Greensboro, NC
Phone: 336-617-3675
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"Our South American customers say it's simple," "They say you feel like it's homemade."
The restaurant makes its own sauces for Italian-influenced spaghetti dishes such as Tallarines Rojos ($7.95) topped with Peruvian-style red sauce or Tallarines Verdes ($7.95) topped with Peruvian-style basil sauce. Salads, including Camana Chicken ($7.95) topped with rotisserie chicken and a traditional poached Beet Salad ($5.95), can be tossed with a house vinaigrette.
Other internationally influenced entrees include Tallarin Saltado ($8.95), Chinese-style beef, chicken, shrimp or pork tossed with vegetables and noodles, and the Arroz Chaufa ($7.95) with chicken, beef, pork or shrimp served with fried rice and vegetables.
For the more traditional, Camana serves Secco con Frejoles ($7.95), a Peruvian beef stew with cilantro and yucca; Arroz con Pollo ($8.95), seasoned chicken in a cilantro sauce with homemade salsa criolla; and Aji de Gallina ($8.95), chicken presented in a creamy yellow aji chili sauce served with egg, olives and potatoes.
Potatoes and yucca, another tuber, are common ingredients or side dishes in Peruvian cuisine, such as the Papa a la Huancaina ($4.95) served sliced in a spicy sauce with olives and boiled eggs. Hughen says the country grows about 200 varieties of the potatoes.
Camana also offers three soups ($3.95 each), such as a traditional beef stew, a traditional "hen" soup and a creamy butternut squash option.
Camana offers a small wine list and beer list. Owner, Liliana Aughen says she plans to add more South American wines to the list soon.
Inside the old Libby Hill's location, the interior is clean and tastefully decorated. Candlelit lanterns and the soothing flutes of traditional Peruvian music create an ambiance close to fine dining.
"Give me the chance to show you my Peruvian food," Liliana Aughen says of her native cuisine.
Camana hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.
by carl wilson
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