuggets of white meat enrobed in a simple pale batter and swimming in a brown sauce, not noticeably oyster-y, redolent of ginger and garlic, plus a few shards of bok choy and rings of green onion. Again, very simple and satisfying and fresh. Certainly a lot more honest and successful food than the fake pho at Saigon. 40 pesos cheaper, too.

I asked for salsa picante before I even ordered anything, because picante is how I roll, and the friendly and enthusiastic server, a young Peruvian woman, asked if I might like to try their sweet and sour sauce, too. That turned out to be a good call because the typical green aji sauce I'm used to at Peruvian joints wasn't spicy at all here at Man San. But the agridulce turned out to be a perfect foil for the salt and ginger of the dish, so I dribbled a bit on every bite.

Peruvian chifa features a strong Chinese influence, in case you're wondering, but I couldn't resist getting an order of cancha, too, the original corn nuts, which I love. They came out room temperature, which was disappointing, but it was a big portion so I took some home and shared it.

If you need to escape the ubiquitous burgers of San Telmo, and all the trying-too-hard, compromised cuisines of places like Saigon, this is a better bet than most, and not the least bit cheto. I just wish there weren't two televisions and the radio playing all at the same time. A pleasant enough spot despite that....

Fuimos al local eramos 4 persona quisimos pedir pollo broaster, el encargado de la caja dijo que no nos lo iba a preparar porque demoraba 40mins (faltaban más de 2hs para el cierre del local), pedimos 4 platos individuales en modalidad take away, nos tuvo esperando 1h20mins los platos, me acerco a la moza a decirle que más de 1h30min no iba a esperar nuestro pedido, y que nos íbamos a retirar del local sin pedido y sin pagarlo obviamente, menos de 1 minutos después que dije eso, el encargado nos trae nuestro pedido solicitado, casi frío, cabe destacar que absolutamente TODOS los comenzales que ingresaron al local a comer ahí, recibían sus órdenes con una demora de 15/20mins. En domicilio tuvimos que recalentar platos, mi pedido que supuestamente traía guarnicion (pollo salteado) me lo entregaron sin guarnicion y super salado, el arroz chaufa normal, poca proteína en el de pollo y en el mixto no pusieron 1 solo camarón ( a pesar de que lo cobraron como mixto), lomo salteado bien de sabor, porcion de fritas muy pobre. Nunca más vuelvo, no se lo recomiendo A NADIE, sobre todo con las opciones que...

My first Chifa (Peruvian Cantonese) experiences. We ordered fried rice, beef with bamboos, and fried rice noodles. My wife, who is from Hong Kong, approved of the fried rice noodle with chicken. It was very satisfying for our taste after eating grilled meat, which was great, everyday...