Chicha - Vancouver

Brunch Review__I got the special of the day - Smoked Sablefish Empanadas with Portablello Mushroom, leek and Aji cream sauce.

Love this place! We were four and had a chance to try a variety of dishes.

As a peruvian I feel like I have really high standards for peruvian food, and this place was just ok for me.

This was my first time to Chicha but was familiar with Peruvian dishes. The restaurant offered a nice variety of plates and all our dishes were tasty. My favourite is the ceviche.

During our annual visits to Vancouver, we sample many of Vancouver's wonderful cuisines, always looking out for new experiences. This year was no exception, and on the last night of our visit, we lucked out when we decided on Chicha after we had to cancel our original plans. It was the best of the several dinners we had.The ambience is no great shakes - a small, narrow outlet, with customers eating at a long bar or on tables surrounding it - and the place is very casual. The food was the main attraction and everything we ordered was, to put it mildly, wonderfully and delightfully tasty.The servings are similar to tapas style, so we ordered five different things: - Salmon Ceviche- Bolas De Yuca (cassava root croquettes)- Quinoa salad - Peruvian grilled skewers of chicken breast - Chicken empanadasEach one delighted us, and I told Mihajlo, the friendly server with a great sense of humor, after the first two servings that so far, they were 2 for 2. After the 5th was served and consumed, I remarked to him hat they had hit a grand slam homerun as far as we were concerned. To boot, we had a refreshing white wine to go with the meal from Okanagan (a Naramata Kanazawa Nomu) and ended the meal sharing a gluten-free tasty chocolate cake.This will be one place I will need to come back to again... and again.