Welcome to Chifa Restaurant
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73-20 Northern Blvd Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Hotline: (718) 898-0108
The food was excellent and service was great. Fusion nature of the items was evident with the lomo asado, slightly different from Chinese roast pork. Pescado al vapor entero was fairly fresh and meaty. Tai pa was an amalgam of elements; shrimp was crisp while the quail eggs were pleasant surprises. Lucuma ice cream was unique, with a coffee/nutty kind of flavor. Note the restaurant is cash only.
Ate here today for lunch on a warm Saturday afternoon for the first time to try this place out. It's definitely a Peruvian Chinese restaurant in my neighborhood. Anyways, I had only ordered the daily lunch special which was the chuelta (pork chop) with white steamed rice and salad a choice of soup or soda but I chose the Inca Kola as my soda to stay refreshed. It was pretty good except the salad 'cause it tasted not fresh at all and almost gave me a stomach ache that I didn't bother to eat it all. The service there was also attentive, really quick and good. The daily lunch special seemed affordable as well. Finally, I would definitely eat and come back again next time! :)
Disclamer: We never had true authentic Peruvian food, but we have a trip planned to go to Manchu Picchu soon. So we decided to try some Peruvian food before our trip. We ordered a bunch of food from the Lunch Menu just because of the great deal. I mean $9 for a meal and soup on a weekend is a pretty good price. We got the Lomo Saltado, Tallarin Salteado de Pollo and Chifa Combinado de Pollo. Additionally, we ordered the Cheviche de Pescado Lenguado, the Chicha Morada, and Bubble Tea with Lychi Jelly-no milk. Appearance wise the food look like Chinese fast food but the taste was not quite the same. Everything was tasty...my favorite being the cerviche and Bubble Tea. I wish the place was closer since it took me about 20 min to get to the restaurant and the fries for the Lomo Saltado was a bit soggy but I could imagine how it would taste like fresh out of the chicken and the sauce was tasty. I was also shocked Uber eats did not have the Lunch specials-otherwise I would have ordered from there. Doordash didn't even have the restaurant as an option. Another nice surprise was this nice Peruvian lady selling more food outside. She was not associated with the restaurant. I bought some pretty good cookies from her. P.S. the restaurant only accepts cash
As a Peruvian let me tell you it's the best chifa option if you have craving or want to give it a try and eat good food. You will not be disappointed; great service , okay environment, Everyone was so nice and friendly. The wanton soup it's nothing like those Chinese restaurants --not saying is bad -- they don't add the lettuce , Chinese onions and that amazing taste of wanton soup. Fried rice ( arroz chaufa) what can I say of the arrow chaufa; I'm just gonna say: Amazing! Fried noodles ( tallarín saltado, second picture) -I forgot how much I missed eating my tallarín saltado! It's been ages since I had my favorite plate. Eating all that with an inka cola , last but not least : fried wantons= delicious. Definitely coming back again
