The opening of Picca is still about another month away (now set for early June), associate Shawna Dawson writes to tell us. But, nearly as exciting is an early preview of the menu that now appears on the website of Mo-Chica chef and owner Ricardo Zarate’s forthcoming Peruvian restaurant. Come take a look at all the planned plates, which include slow cooked beef-stuffed potatoes, a crispy quinoa salad, blood sausage with ricoto pesto, sashimi, tiraditos, and ceviche, the promised selection of anticucho like beef heart and Santa Barbara shrimp, and main plates like duck leg confit in black beer sauce, in a sneak peak of Picca’s menu below. And take a look at the website, where you’ll find a gallery of food photos starting to form.
Picca Peru, 9575 W. Pico Blvd. West L.A. 310-277-0133.
PICCA 1 PRIMERAS
TUNA TARTAR, tuna/lemon soy dressing/wonton chips 9
PAPA RELLENA stuff potatoes/slow cook beef/boiled egg/roccoto aioli 8
EMPANADA TRIO beef/chicken/eggplant/salad 7
CRISPY QUINOA SALAD, quinoa croquette/poached egg/pancetta/feta cheese dressing 8
JALEA MIXTA, crispy mixed seafood/tartare sauce 11
PICCA 2 SEGUNDAS
SPICY TUNA, tobiko/cucumber 5
CHICKEN, celery/cilantro/huancaina sauce 5
SNOW CRAB, cucumber/avocado 6
CRISPY MORCILLA, rocoto pesto 8
ALBACORE, sliced onion/cebiche sauce 6
ROASTED TOMATOES, confit garlic/huacatay sauce 6
SCALLOPS, mentaiko 7
FISH ESCABECHE, avocado/micro arugula 8
CEBICHES & TIRADITOS
CEBICHE MIXTO, mixed seafood/potato/choclo/cebiche sauce 12
CEBICHE CRIOLLO, seabass/roccoto leche de tigre/choclo/sweet potato 10
CEVICHE CROCANTE, halibut/leche de tigre/crispy calamari 12
PICCA 3 TERCERAS
ANTICUCHO BAR
ANTICUCHO TRIO, Corazon/lengua/rache 10 SALMON, cucumber pickleds 7
POLLO, chicken breast/rocoto sauce 5 SCALLOPS, aji amarillo aioli/wasabi peas 10
CORAZON, beef hearth/potato/rocoto sauce 5 BLACK COD, miso anticucho/crispy sweet potato 8
LENGUA, beef tongue/red pepper sauce 7 SANTA BARBARA SHRIMP, lemon grass yuzu kosho pesto 13
PICCA 4 CUARTAS
ARROZ CON ERIZO, Peruvian paella/searching sauce/mixed seafood 14
SECO DE PATO, duck leg confit/black beer sauce/cilantro rice 12
ARROZ CHAUFA DE MARISCOS, mixed seafood/Peruvian fried rice/radish pickled 12
CHICHARRON DE COSTILLAS, crispy pork/toast/sweet potato puree/feta cheese sauce/salsa 9
LOCRO DE QUINOA, quinoa pumking stew/choclo/feta cheese/crispy tomato stew 10