El Inka

On Friday 4/4/14, I visited El Inka for lunch, I went with a couple of my friends.  A few days ago I was telling them about the assignment to go to a restaurant of another culture and one of my friends, Lucia, immediately recommended El Inka.  El Inka is a Peruvian restaurant, the only one in Michigan actually.  Lucia is from Peru and told me all about the cuisine before we went, it sounded really good so I was pretty excited!  The restaurant was small inside and the atmosphere was cool, it definitely spoke Peru!  I was slightly taken aback by the menu because all of the headings were in Spanish so I was confused but Lucia and the waitress were helpful.  Unfortunately, with it being Lent and I went on a Friday, I could not eat anything that had meat in it, so this limited my choices even more...  I ended up deciding to order the papa a la huancaina, which was sliced steamed potatoes topped with huancaina cream, egg and an olive.  I love trying new foods and drinks, however I don't always enjoy what I try, that was the case at El Inka.  The food was prepared great and the prices were reasonable, but I do not think Peruvian food is for me.  I enjoy spice and the dish I ordered definitely had a kick which was nice, but it was also very salty which I didn't care for.  
Overall, I did really enjoy my experience at El Inka, the owners have done a nice job with this restaurant.  The owners ordered a rotisserie oven from Peru to specially cook their chicken, this ended up costing the family $18,000 because of shipping and delays!!  Also, they offer Inka Kola, which is a banana cream soda, and I was excited to try this drink but they did not have any when I went... :(  I might have to go back just to check that out!