Yay for having friends in Lima! Friends who like to eat!
Last night I went out with some friends in Lima for a birthday dinner at Tanta, a great Peruvian place in my neighborhood. We tried a smattering of traditional Peruvian dishes: highlights include the fresh fish ceviche with choclo (corn with huge kernels) and sweet potato; anticuchos (ie skewered beef hearts, very popular here, actually delicious); causas (little appetizers of crab, avocado, other fish concotions, all on top of potatoes); arocoto relleno (spicy stuffed peppers with meat and potatoes); Aji de Gallina (traditional Lima dish with shredded chicken, Andean cheese, aji (mixture of spicy peppers), yellow potatoes and nuts); and Lomo Saltado (Peruvian stir fry of meat, peppers, onions, soy sauce - has some Chinese influences).
Everything was really tasty and interesting, it was lots of fun to sample all kinds of different Peruvian flavors. We also ordered some fancy Pisco drinks (one below with some Amazonian berry i am forgetting the name of but was delicious) and to top things off, some coffee chocolate cake with a rose petal on top. Totally out of control, this place.
Can you match the dish to the description? I hope so bc im too lazy to label them all!
Happy belated birthday! I just remembered to check your blog and enjoyed catching up on your adventures so far. It sounds as though you've seen and done a lot in a month. I can't wait to hear more!
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