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| - Mira is a new Peruvian inspired restaurant by Stuart Cameron, a great addition to the long list of fab eateries owned by ICONKINK. I had the pleasure of dining there on opening night with my siblings. We are all Peruvian and were eager to try Chef Cameron's take on our already delicious food. We were pleasantly surprised! We ordered as many dishes as we could (tapas style portions meant to be shared). We started off with the obligatory Pisco Sour and canchita. It's not easy to make a nice smooth Pisco Sour, but Mira's was simply perfect! Then we had the Mira and Nikkei Atun ceviches, the Pulpo (octopus), the concha (bay scallops), the yuca fries, the anticuchos, the Cerdo (pork), the Arroz con Mariscos (seafood rice), and two desserts: Picarones and Lucuma Mousse. The quinoa in the pork dish was unfortunately very salty. I loved that they had used the black quinoa as it has an extra special taste, but I could not enjoy it. The best dishes of the night: the ceviches and the seafood rice. The seafood rice were scallops sitting on squid ink rice, it was delicious. While most dishes were great, the desserts were not what we had hoped. The picaron (you only get one) had a strange sour taste, and was really missing the chancaca flavour that makes it special, and the lucuma mousse was good, but it did not go well with the sour passion fruit ice-cream on top.
The restaurant itself is beautiful in decor, mixing Peruvian elements into its already trendy style. The service is wonderful, our server Ty could not have been more attentive.
There were some hiccups along the way as expected on an opening night, but it didn't take away from our enjoyment.
I definitely recommend a visit, and I can't wait to return.
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