Baby Brasa Catering: Sixteen Plates, Two Salsas, and How to Order for a New York Office

Baby Brasa cooks Peruvian food in New York City, and its menu on Zerocater builds a plated lunch from three parts: a protein, two sides and a salsa. You get two salsas to pick from, rocoto and pickled onion. Across sixteen distinct plates, twelve carry the rocoto salsa and four carry the pickled onion salsa.

The two salsas differ in what goes into them. The menu’s own line for the rocoto salsa names egg first, then oil, chili pepper and lime juice. The pickled onion salsa is onions pickled in vinegar and olive oil. So when you plan a room, pick the salsa when you pick the plate, and you can order for every guest from one kitchen.

A Peruvian kitchen with a New York menu

The Baby Brasa menu on Zerocater runs to a hundred and one lines in five sections: entrees, sides, toppings, condiments and desserts. The Peruvian dishes anchor it. Lomo saltado is marinated strips of sirloin with onions and tomatoes in a savory sauce. Aji de gallina is pulled rotisserie chicken in a yellow pepper and parmesan sauce. The New York churrasco steak comes marinated in chimichurri, and the wild caught salmon comes in a passion fruit reduction.

The sides lean Peruvian too: Peruvian rice in green cilantro, jasmine rice with Peruvian corn, yuca fries, fried sweet plantains and black beans. Tres leches cake and churros with dulce de leche close the menu. Around them sit simpler lines a New York office will know, such as steamed broccoli, roasted carrots, a kale and quinoa salad and a row of soups.

One habit of the menu matters for any count. It lists twenty-six plate lines, and it repeats ten of them word for word. This guide counts each plate once, which gives sixteen distinct plates.

Sixteen plates: a protein, two sides and a salsa

Here is every distinct plate on the Zerocater menu, with the protein, the two sides and the salsa its name gives.

Read down the salsa column and the menu sorts itself. Every steak plate and every chimichurri chicken plate carries the rocoto salsa. The plain grilled chicken, seasoned with salt and pepper, comes with either one. The stir fry comes with either one too, and the menu gives it a different name for each.

What goes into each salsa

The condiments section of the menu gives the rocoto salsa its own line: a traditional Peruvian sauce made of egg, oil, chili pepper, lime juice, salt and black pepper, which the kitchen pairs with its Peruvian chicken. Each plate description repeats the same list in brackets after the words rocoto salsa. Egg leads the list every time.

The pickled onion salsa has a shorter list. Each plate that carries it describes a salsa of onions pickled in vinegar and olive oil, and the description names egg nowhere.

The menu also lists a rocoto vinaigrette, two lines of it in the condiments section, made from rocoto peppers, eggs, vinegar and olive oil. That one dresses a salad rather than a plate, and it names egg as well. So the word rocoto on this menu travels with egg in both of its forms.

One stir fry under two names

The stir fry shows the salsa at work most clearly. Two lines describe the same stir fry: mushrooms, quinoa, onions and sweet plantains in a sesame tamari sauce, over jasmine rice with fries. The menu names one Vegetarian Stir Fry and the other Vegan Stir Fry.

The difference sits at the end of each name. The Vegetarian Stir Fry lines carry the rocoto salsa, so they carry its egg. The Vegan Stir Fry lines carry the pickled onion salsa. Same mushrooms, same quinoa, same rice, and the salsa decides which name the plate gets. A third pickled onion stir fry line on the menu describes the same plate and leaves the sesame tamari sauce out of its description.

The chicken plates that come both ways

Two grilled chicken plates appear twice on the menu with the same sides and a different salsa. Grilled chicken with sweet potato fries and sweet plantain comes with rocoto or with pickled onion. Grilled chicken with yuca fries and sweet plantain comes both ways too.

For a planner, those pairs are the useful part. A guest who eats chicken and skips egg can have the same plate as the person beside them, with the other salsa. Nobody needs a special order, and the whole room eats the same lunch.

How to order the plates for an office

The rule fits in one line: pick the salsa when you pick the plate. Four steps put it to work.

1. Ask the room two questions when you collect the headcount: who skips egg, and who eats no animal products.
2. Give the guests who eat no animal products the Vegan Stir Fry. Give the guests who skip egg but eat chicken one of the two pickled onion chicken plates.
3. Let everyone else choose from all sixteen plates, steak and chimichurri chicken included.
4. Name the salsa on every line of the order, and let the kitchen confirm the current menu and what goes into each dish.

A plate description names what the kitchen chose to list, so treat it as a place to start. If a guest has a question the menu does not answer, ask the guest first, then ask the kitchen. For a wider look at a mixed room, our vegan office catering guide and vegetarian office catering guide cover the rest of the order.

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Proteins, bases and a salsa line of its own

The plates are one way to order. The menu also lists proteins, bases, toppings and condiments as separate lines, so a planner can set out trays and let guests build a plate. The proteins run from sliced grilled chicken breast and Peruvian grilled chicken thighs to the churrasco steak, the salmon and a tofu scallion stir fry. The bases include both rices, brown rice, the fries and the plantains.

On that side of the menu the rocoto salsa is its own line under condiments, next to the rocoto vinaigrette, a miso-ginger dressing and ranch. So the salsa becomes a tray you add or leave out, and the same rule still holds: decide on the salsa when you decide on the food.

Who Baby Brasa suits

• New York offices that want a Peruvian lunch with grilled chicken, steak and lomo saltado on it.
• Team lunches where each guest gets a full plate, protein and two sides included.
• Mixed rooms, where the two salsas let one kitchen cover guests who skip egg or eat no animal products.
• Client dinners that want salmon, churrasco and churros on the table.

How to order Baby Brasa catering

You can order direct with the kitchen. Or you can order through Zerocater, where the Baby Brasa page carries the current menu and a live quote. CaterAi builds a menu from that list for your headcount, and how Zerocater works covers the rest of the order.

Baby Brasa is one of many New York kitchens on Zerocater. New York City catering lists the rest of them, and Peruvian catering covers the cuisine across the country. For office catering budgets in the city, see our New York City office catering cost guide, and for events, our corporate event catering guide for New York City. The Picnic Basket is another New York kitchen we have profiled.

Menus change. Confirm the current menu with the kitchen before you order. For the current menu and a live quote, use the Baby Brasa page on Zerocater.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of food does Baby Brasa cater?

Peruvian food from a New York City kitchen. The menu on Zerocater carries plated entrees of grilled chicken, steak and a mushroom and quinoa stir fry, each with two sides and a salsa, plus lomo saltado, aji de gallina, grilled salmon in a passion fruit reduction, Peruvian rice, yuca fries, fried sweet plantains, tres leches cake and churros.

What are the two salsas on Baby Brasa’s plates?

Rocoto salsa and pickled onion salsa. The menu describes the rocoto salsa as a Peruvian sauce made of egg, oil, chili pepper, lime juice, salt and black pepper. It describes the pickled onion salsa as onions pickled in vinegar and olive oil.

Which plates come with the pickled onion salsa?

Four distinct plates: two grilled chicken plates (sweet potato fries or yuca fries, each with sweet plantain) and two stir fry lines the menu names Vegan Stir Fry. The other twelve plates carry the rocoto salsa.

What is the difference between the Vegetarian Stir Fry and the Vegan Stir Fry?

The salsa. Both lines describe the same stir fry of mushrooms, quinoa, onions and sweet plantains over jasmine rice with fries. The line named Vegetarian Stir Fry comes with the rocoto salsa, which names egg. The line named Vegan Stir Fry comes with the pickled onion salsa.

How should I order Baby Brasa for an office lunch?

Pick the salsa when you pick the plate. Ask the room who skips egg or eats no animal products, give those guests the pickled onion plates, and let everyone else choose from all sixteen. Name the salsa on each line of the order, and let the kitchen confirm the current menu.

How do you order Baby Brasa catering?

Two routes. Direct, with the kitchen. Or through Zerocater, where the Baby Brasa page carries the current menu and a live quote, and the order sits alongside every other kitchen your office uses.

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