Red Egg - Peruvian Chinese Cuisine

Red Egg, is a Peruvian-Chinese restaurant with a modern edge located in between Chinatown and Soho. This type of cuisine is a rare find in nyc so i had to adventure out and see how the East meets the West. We ordered most of the authentic Peruvian dishes:

Choros a la Chalaca, mussels topped with the mix of tomatoes, union, corn, and hot pepper. Hew... it's spicy. But it's a great appetizer to sizzle up your palate.

Lomo Saltado, spicy soy sauce steak and fries. This is not the usual crunchy fries you see accompanying a steak frite. These are soggy fries soaked in the soy sauce with the tender beef. Even though it didn't sound too appetizing but in deed, it was pretty tasty.

Red Egg's signature dish, Curry Bread Bowl with crab, chicken, and pork. Believe it or not, the spotlight of this dish is the bread bowl because it soaked up all the curry sauce. It's totally worth cracking the crab to get to the bottom of the curry bowl.

Lastly, the coconut pudding served in a young coconut. This is the best coconut pudding i have had. I couldn't get enough of the fresh coconut water and its natural sweetness. I had to scrape the tender coconut meat from inside until i see the inner shells brown face.

Chinatown: 202 Centre St., NY (Hester St & Grand St)

Most diverse world cuisine!

If you're one of those crazy NYC driver, you might have not noticed this peruvian restaurant, Chimu, right off from the BQE (Brooklyn-Queen-Expressway).  Even though it's located off the busy BQE, there is a nice garden at the back for you to enjoy a relaxing weekend dinner.  The dishes at Chimu were enormous, so don't be selfish ... be prepared to share, family-style. We've started our fiesta with the beef empanadas and Choros a la Chalaca - New Zealand mussels with marinated onion, red pepper and plum tomato. Then comes the popular peruvian seafood ceviche mixed: calamari, squid, soft shell crab, sweet potato and giant peruvian corn that's like the size of a popcorn. Then finally Chaufa de Mariscos, translated to mixed seafood chinese fried rice. The food were all very tasty and fresh but I was a bit disappointed with their ceviche. I have to say, I've had better. 

Williamsburg: 482 Union Ave (x Conselyea St), Brooklyn