El Pollo Peruano — Restaurant in New York

Empanadas: a must. I love the beef pandas but the spinach, cheese, shrimp and cheese, are excellent. The causa, you have to have it. The fish soup is a Peruvian style fish soup. Light, no fat, fresh ingredients, flavor bursts in your mouth. Another Favorit is th quinoa with milk, a quinoa version of the Spanish arroz con leche. And if you just want some chicken, wow, the rotisserie chicken is top notch. Indoor dining, take out or delivery, this...

The staff are engrossed with the huge TV situated right across from their counter with volume so high that it is nearly impossible to have a conversation or to think. Unfortunately, they use msg in their food, including the "salsita", the slices red onion in lemon juice. The stuffed potato "Papa rellena" was terrible. The potato is mixed with too much flour to make them softball-sized. The tamal was the only good thing here....

The food was quite good, we got a drink, cheese and chicken empanada and a ¼ of chicken with maduros which was quite good. The cheese empanada was definitely better than the chicken one. I would say with the chicken platter it would've been nice to get rice in addition to maduros, with two sides instead of one. It felt a little minimal with just the maduros and chicken together. Definitely add the sauce they offer because it...