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El Centro abounds in both high-quality cuisine and cheap, filling food. A highlight is the Barrio Chino, packed with dozens of Chinese-Peruvian restaurants called chifas, but the run-down neighborhood that surrounds it makes it inadvisable to head there after dark. Restaurants on the main plazas are better dinner options.
El Centro abounds in both high-quality cuisine and cheap, filling food. A highlight is the Barrio Chino, packed with dozens of Chinese-Peruvian restaurants called chifas, but the run-down neighborhood that surrounds it makes it inadvisable to head there after dark. Rest
El Centro abounds in both high-quality cuisine and cheap, filling food. A highlight is the Barrio Chino, packed with doz
El Centro abounds in both high-quality cuisine and cheap, filling food. A highlight is the Barrio Chino, packed with dozens of Chinese-Peruvian restaurants called chifas, but the run-down neighborhood that surrounds it makes it inadvisable to head there after dark. Restaurants on the main plazas are better dinner options.
Dating from 1905, this venerable Lima institution has served up ham sandwiches and pisco sours to Peru's presidents for over a century. Every inch of the décor—the worn wooden bar, the old black-and-white photos, the well-stocked saloon shelves and cabinets—oozes history. Try the butifarra (marinated pork with zarza criolla on a homemade roll), or, if you're famished, the bistec con tacu-tacu (steak with pan-fried rice and beans).
This bustling two-story eatery specializes in comida norteña—northern cooking from the city of Piura. That means delicious grouper cebiche,seco de cabrito (goat stew), and green tamales—all in gut-busting portions. This is a classic example of what Peruvians call a huarique: a hole-in-the-wall restaurant where in-the-know locals go for homestyle cooking—at prices that won't break the bank.
Run by nuns who serve satisfying (though not extraordinary) French food and sing the "Ave Maria" nightly at 9, L'Eau Vive sits in a restored mansion across the street from Palacio Torre Tagle. Trout baked in cognac and duck in orange sauce are two dishes that bring the locals back time and again. The floors and furnishings do not do justice to the colonial architecture.
Jr. Ucayali 370, Lima, Lima, 01, Peru
01-427–5612
Known For
Singing nuns
Inexpensive three-course lunches
Solid French cooking
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed 3:30–7:30 and Sun, Credit cards accepted
Hungry office workers crowd this excellent criollo restaurant every day at lunchtime for heaping plates of fettucinne a la huancaína (pasta in cheese sauce) and pescado a lo macho (fish topped with spicy seafood). The setting, looking out over Lima's old fortified walls, is one of the greenest you'll find downtown. Don't miss the lomo saltado (beef stir-fried with peppers and onions): Gastón Acurio himself has called it one of Lima's best. A second, less-scenic branch can be found on the Plaza San Martín.
The best chifa in Chinatown, Wa Lok is known for such memorable dishes as calamares rellenos (shrimp-stuffed squid tempura), taipá (wok-fried chicken, pork, shrimp, and vegetables), and pato pekinés (Peking duck). It's best to go with a group and share, or ask for half orders. Vegetarians can choose from more than 30 dishes. The surrounding neighborhood is sketchy after dark, so at dinnertime you're better off heading to the Miraflores branch, on the corner of Avenida Angamos Oeste and Calle Arica.
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