Fun and friendly local Austin food blog with honest reviews of tasty as well as heinous fooderies that I have sampled.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Machu Picchu
Living in Pflugerville, I didn't expect such a wide array of ethnic cuisine, and I had driven past this place several times and noted it. I stopped in for lunch one day. When I walked in I noticed the cute coziness of the place. There were several tables, but it wasn't terribly busy. I think it had only been open for about 3 months when I came in. I watched a man and a young woman walk past me carrying out food to the tables a few times but wasn't really acknowledged for about 10 minutes or so. The young woman came over to seat me and took me to a quiet table in the back of the restaurant next to a window. When she came back to take my order she was warm and friendly and welcomed me to the restaurant. She asked if I had tried peruvian food before and I told her I hadn't so she handed me the menu and told me that she would be back with a sampler platter so that I could taste a variety of their offerings before I settled on what I wanted to order. How cool is that? I remember when I first stared branching out with ethnic food and was really worried I might order something I hated and get stuck with it. I think that the sampler platter is a wonderful idea! I wished other places would do this! She came back with the little sampler platter and it had several main dishes, ceviche, and some different sauces. They were all pretty tasty! I didn't order it, and I regret that I didn't, but the ceviche was the best I have ever tasted! I will come back just to have a full order of it. There were several stews, and you could pick several for a lunch combo so that is what I did. I selected the beef stew, a chicken stew and a pork stew. The plate came with all three, served with rice and a salad. They also supply a bread basket perfect for sopping up the delicious sauces. The beef stew was good, the chicken one was so-so and the pork was really good. The salad was also very good, but I had to flag down the owner to get it for me, and I never got a refill on my water, and it was a super hot day and I slurped it down as soon as I sat down. This is the main reason I give this place 3 stars. I think the service is lacking because they had just opened and didn't have enough staff. The owner was a very nice man that was super passionate about his food and his restaurant and chatted it up with me for some time. I hope that now that it's been around longer they have fixed the service part. The food is very comfort-foody and homey. But the plate I had wasn't all that memorable, but that ceviche certainly was! I would recommend this place for anyone that likes to try new things and loves ceviche. I hope this place gets more staff so that service improves and I hope they stay around for a while.
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