Hey there world travelers. Hey there. I'm Tanya and I'm Dave and we are Turn It Up
World. Welcome to . . . Lima Peru!
So it's another nice day here a little bit on an overcast here in Lima Peru but
last time we actually got to explore some of the historical center, Centro
Historico, in Lima Peru in particular one of the most famous spots Plaza de
Armas. Oh, it's an amazing spot too and if you're coming to Lima you have to check it
out and definitely check out our video too, a lot of a lot of good tips in there, yes, and
today we are actually going to be exploring another part of Lima Peru
we're heading to Barranco. Yeah, exactly, we're gonna dive into some of the food
today for sure and I am excited because we love to eat. Exactly, it's known for its
food and also known for its street art as well so I'm looking forward to checking out the street
art. Oh yes, oh yes, that is, I am excited for that. They have a famous bridge I think too, oh
that's right, the hold your breath bridge let's see if we actually
hit that bridge let's actually see if we can do that, yep, do you think that's a good idea? All right, let's go, ready
rock this.
Alright so first up here we're at a coffee shop in this really cute market in Lima
in Barranco, Cafe Negro and it's supposed to have a really kind of authentic vibe
to how they prepare the coffee, right exactly, authentic organic, yes, Peruvian coffee
yes and all hand pressed and all that so, which I'm excited to try the different
beans we're gonna learn about that. Our gracious host Maria shared with us how
she makes the perfect cup of Peruvian coffee, which all starts with the
perfectly roasted coffee bean. While she did this, we had a delicious avocado and
gouda cheese sandwich and a fresh made lucuma smoothie. We hadn't had one of
these smoothies since Cusco at the San Pedro market and it was delicious.
And as Maria wrapped up her well-received lesson to the perfect cup of Peruvian
coffee, she poured us a cup of that coffee and wow it really was tasty.
Wow, that was absolutely delicious, those sandwiches were delicious. Oh they were so good.
They just kind of melt in your mouth. I mean fresh avacado, yes, fresh gouda, I mean everything is just
so fresh here and local ingredients, absolutely, so really really good, definitely definitely would do that again.
And the coffee was outstanding just having the smells of the coffee to tasting the
coffee you know the way you tasted the coffee to make it perfect the way you
cook, or you make the coffee in general just seems like that whole, yeah the hand press, you gotta be, the
press, only quatro minutos no más, quatro minutos no más for the perfect coffee it's quatro minutos in
boiled water no más. There's some some really great fruit sides to this market and
actually there's Chicha Morada so we may be trying some fruits and a little
glass of that delicious Chicha Morada. We're up now trying some amazing fruits
here at this market, got my spoon handy for some of the other versions but this
one is Granadilla, so it's the part of the Passion Fruit family and what we
learned today from the, is basically how to crack this open to get to that
Passion Fruit inside, so you're just gonna crack that right around the middle
and it just breaks very easily cracking that puppy right open, now
apparently there's two types and this is a very sweet version of the Passion Fruit,
just gonna try it right, wow and the best way to eat these it's really nice
we were told basically just to go ahead and slosh it around to break the skin to
get the juice in there and then just swallow it, so you can actually capture
the real essence of this fruit. It's so delicious.
All right, so I'm going to try some cactus fruit here, and look at this just like bright red I mean
really incredibly bright so colorful ready to jump in there it's supposed to be very
sweet too, cactus fruit, quite a few seeds in there, it's funny in some ways it tastes a little bit
consistency like like a watermelon not nearly as watery though, a little grainier,
and not incredibly strong sweet flavor, really good really refreshing. So that
was a great start so far, it was, I mean definitely the coffee the fruit a great
way to kind of kick off the morning for a nice breakfast, absolutely, so I think
we're gonna head out of here and roll on to the next spot and see what we can
find in Barranco, just exploring. Yes, I am excited to check it out for sure,
yes, deliciousness ahead.
Viva Peru!
Hey so since we're kind of on the I guess cacao bean and cocoa and coffee
tip, we actually discovered a place here in Barranco it's called El Cacaotal, it's
kind of amazing it's almost like a museum of chocolate in a way, yes, Peruvian chocolate so it's very cool.
Yeah, you can learn lot about all all the different varieties across Peru. All the different varieties for sure.
So, when you first walk into the El Cacaotal, it's really impressive you have assortment of
picture frames of the different beans and I guess how they harvest them here
and then you have a giant platter of the cocao leaf and when you're walking you're
kind of greeted with assortment of chocolates on the walls the beans on the
tables and of course the table that we're gonna be testing it all so we're
really excited to dive into this for sure, I am super stoked it's a quaint
little place here in Barranco so for sure we'll make sure we put all the
information to this place in the description box below. So Dave and I sat
down and were able to sample chocolates from several different regions of Peru
including Cusco, Amazonas and San Martín during this chocolate tasting session we
learned how to open our taste buds to discover all the amazing and different
ingredients that went into these chocolates what was interesting to find
out was that Peru has only been in the chocolate making game for five or so
years and it has quickly become known as having some of the best chocolates in
the world. So I found my favorite. It's actually from Nina
a chocolate from San Martín in Peru here. It's very very chocolaty I feel like
I'm actually having a chocolate cake with a chocolate explosion coming up
with nice melted hot cakes exploding in your mouth. This is it, really good stuff.
I'm excited I'm gonna pick up a couple bars here on this one.
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Alright, so the next spot here in Barranco is a really great place for fish and it's called
El Muelle. I think El Muelle is how it's pronounced but we're about to go
inside and have some really fresh ceviche and when I say fresh fresh fresh
fresh we're gonna actually see how this is prepared for sure and then they're gonna
have a nice side of sweet potato. I'm super excited.
I love ceviche and I'm dying to try it actually fresh made in front of us. Let's
go inside. Now we do love ceviche and watching how this fish is prepared made
it even better. This Peruvian dish consists of fresh raw fish cooked or
cured in lime juice, onions, spicy aji peppers, sometimes fresh
cilantro and topped with seaweed and a sweet potato side. Oh, and we do love a
little extra spicy lime juice broth to bring the flavor of this dish over the
top. So the important question is . . . what do you think of this place? Well, what do you think?
So right now we're in like a, I guess it's an art mural district, there are actually
art murals all around Barranco and Miraflores and different parts
of Peru here, but apparently this was one of the first originators of it and how
it started was it was based off of contest for different artists to post
their work and it kind of spread throughout that and because of that one
of the things that you have to make notice, it's not just folks coming along
and and slapping up art on the wall they actually have to get permission from the
government first to be able to put up their artwork and all of it has a
different meaning of some sort and it's just so impressive and so beautiful and
we're gonna go dive into this part working up our appetite for the next
meal spot. See like this art piece right here. It's incredible I mean look at the
detail in this artist right here she's actually carrying a house that is a
strong woman right there like me strong like bull, strong like bull. Look behind me there's
actually a really really beautiful church, but if you look above it's
basically home to vultures right now and actually you see a tarp across across
the top of it and what really happened is it's the victim of earthquakes. You get a lot of
earthquakes here and over the years basically the building has crumbled and
they haven't repaired it, just the tarp on it, and now the vultures are actually the
ones that are living in it, not humans, but it's still an absolutely beautiful
and gorgeous outside of the church. Ah, yes, the gorgeous Bridge of Sighs, an iconic
wooden bridge built in 1876. It's one of the most famous landmarks in Barranco
District of Lima. Legend has it, if you make a wish and hold your breath
crossing the entirety of the bridge, your wish will come true. Well, we made it
across and hopefully our wishes will come true. Alright check this out here
I mean I think we have now seen just about everything here in Peru. There's a
Starbucks, KFC, Papa John's, Dunkin Donuts, I
believe this is called the corner of Americas and, yeah,
you want your KFC fix, your Starbucks fix, your Dunkin Donuts come to the corner of
Americas here in Barranco.
We're now at Juanito Bodega Bar here in Barranco and it was actually founded in
1937, so it's been there a long long time, very well established, and they have great
Lomo Saltado, which we're gonna check out, actually two types, one is Lomo Saltado
with the classic beef and the other is Lomo Saltado actually with zucchini,
which I've not tried before, but I'm excited I mean zucchini with you know stir-fried
soy sauce and that sounds pretty good so I think it is going to be great as well, and
also we're gonna try some more Pisco Sours. I think Tanya's probably gonna kick
that one off because she loves Pisco Sours. Dave was not lying. I'm definitely gonna
kick this off with the Pisco Sour.
I don't know, I have not had one bad Pisco Sour today. It's just really refreshing
and I love how they even put a little happy face, made especially for muah.
Alright here's to an amazing day in Barranco. Here's to an amazing day and may your
dreams come true, yeah, and wishes. Cheers, cheers.
That's really good. That is really good. It's just really
good. That is dance worthy. Pisco Sour's a phenomenal drink here by the way. It really has a
lot of rich lemony citrus vibe, the Pisco in there, the way they shake it, the egg
white topping which that was, that layer right there that's egg white and then of
course the bitters on top. We're actually now back in the kitchen about to
see how Lomo Saltado is made.
Alright, round two for Lomo Saltado here at Juanito's this time. It was made fresh as you saw and it looks really
juicy.
Wow, it's really nice. It does have that salty texture, which is really nice.
You blend that in with the rice and the cream the soy sauce it's absolutely
incredible.
Dang that's good. So this was a fantastic spot to stop in. Yeah, it was great. I am stuffed. The Lomo
Saltado, gosh, and there was just big mounds of it right. Yeah it was good, really good.
So, let me ask you. What did you think of this place? Well, what did you think of this place?
Yeah so, let me tell you,
watch your step, first of all, watch your step, so leaving Juanito's here in Barranco was a nice
topping for food. I think I've had enough food in terms of meat and potatoes kind
of thing. I think the next spot should be more of the dessert style almost like a
helado. Ice cream! Yeah.
We decided to find a nice little dessert spot here in Barranco in it's really cute
center. It's actually called Crem dela Crem and it's really tasty. It's almost
like gelato style if you will. I actually got the Lucuma with pistachio mixture
blend. What did you get? Yeah, I got gianduia. It's like a chocolate. Yeah, I can't pronounce it all that
well, but that's it with a little pistachio, which I can pronounce.
Yeah let's give this a shot huh, blend it all together, I'm gonna blend that.
Wow
Oh, that's so good, oh my gosh, that's so good. Dang that is good. That is really nice.
I mean, I've been craving Lucuma ice cream since the last time we left
Cusco at the markets, San Pedro market, but this is just phenomenal I mean it
has a nice creamy texture to both of these I mean it's really like a creamy
gelato. Oh, it's so creamy and, after that Lomo Saltado, this hits the spot.
We're still in Plaza de Armas here in Barranco
and, as I said, there's a lot of things going on here and actually today they're
having a market but it's really not the market you think about, it's not fruits
and vegetables, it's actually a market for books.
Viva Peru!
Wait a second, hold on, what is it where are we? We are at the Barranco beach, yes
here in Lima Peru and I gotta say it's really nice you kind of smell that ocean
air, that salt air and you smell a little bit of cigarettes, a couple folks in
around here smoking, but it's really nice, yes and people are out there enjoying the waves, yeah, the
waves are nice and there's surfers out there, they're actually parts along the
beach that you can get lessons if you want to have surfing lessons. Now the
weather today is a bit on the cooler side, but if you put a wet suit on you
can enjoy the waves just like those surfers. Right, I understand it's maybe a hundred
dollars, or so, for a lesson, so it's not cheap, but it's a great place to
learn apparently these waves just continue unabated for long stretches, so
it's probably a really nice place to learn, but you gotta put a wet suit on because it's not warm, yeah no
not at all, right, but the birds, the vibe, the energy here is it's fantastic
and they're actually a couple of I think we saw maybe to the left of us, or to the
right, there was some like beach clubs, dance clubs over here so you can get your,
yes, you can get your groove on by the water
oh yeah groove it, at least she can, I'll just do a little sway.
Wow, what a fantastic time we had here today
in Barranco, oh it was amazing, I gotta say I love Barranco it's turning into
one of my favorites, well it's definitely one of my favorite spots of Lima. It's really
cool. It's just so much to do here. The sights are beautiful. The architecture is
beautiful. The building behind us architecture is beautiful and as the Sun
is setting, which the Sun didn't really come out that much today, but it is
getting ready getting close to sunset, the people are coming out live
and partying, oh yeah, and it's Saturday night so it is gonna be partying, you already,
there's already some dancing going on, you can hear the music behind us,
but people are rocking already, oh there rocking already. So, at this point, we're gonna have to say
thank you guys so much we are plumb tuckered tired and we're probably gonna
make our way somewhere to get a tasty beverage, oh yeah, what are you gonna get?
I think I might get a Pisco Sour. Pisco Sour, I'm going for a cerveza, I'm ready
for a little, for a nice little cold cerveza. Oh, he had to top me on that one. I think I'm gonna
go for that cerveza. Ok, let's do that, oh yeah. So thank you, anyway if you guys made this far, we really
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