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| - Besides the beautiful restaurant interior which house the most stunning mural of Frida located in the main dining area, I'm super excited about Executive Chef Paulina's vision of Latin flavors. I recently visited this new restaurant in Old Town Scottsdale with a friend of mine for dinner a few weeks ago. I have heard great things about this new establishment, and some of the photos of the dishes I have seen were stunning. I'm happy to report all the dishes from here were very flavorful and inventive. Let's talk about the food now. Grilled peach & Goat Cheese Salad: the sweetness from the grilled peach paired extremely well with the creamy goat cheese. It was light and has a very summer feel to it. I loved it. The Grilled Octopus was beautifully presented, and delicious to eat. My favorite so far has to be the Fried Cornish Hen were fried to perfection. The meat was oh so tender, and seasoned just right. All of the pieces were stacked on top of pickled fingerling potatoes, which were sitting on a bead of vibrantly green aji verde purée. This aji verde purée took this dish to a whole new level. I'm from Philly, and I know about fried everything, but I'm sure all the Philly peeps would go crazy in love if they had their hands on this delicious aji verde for their fried chicken. Well done Chef Paulina. The Bone-in Ribeye on Himalayan Salt Block came with house chimichurri was delicious, but both my friend and I thought it to be a little bit too salty and the quality of the meat wasn't up to the price range. Lastly, Chef Paulina recommended a dessert for us, and for the life of me, I can't remember the name. It had ice cream made in house, pieces of cornbread, edible flowers, cherry tomatoes, microgreens, and a thin layer of crispy waffle-like cookie at the bottom of this dessert. I know it's not cool to not have the name of the dish, but I was hoping the menu would have it, but it didn't. Sorry. Overall, I'm very impress with he food and the staff here. This restaurant is a great addition the Old Town Scottsdale dining scenes. Congratulations peeps!!
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