T.S.D.O.B: Day 21 - Aires Del Peru

21 Days into this madness known as Thirty Straight Days Of Blogging and I feel like I'm doing pretty good so far. I haven't had to resort to doing a "fried bologna sandwich" post yet, so things are looking up. On the other hand, this is the last post of anything I have left in the reserves. What that means is that I have to get out the house and live a little today. It's certainly not a bad thing, but I hate rushing these things. I rather just kind of let life happen, ya know?

What I have for you today was actually a first for me. I had never tried Peruvian food before, but all the times I saw it on TV, it looked good. I didn't have any plans that day, so I stopped into this restaurant, Aires Del Peru.

The neon sign in the back just says the name of the restaurant.

I walked in and the server said to take a seat anywhere I liked. When I got my menu, I saw that they had some Peruvian beers. I'm always up for different beer, so I started with that while I checked out the menu a little more.

I got my beer and this is what I was looking at:

The beer was light and refreshing. Very easy to knock down a bunch of those. It was a dollar more than the rest of the beers on their menu, but for me, it wasn't really all that special. I don't regret trying it all, but I do like my beers a little heavier and more robust.

Next, the server brought out a bread roll and took my order. I went with the only Peruvian dish I knew of, the Lomo Saltado. It's basically a stir fry of beef, onions, tomatoes and french fries with a side of rice. I know the french fry thing might sound odd to most Americans, but it looked good when I saw it on TV.

The bread roll was freshly baked and very tasty. The server also brought out some kind of green sauce in a squeeze bottle.

I don't know what was in this bottle, but it was fucking amazing! I put just a small drop on a piece of bread, and I thought I was going to have an orgasm right there! It was delicious!

It's spicy, a little creamy, a little savory. Just fucking wonderful! I was tempted to just drink the sauce straight from the bottle!

When my food arrived, it looked pretty damn good to me!

I took a bite of the beef and it was super tender. I took a bite of the rice and it was good. Then I covered almost the whole plate in that green sauce. That green sauce is that fucking good! Trust me on this one!!!

I like onions, but that was almost too much for me. Great plate of food, though. Did I mention that the green sauce is out of this fucking world???

One last note is that the temperature inside the restaurant was hot. I don't know if the AC had blown out or what, but I was sweating bullets in there. That was my only gripe about this place. The food was excellent.

Aires Del Peru
13008 CHAPMAN AVE.
GARDEN GROVE, CA - 92840
PHONE: (714)750 - 7343

That's it for this one. I'm gonna get out the house now and get into some trouble and will be back tomorrow to tell you all about it!

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