Silvestre Gusto Latino

Dead quiet on a Wednesday night, even as late as 7pm. So -- good for groups! Probably easy to get a large group in to eat. Even though we were the only two there, water never got refilled. Hmm...

Many of the desserts in the counter are not made in-house -- only the Peruvian ones. After we ordered, a small bowl of roasted and salted corn kernals was brought to the table, followed by 4 dips, three of which were pretty spicy.

Ceviche Mixto ($17)

Smallish portion for $17 but you do get a lot of shrimp and quite a bit of mussels. Simple and tasty.

Pollo a la Brassa ($16 for breast portion of a quarter chicken)

Reasonably tender and moist meat for breast. Otherwise, nothing special here and on the pricey side.

Empanada Camarones ($5.75) Deep fried empanada with shrimp in spicy, creamy sauce

You can isolate the shrimp and there's apparently quite a few of the rather tiny shrimp.
Filling tasted like the tomato-paste like sauce. Waste of time unless you like Pizza Pockets where you can't taste any filling except sauce.
Price for portion pretty steep considering it wasn't that tasty.
Not spicy at all.

Empanada Pollo ($5.75) Baked pastry dough filled with chicken, onion, and raisins

There are raisins here?
Filling tasted like the tomato-paste like sauce. Waste of time, as above.
Price for portion pretty steep considering it wasn't that tasty.

Crema Volteada ($5.75)

Price for portion felt pretty steep.
Taste and texture like a flan that is too firm. Otherwise pretty tasty, especially with the crunchy coconut on top.
Sweet but not throat-burning over-sweet.

Of the items tried overall I felt they were overpriced and taste was mediocre. On a previous visit (long ago) I tried the Causa Rellena De Pollo and it was quite interesting. Definitely recommended over anything I tried today.

2016-Jan-20 Silvestre - sauces and complimentary corn appetizer

2016-Jan-20 Silvestre - quarter chicken Pollo a la Brasa

2016-Jan-20 Silvestre - spicy shrimp empanada

2016-Jan-20 Silvestre - chicken empanada

2016-Jan-20 Silvestre - chicken empanada (filling)

2016-Jan-20 Silvestre - crema volteada (top)

2016-Jan-20 Silvestre - crema volteada (side)

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