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Peruvian restaurants are probably not as common in american culture, but they are within the south american cultures and for good reason. Peru is in the west coast of South America and it’s known for it’s amazing seafood platters and soups. A few years ago my dad came to visit me in LA and he caught us at the worst time for a family, we all had the flu. My wife and I were barely standing up and yet still had to take of the kids while they themselves were sick too. After seeing this my dad got us all in the car and took us to a peruvian restaurant to get us some Parihuela, a rich seafood chowder with spices and tomatoes. A guaranteed flu fighting soup. Since then, I’ve come to look forward to peruvian food every time he visit. This week on my last night in New York, my sister and I went to a Mancora, a great peruvian restaurant in Smith St. in Brooklyn just south of Brookly Heights. It turns out, Smith Street has a restaurant strip that goes on for almost 10 blocks. Killer food at Brooklyn prices ( as opposed to Manhattan ), of course she had to tell me this the night before I left so I had something to look forward next time I visit NY.

I left my camera at home, so I had to take the pictures with my phone camera

the restaurant entrance

our appetizer: stuffed avocado with vegetables and gulf sauce ( not as good as it sounded, a bit to creamy but yummy )

the dish we came for, jalea: deep fried seafood (squid, fish, shrimp), oysters, fried yuca and salsa criolla. yummy. usually a 2-4 person dish, but a 1 person dish at this restaurant. also, some restaurants include a wider variety of seafood but still, it was really yummy.

a couple of these made it even better. this is pisco sour, a delicious peruvian drink made of pisco liquor (a peruvian brandy), lemon, angostura, sugar and egg whites. yes, i said egg whites. although i don’t really drink, my sister and i were persuaded by our mexican waiter whom we bonded with.

Mancora
Peruvian Couisine
176 Smith Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 643-2929
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