A well-liked place for Peruvian delicacies refined in Cerrito has expanded to the Gilman district of Berkeley.
The Mono opened its second location this Could at 1300 Fourth St., within the outdated house of Gilman Grill and with a big out of doors patio. The restaurant remains to be ready for its cooking and alcohol and alcohol alcohol license, however in any other case it’s open and serves its menu of inventive and comforting dishes Peruvians.
Peru meals followers ought to ask: are the sauces used to affix so many issues collectively, often creamy brews made with rocoto or yellow chili pepper, something good? Happily, the monkey has a few of the finest within the space, whether or not he desires the spicy birds to begin roasted poultry or the untuousity to merge the boiled potatoes. (It collects somewhat from your private home fridge, they’re just one pop greenback).
The grilled hen within the authentic location of El Mono is the right combo of Smoky and Tangy. It’s marinated in juice of Lima and quite a lot of herbs earlier than hitting the flames; Place it in order that juices drip in cassava fries for an actual present ($ 24 in half). Till that hen pot arrives, prospects in Berkeley may attempt a few of the seafood dishes.
The macho fish is as enjoyable to eat as it’s to eat: a fried fried sheets till it fry and served a seafood with chili with seafood and jasmine rice ($ 30- $ 45). Its twin, the “tremendous seafood”, is much more stunning, being a whole fried fish sitting in a mountain of Peruvian paella that chuffs audibly when it’s served ($ 40- $ 52).
There are a selection of dishes that incorporate shrimp, from a brilliant ceviche with candy potatoes and roasted corn ($ 24) to shrimp pacifier (shrimp soup with chili from Panca Aji and a climbing egg, $ 27). There are additionally Peruvian fried rice with steak, and a fleet of sides akin to refused beans, quinoa and fried bananas. For the dessert there’s frozen with the lucuma and pumping cream, a Peruvian flan combined with pisco and sprinkled with Chile’s sauce.
The homeowners of El Mono used to execute a type of wine bar and, as soon as that license arrives, the menu affords helpful solutions for combos. For now, attempt a “miti miti”, a half and a half discharge of home made purple corn drinks that separate as an exquisite sundown.
Particulars: Noon open at 9 pm from Monday to Saturday and midday at eight pm on Sunday at 1300 Fourth St., Berkeley; https://elmonofresh.com