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07-14-2012, 11:15 PM
Pio Peruvian Rotisserie Chicken
2929 Sunridge Way N.E.
Tuesday - Saturday: 11 am to 9 pm
Sunday: 11 am to 8 pm
5/5 - Service - Great service they helped a great deal with my dish selection. Very friendly and informative on the type of dishes offered. The servers also gave me some Chicha Morada (a purple corn beverage) on the house. :D Mind you it wasn't overly busy when I showed up...which was 10:45. They were nice enough to serve me outside of their business hours.
4/5 - Ambiance / Decor - Great pictures of Peru, has a family restaurant feel to it, very casual. Nothing out of this world.
5/5 - Food - Great Flavours, portions for price was decent.
4.5/5 - Overall - Great flavours, portions could be a bit larger but nonetheless I will be back to sample the rotisserie chicken and other dishes. It's great to see the food scene mature and diversify here in Calgary over the past 5 years.
My only issue with the menu was that it was disappointing to not see Guinea Pig on the menu...(based on South Park Episode)
:drool: :nut:
Was in the area, stopping by Rona for some home stuff and this restaurant caught my eye. I decided to give it a try, so I stopped in for some food and early lunch. Now contrary to the restaurant name I didn't order rotisserie chicken, but based on my experience and dishes I ordered, I will definitely be back sampling the numerous other dishes in their menu.
The average dish price is under $20.00 so I think it is comparable to a Vietnamese restaurant, maybe slightly higher price point. Business is family run, talked to the servers and they were very friendly. Their mother does all the cooking and has a strong dedication to keeping the dishes authentic Peruvian. After some small chit chat, I took their suggestion on a common dish to start your day off, which is the Tamals and Coffee. I also ordered Aji de Gallina.
The tamals were delicious, the red onions had enough citrus and zesty heat on them that complimented the filled corn flour. Tamals were filled with an assortment of goods (chicken, olives, some other goods). The Aji de Gallina can be described as a Peruvian curry. It was delicious, interesting and different. The spices were unlike any other curry I've eaten - it was a good balance not too heavy.
(I've eaten chinese, japanese katsu curry, and sort of real indian...at least to my knowledge it is sort of real since I can handle the spiciness...real indian curry I have heard is quite spicy)
Here are a couple pictures, ignore my 'angles' take of the second photo. Not quite instagram calibre.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/Apexi/tamals.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/Apexi/riceperuviancurry.png
2929 Sunridge Way N.E.
Tuesday - Saturday: 11 am to 9 pm
Sunday: 11 am to 8 pm
5/5 - Service - Great service they helped a great deal with my dish selection. Very friendly and informative on the type of dishes offered. The servers also gave me some Chicha Morada (a purple corn beverage) on the house. :D Mind you it wasn't overly busy when I showed up...which was 10:45. They were nice enough to serve me outside of their business hours.
4/5 - Ambiance / Decor - Great pictures of Peru, has a family restaurant feel to it, very casual. Nothing out of this world.
5/5 - Food - Great Flavours, portions for price was decent.
4.5/5 - Overall - Great flavours, portions could be a bit larger but nonetheless I will be back to sample the rotisserie chicken and other dishes. It's great to see the food scene mature and diversify here in Calgary over the past 5 years.
My only issue with the menu was that it was disappointing to not see Guinea Pig on the menu...(based on South Park Episode)
:drool: :nut:
Was in the area, stopping by Rona for some home stuff and this restaurant caught my eye. I decided to give it a try, so I stopped in for some food and early lunch. Now contrary to the restaurant name I didn't order rotisserie chicken, but based on my experience and dishes I ordered, I will definitely be back sampling the numerous other dishes in their menu.
The average dish price is under $20.00 so I think it is comparable to a Vietnamese restaurant, maybe slightly higher price point. Business is family run, talked to the servers and they were very friendly. Their mother does all the cooking and has a strong dedication to keeping the dishes authentic Peruvian. After some small chit chat, I took their suggestion on a common dish to start your day off, which is the Tamals and Coffee. I also ordered Aji de Gallina.
The tamals were delicious, the red onions had enough citrus and zesty heat on them that complimented the filled corn flour. Tamals were filled with an assortment of goods (chicken, olives, some other goods). The Aji de Gallina can be described as a Peruvian curry. It was delicious, interesting and different. The spices were unlike any other curry I've eaten - it was a good balance not too heavy.
(I've eaten chinese, japanese katsu curry, and sort of real indian...at least to my knowledge it is sort of real since I can handle the spiciness...real indian curry I have heard is quite spicy)
Here are a couple pictures, ignore my 'angles' take of the second photo. Not quite instagram calibre.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/Apexi/tamals.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/Apexi/riceperuviancurry.png