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we are not in Peru anymore but you're
thinking about Peruvian food oh my gosh
we sure are we love Peruvian food yeah
we've been missing it a lot to Cola crew
so we thought it would be fun to kind of
like look back and share with you guys
ten of our favorite Peruvian brands
we've actually been to Lima know what
three or four times yes yeah together I
feel the others I've been there way more
times yeah you've been there way more
than me but we've definitely found some
favorite restaurants in the city and so
we're gonna share with you our top ten
favorite restaurants in Lima Peru here
we go so in no particular order we're
just going to start listing these
restaurants it doesn't mean we love one
more than the other loveable so we're
gonna start off with neurosynaptic a--
yep and I'm choosing this restaurant
because of the location it's credible
I see you basically have to walk down
this wooden pier to reach the restaurant
and once you're sitting in there all the
windows are open you can feel the sea
breeze you can see the surfers out on
the water so it's a really cool setting
and also it's a great place for Peruvian
dishes it's kind of like fancy yeah I'm
dining I would describe it as fine
dining and what we've ordered when we've
gone there were sampler portions so
we've got different kinds of appetizers
and mains and desserts and we ordered
two different things and it was like a
combination of like Peruvian food from
all different regions of Peru and it was
just incredible like the presentation
was beautiful the taste was amazing and
it was just like one of the most
memorable meals we've ever had a Lima
for here
next up I want to mention a wondrous
tool in Miraflores because we go there
every single time we're in Lima we love
it for ceviche because it's delicious
and it's not expensive yes so I like the
location the restaurant is set in an old
colonial home yeah oh you can eat like
in the terrace or like on the main floor
or go up to the second floor it feels
like you're in a house and for me
there's like sentimental value because I
think it's the first restaurant ever a
time in Lima yeah yeah and rightly so
first ceviche you ever had in Peru
seriously and we've also we've gone
there with your family we
there with my parents you've just been
there so many different times and
there's just like the menu is great and
the other thing aside from the ceviche
is I love the dessert trays they bring
at the end they come by and they wheel
over these desserts and they're just
like if I can do you know what I love
aside from the deserts in the ceviche is
the scallops yeah so they put the
scallops in the oven with Parmesan
cheese on top and it just melts and it's
good and that just made me remember they
do an awesome risotto as well
oh yeah we're that extreme yeah I said
like a farm is it on top yeah like I'm
just like practically drooling Kambo
yeah all right now one thing to mention
about this restaurant is that it's
really popular so you need to go there
as soon as they open or make a
reservation otherwise you could be
waiting for a while I found like we've
always gone right when it opens and we
always get a table 30 minutes later is
packed yeah so that's yeah that's the
deal with that restaurant keep that in
mind for any popular restaurant in Lima
and fire so next we're gonna mention
something that's a little bit different
and that's Los anticuchos valetti I
agree - ah and this is a restaurant
that's started out a street food really
so first let me explain what antique
wood shows are so basically it's a cow's
heart
yeah I'm just fewer on a skewer they
cook it over an open flame yeah and this
place started out as a little food cart
so the Lea would sell them on the street
for like 30 years and it was so popular
that adventure the altar restaurant it's
amazing I was like so skeptical when I
first tried it yeah but it is like so
delicious it's so tender like if you
blindfolded somebody and made them try
it maybe think it's like like highlight
really good high-quality cuts of meat
yeah yeah I have to admit the first time
they told us like oh let's go here we
were like
I know it's really good and they serve
it with chocolate with just one giant
corn really nice it's delicious and you
know what's also really cool about going
there is if you can actually go and
watch them prepare it yeah you see like
a fire in the corral lambs oh my gosh
it's just like a performance-art yeah
next up let's talk about a new favorite
vanta maybe one of our new favorite
restaurants in Lima and this is one of
Gaston Gaston one of us don't it's
amazing so basically you go there for
classic Peruvian dishes yeah but aside
from that they also kind of have like a
a bar yeah where you can pick a lot of
little bites and little dishes and mix
and match and sample a bit of everything
that's right so when we went there like
I ordered the empanadas yeah I had cows
says I have lid to the T they're just a
whole bunch of little things I do I
ordered like six little plates to enjoy
and my classic meal was basically the
POJO the chicken and then it came with
the potatoes with the two different
sauces there was the one guy one guy you
know which was yellow and a capo which
is green yes and like that is its
classic of a Peruvian meal as you can
get
yeah and it's just like I found that not
only was the quality good the
presentation was beautiful and the
portions were huge they were big they
were it was generous like you would eat
and then you're Billa oh I'm full but in
a good way
roll me home in the wheelbarrow kind of
fall yeah and this restaurant is so
popular that they actually have several
locations across the city including the
airport so just before you're about to
leave Lima you can actually go and eat
there and we ain't there at the airport
twice because our flight got canceled on
the way back to Canada yeah yeah there's
also two two locations in miraflores
there's one in the Arkham are that mall
overlooking the coast and there's also
the other one that was like close to or
definitely go to that place so another
restaurant that we
like in lima is nico and this one is
kind of out of the way it's not near the
coast it's actually in la melena which
is like going inland so it's a bit of a
drive it can take anywhere between 40
minutes to an hour depending on how bad
traffic is we never would have liked
ever gone there if it hadn't been for
your end is your aunt's baby rest
whatever favorite whatever yes and this
is a place where you go to eat Nikkei
food and Nikkei is fusion between
Peruvian and Japanese cuisine right
so it's really interesting because
you're ordering all these Japanese
dishes but they use Peruvian spices and
local Peruvian ingredients so yeah it's
really interesting if your food you can
get anything from like sushi 2 different
kinds of rice 2 different kinds of
seafood and be change and the
presentation is on point service is
really good there yeah and it's just one
of those places where like if we know
we're going there we get very excited
yeah and I have to mention two dishes
that we absolutely loved one was blue
buon appetito which was octopus but
grilled
under a wood fire and it just tasted
marvelous and then the other one was we
went Oliva so that was an octopus salad
with olives yeah it was so good it's so
good okay there's NOK supplies there's
been no misses there every dish you got
from that place history yeah pretty much
else been there several times yeah so we
like it so while we're talking about
fusion food another restaurant we want
to mention is Chifa GG yes um and this
is for chief baht which is the
combination of Chinese and Peruvian
cuisine yeah so again you're basically
ordering Chinese food but like with a
Peruvian twist yeah so this is really
popular in Lima in Peru yeah my biggest
tip for going to achieve a restaurant is
the portions are huge so it's good to go
as a group but ideals if you like four
or five people because then you can all
order a dish and then share it and then
it's like it's like you're having your
like your own mini personal buffet it's
so good there's so many different things
I love like the sweet and sour types of
dishes that they have yeah you see
there's chicken or pork also they do
really good fry
rice I mean this crispy deep-fried
wonton fish it's a lot there's a lot of
good stuff to order from there yeah and
you can do delivery as well like this
restaurant we only actually eaten there
in the restaurant once every other time
we go to pick up food or we order
delivery so yeah if you're craving
Chinese or the 3b twist that's a good
spot great delivery service next up
let's talk about sandwiches sandwich
idea
lelouch Chuck do well I would say they
make the best Peruvian sandwiches in
Lima that we've ever tried yeah yeah Wow
and the menu is diverse like the last
time we went there we ordered the
classic which was the chee cheong yeah
the teacher room which is pork and it
comes with sweet potato then we also
ordered another one with chicken that
had a really good sauce and then we
ordered another one that was almost like
a Philly cheesesteaks yeah yeah you can
go back and try different things they do
really good crema lattes which are
shakes recommend trying the lucuma one
and their fries are to die yeah it's a
special type of potato I know it's
called white oh and they say it's the
best potato in Peru so yeah it's so good
and they make the to make the fries with
the skin on them yeah you put that
coarse salt on it and then you dip it in
the he sauce ketchup
game over it guys is that good yeah
again this place is so popular that they
have several locations across the city
now yeah and they've actually opened
like shops or restaurants in neighboring
countries so they're slowly spreading
global domination yeah let's talk about
hamburgers
this isn't something that I expected to
live in a Peruvian restaurant list no um
but we fell in love with this restaurant
it's called Baba chills yeah and it's by
the famous Peruvian chef and gastón
Acurio
yes so these hamburgers are out of the
port you know we've only been there one
time but I think about all the places
we've been to and Lima like if I could
revisit one place I might go there the
burgers are just that good yeah it's
like yeah door
for me hamburgers yeah huge hamburgers
and the toppings are all wonderful
just like my biggest tip for going to
that particular restaurant is skip at
least a meal or two before you go there
because you're gonna be eating a lot
you're gonna need to have like empty
stomach take it all in also I would say
if it's your first time going to this
restaurant they have one dish where you
can get a sampler with three different
burgers that's what I got and that way
you get some variety yeah and I love the
one that was called leg outchea because
it was a Peruvian burger with an
Argentine twist
well the chimichurri on a chimichurri
sauce that was good and also I need to
mention the shakes and the desserts
there we had the choco new kuma shake
which lucuma is a fruit and it was mixed
with chocolate and it was surprisingly
good I didn't think fruit and chocolate
would work but it was out of this world
and the cake do you remember how
decadent that was that is called
chuckles Aussies and it was just this
chocolate cake with chocolate sauce and
it was just oh so that was an experiment
in gluttony that entire meal like we
asked so much but it was so good we just
couldn't control ourselves so yeah
definitely check that place on next up
anybody long elbow they go on this place
is probably the premier place to get
classic Peruvian food yeah and even from
like from the setting you go in it has
like that old world kind of diner feel
yeah well kind of rustic restaurant feel
and that's where you can get things like
I remember I got like what was it called
durian oh yeah the classic dish from how
to keep up just delicious like a stuffed
pepper full of like wonderful
ingredients and again that's the kind of
place where you can get really good
appetizers really good means really good
desserts the service is good also we
were one of the first customers we got
seated and we're like well there's not
many people here in like 15 minutes
later it's packed yeah and buzzing by
the time we left that might have been
the busiest restaurant experience I've
ever had in Lima yeah seriously in Lima
it's
worth showing up at a restaurant as soon
as they open especially if it's popular
because places fill up it's crazy and if
I can mention one dish at this
restaurant it would be the bust in the
choclo it's basically like a shepherd's
pie but instead of using mashed potato
it's smashed corn like creamy mash corn
and it was so good that when we got back
to Canada we actually bought some fresh
corn man oh yeah well my mom did most of
the work but we definitely helped devour
it did a lot of the eating of it yeah
yeah so there's some great great dishes
to try they have a really good menu and
yeah bring your appetite to that place
as well too and last but not least we
want to mention Manolo no low like it's
almost like a cafeteria slash bar slash
restaurant it's kind of old-fashioned
it's miraflores not too far from the
church parking canady one of the coolest
features about that place is just the
way that the server's dress up like they
dress up fancy they've got a nice white
shirts on and bowties and this is a
place where you can get great Peruvian
desserts yes like the Pied de leme oh
wow you've never seen so much meringue
on a slice of pie yeah also my favorite
my personal favorite thing from there is
the to dulce con man heart Blanco which
are like the Spanish doughnuts which are
stuffed with kind of like the dulce de
leche inside yeah meat of the caramel oh
those are so good
like those are I think I've been to
Manolos probably more than anywhere else
just to go for a snack to grab those two
rows
there's been times where I've told you
I've been going for a jog I just got out
to get to yeah
at Manila getting the two rows yeah and
aside from the ones filled with moncada
Blanco which is similar basically yeah
um you can also get them with like a
creamy vanilla custard filling chocolate
chocolate filling so you've got options
there if you have a sweet tooth Manolo
it's a really good place yeah
so many pies and K yeah they also get
some pretty cool sandwiches too like if
you like those stock sandwiches the
detail that you're please yeah just a
monster sandwich monster sandwich with a
gazillion layers monster desserts and so
yeah if you go there you will be
satisfied for sure so yeah we have
somehow arrived at ten restaurants I
feel like we could keep listing more
this list off at ten just so many great
restaurants in Lima and every time I go
back to Lima we discover new one
restaurants it's one of those cities
where you could come back a thousand
times and you still wouldn't exhaust all
of the great restaurants in the city
I truly believe Lima is the food capital
of South America
yeah it's that good it's that good of a
place for food and it's still it's still
in a way it's kind of underrated around
the world
I feel like Peruvian food doesn't get
its international do its international
credit it's well one day you will will
trust me um yeah so that's basically it
we hope you guys enjoyed this video and
now we're curious because we're always
traveling back to Lima we want to know
what are your favorite restaurants so
that we can add them to our list yo keep
their muscles in the comments below and
I promise you guys we're gonna try check
out these restaurants someday in the
future so that's it for today
and we'll see you guys in the next video