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Five months and still fresh… Ceviche. 12 Aug 2012 | 09:08 pm
I can’t believe 5 months has gone by since we opened. The launch was intense to say the least; it’s the first time any team in the UK has ever done what we did with Peruvian food. Getting the right in...
Afro-Peruvian Fare-Starters: Anticuchos 3 Feb 2012 | 01:04 am
(picture by Ricardo Diaz) Anticucho is more than a skewer with marinated meat. It is a tradition. It brings memories of cold nights outside football stadiums, sometimes even more memorable than the m...
Afro-Peruvian Fare-Starters: Green Tamales 3 Feb 2012 | 01:01 am
Tamales are a Latin American classic. From Mexico to Argentina, almost every Spanish speaking country has its own variant with local recipes that can be radically different from one another. As you wo...
Andean Food-Mains: Quinoa Stew 3 Feb 2012 | 12:57 am
What is the first thing you associate with the word ‘quinoa’? Packed salads? the health food section of your local supermarket? Devoted vegetarians? All of the above? You have probably seen this Ande...
Comida Criolla-Desserts: Suspiro a la Limena 3 Feb 2012 | 12:54 am
Perhaps the most poetic dessert in the world, with an untranslatable title that could be interpreted as “Sigh of a Limenian” or its derivative Suspiro a la Limeña as “Sigh a la Limenian”. Either way, ...
Comida Criolla-Desserts: Picarones 3 Feb 2012 | 12:50 am
(picture by Jennifer Yin) Peruvian cuisine isn’t just about raw fish, chilli stews and exotic meats. Our desserts are also delicious examples of how European influences meet with local ingredients to...
Comida Criolla-Mains: Lamb Seco 3 Feb 2012 | 12:45 am
The most ironic Peruvian main course. Seco literally means ‘dry’, which this coriander-based stew is anything but. A classic throughout the northern coast (all the way to Ecuador), where the colour of...
Comida Criolla-Mains: Aji de Gallina 3 Feb 2012 | 12:41 am
Bit of a translation problem with this one. Aji de Gallina literally means ‘Chilli of Hen’ (it also sounds odd in Spanish), which could be translated as ‘Hen Chilli’ if most modern versions didn’t use...
Comida Criolla-Mains: Lomo Saltado 3 Feb 2012 | 12:34 am
Yet another classic Peruvian dish with disputed origins. This time, it’s a Far East showdown. It is widely believed that the mixture of beef strips, onions and soy sauce sauteed in a large pan (or wo...
Comida Criolla- Mains: Prawn Chupe 3 Feb 2012 | 12:28 am
Chupe (a rich, dense soup) is one of the oldest staples of Peruvian cuisine. In fact, its origins date to before the peak of the Inca empire, to the era of Pre-Columbian civilizations. There is histor...
