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Why China Chilcano Is on Our Top 50 Chinese Outside China
China Chilcano, under Jose Andres (consultant chef)'s direction, is ranked #43 on our Top 50 Chinese Restaurants Outside China. The regional Chinese register: Chinese-Peruvian (Chifa).
The technique: Wok hei, Chinese-Peruvian fusion. The signature dish: Chifa lomo saltado, Chifa dim sum, Peruvian-Cantonese tasting.
The dim sum program: Cantonese-Peruvian dim sum. The chef lineage: Jose Andres ThinkFoodGroup; Chifa tradition.
The award lineage: James Beard Outstanding Chef (Andres).
How to Order at China Chilcano
The booking lead time: 4 to 8 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking line where applicable; institutional walk-in Chinatown restaurants accept no reservations and run a queue from opening.
Order the regional Chinese signature. The kitchen's strongest expression at China Chilcano is the Chifa lomo saltado, paired with the institutional regional Chinese tradition the kitchen takes as its starting point.
The dress code: Smart casual. The dinner spend: 100 to 180 USD per person at dinner. The kitchen at China Chilcano is rated 9/10 for food and 10/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why China Chilcano Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"Jose Andres's Penn Quarter Chinese-Peruvian (Chifa) flagship. The most consistently institutional Chifa restaurant in the United States; the Cantonese-Peruvian fusion menu honors the Chinese-Peruvian Chifa tradition that emerged from 19th-century Cantonese immigration to Peru."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 9/10, ambience at 10/10, and value at 8/10. The Chinese-Peruvian (Chifa) register is structural; the chef training lineage and the regional Chinese tradition produce the meal that rewards the pilgrimage.
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