Excellent. Let me start with this FIRST- They are being slammed for an opening. As in - sold out hourly and they're still just chugging away pouring their heart out. Cooking and refilling their kitchen to keep making more food. Which is just unreal.
I spoke to one of the cooks who happens to live near me. He said how much many hundreds of pounds of chicken they went through on their second day. Impressive. The dedication to their craftsmanship & patrons is just unheard of. They just keep cooking after selling out throughout the day. Their passion to keep serving. It's unreal!
So if you go over. Do NOT expect a full menu. I went in 3 times and found the menu picked over and half sold out. Today I went over & I ordered ahead and picked up an hour later knowing they were cooking and told to return in 45.
Now the food.
Empanadas & green chimichurri sauce-
I ordered chicken & pumpkin. I was hesitant to order pumpkin & almost didn't and am so glad that I did. The pumpkin empanada is surprisingly the best part of the meal. Which isn't easy to determine. The entire meal is delicious. The pumpkin is sweet, yet savory with a very slight smokiness while pairing nicely with the green chimichurri sauce that accompanies each empanada order. Each empanadas is packaged w their fresh chimichurri sauce. It's a very mild, fresh green sauce. Delicious. The empanadas are nice authentic palm sized piece. Perfectly made so that the purpose is cooked and crisp and the inside is cooked perfectly. Just right. (Not some bizarre, disgusting inappropriate sized & cooked Americanized bastard which was a relief)
The Buns, oh The Buns
Then there were the Buns. Oh. My. Goodness. I love the Buns. I could order just a dozen Buns and sit in the park and eat them. They are so good. Please don't judge me when you pass me on a bench doing that.
The Sauces.
I ordered extra sauce for my order. One of each. I found that I did like all of them however the soy did stand out for me. But it's a personal preference. There weren't any that I didn't like. Not a one. So when it comes to ordering, it's all what you prefer. Go with your gut. They're all really good & taste fresh.
The Chicken.
Ok so now that I've had their chicken twice, I have to say. I really like it & so do the kids. The kids like it a lot. The KIDS LOVE THE CHICKEN!Which is awesome. I'm super excited to have somewhere nearby that I can just grab fresh cooked food from that the kiddo loves.
So Ki Pollo has been open a week. I've been in 4 times. Gotten food twice. I'll be back a lot more and am being patient because I get that they're good is so awesome they're selling out as fast as they can cook. I get it. I love it too.