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Pacha Papa

Address: Plazoleta San Blas 120, Cusco
Phone: 084/241-318

Price range: $-$$$
Cuisine: Peruvian
Location: Cusco

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Fodor's Review:

If you've been putting off trying the famous Andean dishes of guinea pig or alpaca, then wait no longer. This fabulous restaurant is hands-down the best place in town for Peruvian food. Based on a typical open-air quinta, wooden tables are scattered around a large patio, warmed on those chilly Andean nights by the huge bread oven, which takes pride of place at the front, and an underground oven where one of the star dishes, pachamanca, is cooked then disinterred before your eyes. The menu takes influences from all over Peru and the waiters are happy to explain what makes each dish special. Try the delicious anticuchas de alpaca, skewers of tender alpaca meat with local spices, and don't miss the sensational adobo de chancho, a tangy pork stew with meat that melts in your mouth. The star dishes of cuy al horno, baked guinea-pig, or the underground-oven baked pachamanca stew where different types of meats are slow roasted together with potatoes and aromatic herbs (pacha is Quechua for ground, manca means pot) have to be ordered 24 hours in advance, so plan ahead.