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| - I've always been intrigued by the variety of food in Latin and South America, and this was my first Nicaraguan food experience. I am also a huge fan of ceviche, so was curious to try this place out! I ordered the yucca/queso plate, ceviche, vigarron, and tres leches cake. Ceviche: delicious. I would have preferred more white fish like what I've had in Peru, but already it's tough to find ceviche, never mind good ceviche, in Toronto, so I liked it. The fried yucca and queso plate - yum! Crisp and satisfying. Yucca can be very starchy, but the deep fried kind was good (but really, anything deep fried is good, isn't it). The vigarron was essentially, chicharron, a giant pile of cabbage and yucca. Somehow it worked, and the chicharron was crispy and delicious. The cabbage was refreshing, but the yucca in this dish fell flat a bit more for me (somewhat bland, and starchy) Lastly, the three milks cake was super good. Tasty!!
Decor - simple. The tables are a little bit low, so my back hurt at the end of the night from hunching over. It was a bit warm in the restaurant too. But the staff were so amazingly friendly (we had a male waiter, and another very funny waitress whose name, I think was Raquel?), so this more than made up for it. Both were also fluent in Spanish (of course).
Mystery: why are there still chicken fingers and pasta on this menu??? The other food stands on its own!
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