Alma Cocina, Peruvian Cuisine in San Francisco's Mission Neighborhood

Pollo A La Brasa at Alma Cocina.

I've been meaning to check out some of the fine Peruvian cuisine in the Bay Area that I've been hearing about ever since I got here, and yesterday (4/5/2018) made a good start, here at Alma Cocina, on 24th & Folsom in the Mission. Happened to arrive at happy hour where they have all sorts of drink specials, including the above, the Sangria Roja, the best sangria I've ever had.

Pulpo A Las Brasas: grilled octopus, potato gnocchi, sauteed vegetables with aioli & chimichurri. Explosive flavors and great textures. Cutting into the octopus it seem tough, but it definitely was not tough at all, mostly tender with a slight bit of give, to make for a texture that matched the somewhat dense gnocchi and sauteed vegetables that still had some coherent snap to them.

Arroz Chaufa, essentially a Peruvia take on fried rice. 

Crispy Yuca. Far and away the best yuca dish I've ever had.

Pollo a la Brasa: half a rotisserie chicken marinated with garlic and spices, tender and succulent, no side sauces necessary, but they gave us some anyway, a chimichurri and aji amarillo sauce. Superb!