Restaurant reviews – the opinions expressed are solely my own. Often, though it will appear that they’re based on a single visit, they’re based on more than one. And I’m willing to hear from folks who disagree – I do know that restaurants, including my own, have their off days.
It’s a house on a side street in Floresta. There’s no real sign, there’s a lampshade above the door with the Korean characters Kil Jung, the name of the place at Campana 714 (Google maps lists it as “Kwang N Kil”, probably the owner’s full name?). As best I can tell, that’s a personal name, it… Read More Korean at Home
Just an overload on fusion cooking, at two top nikkei sushi joints, and I finally found a place serving Italian-Peruvian fusion cooking! And a quick market visit, of course. I’m going to more or less post those in reverse, let’s cover the market visit and Italian, and then just overload you with beautiful sushi pix! A… Read More Fusion Sushi & Pasta!
? While Trujillo has a public transit system of small buses and vans, it’s not a coordinated effort. Pretty much every vehicle is individually owned (Henry’s older sister owned one for years), and runs whatever route they choose – to some extent there are official routes that they can bid on, but many, especially the… Read More A Very Moche Day (or 2)
Each morning here starts with coffee in the kitchen, and fresh bread. There’s a woman who lives somewhere here in the neighborhood, who stays up all night baking slightly sweet bread rolls, and then early morning delivering them, via bicycle. She has standing orders, like for here, and others call out their orders as she… Read More Bread.Duck.Chinese
According to Google Maps, all the streets around here have names, and the buildings have addresses. That would be a surprise to anyone who lives here, there certainly aren’t street signs or numbers on buildings. Everything’s done by reference to landmarks, well known stores, etc. Perfect place for the techno addressing system of what3words (if… Read More Food & Sorcery in the North
Not much of a walking day, other than a few km trek from lunch back to the hotel. The day was planned around a couple of museum visits, and checking off another couple of restaurants from the Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list. (These two and Malabar earlier in the week put me at 28 of… Read More Two of the Fifty
I think I may have overdone it on photos this time, but hey, I find it interesting, so therefore, so should you, right? I can’t really tell, I’m not getting many comments either here or on Facebook when the blog posts show up – the Instagram photos with minimal captions get far more attention. Maybe… Read More Virgin of the Sea
Yesterday’s venture, a hike north through San Isidro (the other kind of ritzy area), and on up to one of the markets just past it. And food, no doubt, food. And a reasonably respectable 8 km for the day. First stop, the Bosque El Olivar. Now, a bosque is a forest, and I’d have to say that… Read More A Hike North