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This place is ridiculous and I am seriously upset at myself for taking such a long time to check it out and therefore depriving myself of this deliciousness for so long. First of all, I LOVE Peruvian rotisserie chicken and have been obsessed with it for over 8 years now. I went to school in DC and fell madly in love with "The Chicken Place" in Falls Church, VA. Ever since moving back, I have pretty much boycotted Peruvian chicken places since I didn't think I would ever find anything that could compete, but I was wrong.
Today my husband picked up Viva Chicken and brought it to me at work. I ordered "The Great" sandwich, with fried Yucca as a side and all 3 sauces that they have available. I believe that sauces are extremely important in Peruvian cuisine and without good sauce you've got nothing, so let me start with the sauces in order or spiciest to least spicy: Roasted Rocoto Sauce (also known as the Gringo killer) although I am not a Gringa, I do not think this sauce lived up to its name as far as spice goes, but MORE than made up for that in flavor. It is a little spicy, a little vinegary and completely full of flavor, I think it kind of tasted like a vinegar based South American BBQ sauce! The Huacatay sauce was also very good, it is dark green and full of different herbs, making it slightly spicy but full of flavor. Now, for the Pièce de résistance, the Aji Amarillo sauce. It is not spicy at all, but I don't care and no one else should because this is the tastiest damn sauce on the face of this planet. This is the essence of Peruvian cooking, I just want to put it in a bag and inject it into my veins intravenously 24/7, its magnificent. It's the kind of sauce that makes you not want to brush your teeth for three days just so you don't lose the flavor!
The sandwich I had, "The Great," came with pulled rotisserie chicken, onions, tomato, lettuce and smoked rocoto mayo on ciabatta bread. It was a really good sandwich, but once I put the Aji Amarillo and Roasted Rocoto Sauce on it, it because a fantastic sandwich. To be honest, Yucca normally always requires sauce because it can be a little dry, but this Yucca was perfect all on it's own. It was not dense at all, it was crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside and although it didn't need sauce, it was perfection dipped in a mix of the Huacatay and Aji Amarillo.
The food was just fantastic and I cannot wait to go back and try something else (probably tomorrow)... and drench it in unhealthy amounts of the Aji Amarillo sauce!
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