text: Eating here made me miss Miami big time Saturday at lunch it was pretty busy with an allHispanic crowd I think more Central American than Peruvian with lots of kids eating chicken and french fries everywherennBut I came for the Ceviche and that is what I ordered Ceviche mixto South Beach prices on S Polk street medium spicy pleasennThe traditional complimentary basket with fried pan de Yuca was served quickly if you are not familiar with it the best way I can describe it is like fried dough like a sugarless beignet with yellow chili sauce to dip it in nnBad start the dough was chewy greasy lukewarm old in a word awful I did not subtract a star because after all it is a freebiennCeviche is supposed to be as freshly made as possible in fact the better restaurants prepare it only after you order Here it had been sitting the fridge for days The fish was mealy the shrimp had the consistency of an overcooked limp noodle the calamare and octopus was harder than leather even the leaf of lettuce it was served on was the most wilted lettuce I have ever seen Even the potatoes were old I could not even recognize the taste of the sweet potato and had to ask if indeed that is it was And the medium was very mild nnIm awarding it stars because the Tigre de Leche sauce was pretty good not great and someone could eat a meal here and enjoy if they are not pickynnNo way that this type was an isolated incident just by looking at the photos of the Jalea here httpsmediaakyelpcdncombphotogkmZlWuIzVUGBLCbOIVSAljpg you can tell it was fried to death nnAt Machu Picchu the bar is set really low