Price: $$
Cravingness: ★★★☆☆1/2
Mayta Peruvian Kitchen, the exotic restaurant in Central, recently launches "Just for Lunch" with an great range of choices from their buffet table with desserts at only HKD118. If you are a hungry eater, you can also opt for main course for an additional HKD50! Seriously, a tiny box of salad with a small sandwich already cost you a hundred at Simply Life or Urban Bakery in Central, why not Mayta then for an even more freshly made salad?
Mayta offers inspired Peruvian cuisine in a contemporary and sensual Latin setting with an occasional fusion of international ingredients and spices. The vibe is lively with Latin music merges with the laughter from the crowds.
I love the handkerchief of Mayta, there is a colourful geometric pattern at the corner!
Mayta offers inspired Peruvian cuisine in a contemporary and sensual Latin setting with an occasional fusion of international ingredients and spices. The vibe is lively with Latin music merges with the laughter from the crowds.
I love the handkerchief of Mayta, there is a colourful geometric pattern at the corner!
Mayta has it's own ceviche bar offering an extensive drink list including wines, champagnes, spirits. cocktails and pisco infusions etc. Peruvian cuisine stood out from other Latin American cuisine by offering exotic ingredients that others cannot produces. Blessed by the Peru fine soil, unique climates and geographic location, great maize (corn), potatoes and peppers are produced. Hence you will find chicha (a Peruvian beverage derived from maize) and the use of Aji de Amarillo (yellow pepper) in a lot of Peruvian dishes.
Chicha Morada - HKD48
Pisco Sour - HKD68
Pisco Sour is a national drink of Peru made with lime, simple syrup, egg whites, passion fruit and Chicha Morada. A must try drink at Mayta.
Buffet Table
The buffet table offers an eclectic dishes of ceviche, salads, veggies, corns and breads. The buffet here is rather special in a way that a chef stands at the ceviche station (behind the ice box) and makes ceviche upon order.
Soup of the day
Soup of the day was served to me when I went crazy at the ceviche buffet table. My bowl of soup was adorable as an exclamation mark was drawn on it (others are just a green dot). The soup was rich, creamy and quite heavy on the palate. It somewhat tasted like potato soup.
Tuna Ceviche
This tuna ceviche was the one made freshly at the ceviche station at the buffet table. The tuna was fresh, tender and juicy. Flavour wise it was interesting as fresh radish and seaweed were infused in the sauce. On top of that, there was crispy sweet ginger crunch at the bottom. This Japanese fusion ceviche totally wow me!
Causa
Causa is a popular and famous dish at Mayta where potato are mashed and made in a ball shape. The potato ball was mushy, not too smooth with bits of potatoes to chew on. Yellow chilli sauce was mixed in the mash which gave a sweet overall taste.
I tried a bit of everything on the the buffet table. The Corn Salad was stir fried with spices. This salad is a must try as Peru's special white corn - a HUGE corn when compared to normal corn, was mixed in the salad. This special corn was chewy but was rather bland in taste. I am not too fond of. The Huancaina Potato is a dish of sliced potatoes prepared again with yellow sauce chilli sauce. The potato itself was bland in taste but the creamy and cold sweet yellow chilli sauce gave an overall sweet taste to the dish. The Broccoli was not particularly special. It was for sure fresh as it was very crisp. The Quinoa Salad was interesting as fried purple potato chips were added in for extra texture. The tomato was super sweet and juicy which I love. To conclude, I like the tuna ceviche, causa and the quinoa salad on the buffet table.
Buttery bread
The buttery bread was served with 2 fine sauces, the chalaca chimichurri and piquillo pepper with cheese chimichurri. I perfer the piquillo pepper with cheese chimichurri more.
"Pan Con Chicharron" - Steam Buns with Crispy Pork & Rocoto Sauce
As bao continued to be the food trend, Mayta also incorporated bao into their menu. The bao here was soft and sweet. The pork belly was slightly thin but was still extremely succulent with crispy skin. The marinated onion was very sour which totally whet my appetite and squeezed every saliva out of my glands. Furthermore there was also crunchy purple potato crisps that add extra texture to the dish. Excellent!
"Anticuchos" - Beef or Chicken skewer
Both the skewers were pretty nice but was less special when compared with other excellent mains on the menu. Between these two skewers, I like the beef skewer more as it carried a refreshing basil note.
"Lomo Saltado" Stir fried Beef, Red Onions & Tomatoes
"Carapulcra" Andean Potato Stew with Crispy Suckling Pig
This crispy suckling pig is freaking evil but heavenly delicious. As expected, the suckling pig had very crunchy skin, melt in your mouth fats and tender meats! Peru sweet corn and yellow chilli sauce were used to give extra flavour to the dish. Portion was very generous, so if you are considering this for your main, you better ask your friend to share it with you. (Plus you don't want to consume all those fats by yourself!)
"Aji de Gallina" - Crispy Pan Chicken Breast & Yellow Chilli Sauce
Last but not least is the crispy pan chicken breast on a thick yellow chilli sauce. A solid dish with tender chicken breast and creamy sweet sauce.
"Arroz con leche Maxamprrero" - Peruvian Rice Pudding & Purple Corn Porridge
Rating
Food - ★★★☆☆
Service - ★★★★☆
Ambience - ★★★★☆
Overall - ★★★☆☆1/2
Mayta Peruvian Kitchen & Pisco Bar
Address (E) 3/F, Grand Progress Building, 15 Lan Kwai Fong, Central, Hong Kong
Address (C) 香港中環蘭桂坊15號協興大廈3樓
☏ 2790 0928
Opening Hours: Mon - Sun: 12pm - 3pm, 6pm - 11pm
Reservation Available? Yes
Walk In Possible? Yes
Website: http://www.diningconcepts.com/mayta
Date of Dining: 11 March 2014
Bill Per Person (Lunch exc. alc) - HKD185
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