Chifa Tai Pai

Chinese food never tasted better than at Chifa Tai Pai. only 1-1/2 blocks uphill from the Plaza de Armas.  Recommended dishes include Pollo con salsa curry (chicken with curry sauce), Pollo con yuyo (chicken with veggies and truffles), Chop Suey (chicken with vegitables topped with stripps of fried eggs.  For a group of three or four, Tai Pai has the house specialty, Tai Pai a la Plancha.  It has everything but the kitchen sink, with a mushroom sauce over everything that ties all the flavors together in perfection.  There arenīt too many Chinese restaurants in Peru that even know what an eggroll is, but at Tai Pai, they have perfected the art of the fried wonton, available with half a dozen in an order. 

Prices at Tai Pai range from 12 to 16 soles ($4.00 to $5.35 in US dollars) for most entrees, and family entrees run from 25 soles ($8.35) and up.  At these prices, Tai Pai is definitely one of the best values in the jungle.