Everyone want to come to Peru

I saw this spot on youtube that made me smile. The video was made by foreign people who love Peru, watch and think about it:

Las 3 Joyas - The three jewels

This last weekend I went to eat at Las 3 Joyas, a folk club at night and folk restaurant during the day. I knew this place because a friend of mine invited me to watch him sing there. I share the table with some friends in common and I saw how delicious their dishes look, but I didn't tried anything that date. Still remembering that time and now that I live only at one block I decided to have lunch there with my family. The dishes taste so good as they look and we heard also peruvian valses from Bartola's voice, who is a popular singer in Perú. At the end I had a quality time with my family and of course I recommend this place. Thus, I'm surprised how turists don't know it (maybe because is not in Miraflores), but many peruvians go. I think it's highly recommended, you can eat delicious peruvian dishes, dance and hear peruvian music.If you are american and whant to bother your friend who has a guinea pig as a pet, you can order "Cuy Chactado".

Enjoy the videos and photos I have for you:

The Lomo Saltado al Pisco is so good.

The show of my friend

The famous peruvian singer of valses, Bartola

Addres: Av. Arnaldo Marquez 1600, Jesús María

Website: www.tresjoyas.com

Ceviche Club

Today, I've read in the newspape about a fantastic idea, it is the Ceviche club, a membership that allow you to enjoy spectacular discount in many of the most famous seafoods in Lima. You can subscribe since February 25th and it's totally free, not even montly payments. I've scheduled my outlook to remind me the 25th..If you speek spanish or understand at least, you can read the entire article here

Depeche Order - 80's Club

The last saturday, I went to a place I didn't know. In fact I wouldn't go if my friend wouldn't ask me to go because the club is located in El Polo Shopping Center - Surco which is known as an expensive town. To enter you have to pay 50 soles, we paid 30 soles per person because we were only girls. It was funny because at the door there were some promoters from Durex condoms and gave us 3 condoms to each one, but I was the only one with a purse so I save all the condoms on it. At the entrance the guard was checking everybody, so he asked me to check my purse and surprise!! He burst out laughing, so did I .The drinks cost beetween 25 soles or more, a personal beer only 10 soles. The place was full of girls, most places I go are plenty of girls, is there a lack of men in Lima or there are more becoming gays everyday?. Well, my health is improving, I tried 2 beers and I didn't feel ache =) . I turned on a cigarette but when I was smoking an annoying barman pushed me on to turn it off since it was prohibited to smoke inside. How the hell I was gonna know if there wasn't a fucking letter...or maybe I didn't want to look ;-)  Finally, we got happy: I danced alone, with my friends, with a chair, with my hair dried and then all wet and yes the few men started to get closer and closer, notbody was handsome not even cool. For example, there were 2 assholes who start dancing very close to my friend and I but they dind't talk to us. It looks like they were waiting that we do flirt with them. Then there was another asshole that was alone, who moved next to us on the bar but he didn't say anything, he just stayed for a while and then quit. But there was one that was hot, I don't know if he was going straight to me but I just got so nervous that I couldn't do visual contact with him. So, he walked next to me and went to the bathroom. It made me think how important is to flirt as a winner in club, only losers can be frightened. Is not that I think I'm a loser but it can be the impression we give. For the example the 3 assholes I mentioned before. Ah! I almost forgot the music is mostly 80's, rock and some latin (non fashion latin).

I didn't took my camera but I found some photos on the Internet. I select those I think describe better the club.

 Address: El Polo Shopping Center, 2nd Floor, Surco

Website: http://www.depecheorder.com/

Señor Limón - Sir Lemon

As seafood combines perfect with these sunny days the last sunday I went to eat to the Señor Limón, a very known restaurant that has some locations in Lima, one near my home, exactly in San Miguel. Then I invited my mother to remember the exquisite flavor of the Señor Limón’s dishes. We had tried many dishes there and we don’t complain about any.  Even though we have many seafood restaurants in Lima it seems they are still few because at some seafood restaurants I like I always find people waiting to enter and of course I have to join the line. At least at the Señor Limón I don’t have to wait too much, just 5 or 10 minutes to find a seat. Thus, I still remember when I went to eat at a very good seafood restaurant and I found it all full and the place was really big, but I will talk about it later.  I love Señor Limon because I think they serve a fear quantity for the price, and what about the quality?- it’s  wonderful because they only work with fine fish and don't lie to you. In my opinion, the reason of his public is the right relation between price-quantity-quality.  It’s always a pleasure to eat at the Señor Limón.  However, I must clear up I’ve never gone to the other locations, only to San Miguel. I hope you can eat there and if you know more about the others please tell us.

This time I ordered at Señor Limón:

Matrimonio de Causa con Ceviche (Marriage of Cause filled with crayfish and Ceviche)

Pez Espada a la Parrilla con champignones (Grilled Swordfish with mushrooms)

Here the photos I took wih my camera:



People waiting to enter



The place is all full

My order. I always ask for Matrimonio

Address: Av. La Mar 2311, San Miguel

Webpage: http://www.senorlimon.com/

Tanta - A Restaurant by Gaston Acurio

Tanta is one of the famous restaurants from Gaston Acurio. I mentioned him in my post of La Calesa. Well, he is a peruvian chef who became popular in Peru because of his many succesful restaurants here and abroad. Eating in a restaurant by Gaston Acurio is a synonymus of quality and finest food. He has many chains of restaurants in Peru and I read in the newspaper he's founding a Chinesse Food Restaurant at the peruvian style. This man is awsome, he always innovates food. I think that is why he's been recognized around the world. The last saturday I was supposed to meet my "best friend" Guillermo but as he ussually does he didn't care about it and got slept at the lunch time, not even a call. Fortunately, along the time you learn to know people, so I just waited for him until 12:30 pm then I made my plan for the day. First, I wanted to look for appartments that feed into my budget- a difficult task believe me!. Then, I took a bus to San Isidro, exactely to an area close to my job, and walking over there I found Tanta and I decided to have lunch there. It wasn't my first time eating there, some time ago I tasted a delicious and unforgetable dish in the same location so I decided to come in. This time I was curious about seafood at the Gaston Acurio's style so I ordered:

Tiradito two-colors
Causa filled with crayfish pulp
Chocolate dessert
Frozen Chicha

It was a complete meal and a very expensive one (60 soles) . Prices here are so relatives. The next day I went to a good seafood called El Señor Limón and spent the same money but for 2 persons! However, nobody in Peru is so popular as Gaston Acurio. Anyway, he worths to its price. I was kind of embarrased because I wanted to take photos but I was alone, however I found courage because my purpose is to give valuable information in my blog and that includes pictures taken by me some times. So I ask the waiter that please take a panoramic photo for me, but he told me he was going to ask to the "man in charge", another man came to my seat and asked what I wanted, I repeated the same and he told he was going to asked to his supervisor. It was kind of disturbing because I just wanted a photo of an empty area! I didn't want to bother anybody. Then the supervisor came to my seat, at his favor I can say he was hot,hehe. He asked my why I wanted to take photos and the url of my website. And he finally allowed me to take photos "but only a couple please".  It was kind of embarrasing for me because was the first time I asked for permission. Talking about my food, the Tiradito was made of perico, which is not really a fine fish but it tasted as the finest fish in that preparation, however it was too few for me then I asked the Causa, it was better in quantity and one of the best Causas I've ever tried. Then I wanted a dessert, I'm on diet but I coudn't resist to the appealing desserts, so I ordered one that lunched me to heaven. In my opinion, eating in Tanta makes me feel as eating fine food made with common ingredients. By the way, I wouldn't recommend the Tiradito but the Causa and the dish I ate before Arroz a la norteña were excelent.

Here the photos I took for you:



Helpful personnel

 

Tiradito two-colors and frozen chicha

Causa filled with crayfish pulp



 Mouse of chocolate filled with almonds and crunchy coconut



The problematic photo I was finally allowed to take



Address: Av. Pancho Fierro 117, San Isidro

Webpage: http://www.tanta.com.pe/

Night Tour at Miraflores

Yesterday, I met with my friend Mónica to go for some drinks. She was upset because the guy she liked didn't show interest on her. As a matter of fact that man is a very stupid one. Then she told she wanted revanche. We went to Kennedy Park and we met there with Anselmo, another friend. I whish they get alone very well, but it ended up as all the opposite. I found in a seat a 50 soles bill and to celebrate my luck we agreed to go to the Pub Inglés, a bar that Mónica chose. Our surprise was big when we saw a lot of VERY old men like in their 60 -70's, the majority had an enterpreneur or high executive look and they were flirting with young girls, most in their mid twenties!!. Anselmo said they were horks, but those girls didn't look horks to me, they dressed very decent. My friend Mónica told me that she chose that place because a friend of her recommended it, so maybe in another day of the week it is cool. We get bored on that bar and we decided to go to another Mónica's point, then we went to La Bohème in Ovalo Gutierrez, an exclusive restaurant in the first floor and a pub in the second floor. I didn't know about that bar existed and I touhght for myself how fine Mónica is. Our surprise was big again, the people didn't look like criminal but they absolutely weren't from Miraflores, they looked as nothing special  except for Anselmo that found a girl he liked and that girl was corresponding to him. Then Mónica and I decided to go to another place and Anselmo stayed in La Bohème with his girl. We went to Mama Batata in Larcomar, a place where it's common to find foreign people, but the best of all is that the entrance is free (I hate to pay that), that saturday there were few foreign people, and the few of them were rounded of girls, the boys who just came in were catched inmediately by other girls. I'm not good at flirting, my friend is kind of serious so we were just looking and cualifying boys, in that activity we met another 2 girl friends, very cool and pretty, the 2 of them were alone because her friends disappeared with some guys. I specially liked one of them, she told us she even go alone to the bar if she doesn't have a girl friend to hang out, she was sexy, pretty and had too much attitude. We agreed to stay in touch and we exchanged numbers. It was another surprise for me because what we were looking for was to exchange numbers with men haha. It was a night full of surprises!!! After a while, I went to the toilet and when I returned Mónica were dancing with a boy, then she came out the place to drink with him, the sexy new friend was dancing with another man that works as personal trainner, he gave his card after. The another girl found her friend and said good bye to me. It was kind of funny and frustrating as the same time, I was totally alone. I didn't like nobody who were alone too, besides I had to wait for my friend and I was happy she finally could consume her revanche.Then I felt forced to interrupt my new friend who was kissing the boy in that moment, I told her I ended up alone and they invited me to dance with them in a group of three, in that moment she gave me her number and he gave me his card, until my friend returned to go home.

I took some photos for you, please understand I'm trying to keep the identity of my friends in secret.

Mónica in the Pub Ingles, look the executive man behind.

Me in te Pub Ingles.

This is funny, it's the roof of La Bohème, if you go with skirt care about downstairs

My friend Anselmo

Mama Batata

Mama Batata looks like a paradise for guys

Orgäanika Coffee & D'lites - A healthy experience

Nowadays it's like a "fashion thing" to be light. Anywhere I see people doing sports, eating healthier but it's still hard to find an ideal point. Little by little restaurants and cafes are adapting themselves to attend this growing public. For example, KFC before was a synonymous of greasy food, now they also sell salads!! Peruvian restaurants of grilled chicken now sell big bowls of salad too. And what about the desserts?? -  New icecream shops like Frogurt or this Orgäanika are becoming popular. I love this new places and hope I could find one near my neighborhood soon. I knew about Orgäanika through facebook, inmediately I wanted to go but their locations were so far from my town. Until today that I had to visit a client in La Molina, close to the Fontana Shoping Center and so I could finally meet Ogäanika. I ordered an icecream which they promote like low-calorie food (only 50 calories for each 100 grs) but the icecream machine was broken . Kind of dissapointed I ordered the organic coffee and it was delicious, nothing to regret. I felt a lighter flavor than the "normal" grans in the coffee, but it was good. What I love of this place is the fact they have a very nice space for smokers. Today is very hard to find a public place where to smoke a cigarette because it's prohibited in many restaurants and cafes. That experience was something new for me, smoking an drinking a good capuccino at the same time. Hope you enjoy Orgäanika some time.

I took this pictures frome their fanpage in Facebook:



Here is where I took my coffee and smoke my cigarette



Addres: Av. La Fontana 790, La Molina

Webpage: http://www.orgaanika.com/

Mis Costillitas - Ribs and Grilled "snacks"

Well, at first I have clear up that I didn't find an exact translation por "piqueo" because I understand snack like something not too heavy but these "grilled snaks" are really greassy and heavy, not kidding. I had an awful stomachache despite to a lunch in honor of Alicia, a good friend and co-worker. Please don't missunderstand me, the food is delicious and the quality is all right, but it's not light at all. The salad is very simple and too small while the french fries potatos and meet are a considerably amount. I do not like the salad not event the french fries potatos they serve but the ribs and the grilles "snacks" rock my world =) . I've been in the location of San Miguel and another in Miraflores.The taste is not wide different between both locations but I rather Mis Costillitas from Miraflores even though it's smaller. Go! eat! enjoy! punish your stomach once in a while.

The following pictures are taken from their website:

Address: find one near you in their webpage

Webpage: http://www.miscostillitas.com/

Pardos Chicken - feel the peruvian taste

Last monday I went to the movies with my family and as a family tradition we went to dinner before. It was my turn to choose the restaurant and I picked Pardos Chicken since it's been a long time we ate there. I don't if it was because we missed the place but that monday I felt I was eating the best grilled chicken ever in my life. My mother also said it was better than the last time. So, it was a grateful surprise for us and it reminded me I should recommend this restaurant. Thus, they are some of the few good restaurants I know that offer a "light" option for whose don't like to eat too much fat. For example, they allow you to change salad instead of the french fries potatos as a result you eat grilled chicken with salad

For those who don't know Pardos Chicken is a peruvian chain of restaurants that became international some time ago, because of the quality of their food they had a great success in Chile. By the was, a lot of peruvian restaurants are conquering the world and I have them here cheaper and closer then I feel so lucky of been peruvian. Beside, I love to eat, yep I confess but shhh nobody must know.

I hope you can feel the flavor while looking at the pictures:

Pardos Parrillero

My favorite salad..the vegetables are so fresh

Pollo a la brasa (grilled chicken)

Address?? they have many locations!!! but I go to the one in San Miguel Shopping Center.

Webpage: http://www.pardoschicken.com.pe/