Lima - Restaurant Recommendations

[Artisttyp]

Let me start with apologizing to Artisttyp. I didn't mean to cause the discussion between you and Jaimito. I just made a truthful report of that afternoon.
And guys, I have met both of you and my impression is that both of you are too nice to do that.

Keep'um cummin'!

No need to apologize. I gave you the wrong name but the right address. I think jamito saw it as another opportunity. I have now idea why. I only tried to be friendly with him.

He gives out good information so I cant really complain. My concern if for the forum and all its members. The situation is "mute" as far as I am concerned.

[Menteng]

Let me start with apologizing to Artisttyp. I didn't mean to cause the discussion between you and Jaimito. I just made a truthful report of that afternoon.
And guys, I have met both of you and my impression is that both of you are too nice to do that.

Keep'um cummin'!

[Artisttyp]

I have you tell me that the time I was visiting Ecuador, was a horrible time to go. You've had other times that you later said that your info was off that you had posted. I'm not trying to get into a pissing match, but I would not rate you at 100% on your reports. <shrug>

I dont remember you ever asking me about ecuador. Who needs to ask anything about ecuador when if you *RTFF you will see tung's list has everything you need to know.

I dont care what you rate me. Ever since you met me as a newbie you have been extremely rude responding to my reports. You follow my tail from forum to forum. Ive never commented on it until now. It is rather annoying but I disregard it as a personal issue or low self esteem. Whatever comes first.

I have had amazing experiences thanks to isg and my only objective is to give back. If I make a mistake I apologize but I do put alot of heart into my reports. Commenting that my reports are not worthy is only doing a dis-service to other members. I stay here for 3 weeks to a month at a time. I might know a little something. I am not a lima genius but I continue to have numerous experiences here that might be share worthy.

First nibu now you. You bore me.

I dont want a flame war either. It is a waste of precious bandwith. I have nothing more to say.

Thanks Again.

[Jaimito Cartero]

Otherwise my info is right on the money.

I have you tell me that the time I was visiting Ecuador, was a horrible time to go. You've had other times that you later said that your info was off that you had posted. I'm not trying to get into a pissing match, but I would not rate you at 100% on your reports. <shrug>

[Artisttyp]

[QUOTE=Jaimito Cartero]David usually has pretty good recommendations, foodwise, and chicawise. I know I enjoyed his recommendations when I was in town a few months back.

Art often has some serious errors in his reports. I take directions and so forth, with a big grain of salt. I know I'll try to take a picture of the business, as well as a corner street sign when I'm in an area that I'm not familiar with.[/QUOTE




Wrong. I was the one who first posted it and gave the correct link to their website. Look down a few posts and you will notice I posted the correct info.

I havent been here in a few months and I forgot the exact name.


If you think anything else Ive written has serious flaws then lets straighten it out. I expect the same from other members.

By the way yes it is possible to date a receptionist at the maria luisa. Remember the girl you wanted to pay $100 for when we met in lima? Her name starts with an "F" . I hooked up with her but it wasnt worth it. Even for free.

Otherwise my info is right on the money.

Thank You!

[Lima Busy]

La Mar is good if you wish to be "seen" but anybody will tell you Pescado's Capitales down the block is the "Gold Standard" right now!

[Jaimito Cartero]

David usually has pretty good recommendations, foodwise, and chicawise. I know I enjoyed his recommendations when I was in town a few months back.

Art often has some serious errors in his reports. I take directions and so forth, with a big grain of salt. I know I'll try to take a picture of the business, as well as a corner street sign when I'm in an area that I'm not familiar with.

[Menteng]

Two days after visiting La Mar, I went to have lunch at a restaurant Artisttyp recommended. He wrote down: Los Mariscos at Avenida Petit Thouars and Calle 26. I stopped a bus in front of one of the souvenirshops at Av. Petit Thouars and showed the ticketseller the address. He said that it has to be Cuadra 26 instead of Calle 26.

I got of the bus on the corner of Cuadra 26 and found out that there were two restaurants facing each other on the corner. One, Kuki (?) was closed and the other one was not named Los Mariscos. I asked some people over there if they happened to know where Los Mariscos was located and they said that there was no restaurant with that name in the neighbourhood. The only one which sounded like Los Mariscos was EL MORDISCO, the one at the opposite of Kuki.

So I went there and the waitresses were exactly like Bikeryzfr6 described. The tables and chairs were less classy than those of La Mar, but you´ll hardly notice it, being busy watching the waitresses (and hoping they will bend over deep enough).

As I wasn´t very hungry, I only ordered a maindish: fried sole with salsa de mariscos for 39 soles. The sauce was good, though the mariscos were tough to chew on. Though the sole was covered with the sauce, it still had it´s original flavour. Thanks for being fried.

Conclusion: the taste of the dish was good enough, but for the price and ambiance La Mar would be a better choice.

[Member #4351]

That´s because you went on a weekday when there were a bunch of office people there. On a weekend you would have seen more shorts and bluejeans.

[Menteng]

I love fresh seafood. A couple of months ago I travelled to Cartagena from Medellin, only to have fresh seafood. I mentioned this to David33 and he suggested I should try LA MAR, at Avenida La Mar, (Also) owned by the famous Peruvian chef Gaston.

I went there early to make sure that I´ll get a decent table. Seeing that I was alone, the recepcionist tried to seat me at the bar. But as I like space when eating, I refused and was led to a table.

La Mar is a spacious restaurant and the clientele is, I would say, the better situated (except for me). The majority of the males wore jackets and the ladies looked like the succesful kind of business women.

As I don´t know the dishes, I asked one of the waiters to assist me. After his explanation I decided to have ceviche con langostinos as a starter and a langosta as my main dish. Funny though, that like in Colombia and Indonesia, in La Mar they don´t serve lobster. (Anybody out there who knows where to get that in Lima?)

I don´t know much about ceviche, but the one that was served was excellent. The fish has not lost it´s texture and the vinagraite was good, not too sour. The langosta was a disappointment. Although it was cheap, 89 soles for an 800 grams langosta, it did not have the sweet taste of fresh langosta meat. It was too salty and the taste of the herbs that were used, were too dominant. And I think that it wasn´t necessary to add eggyolk as a topping.

The creme brulee on top of a bed of chicha was excellent and so was the espresso.

I left La Mar with a little disappointment though and decided to try a restaurant, suggested by Artistyp.

[Menteng]

Maybe not like all of you ISG members, I visit Lima for the food. Anything else is an extra-gastronomical (extra as in extra-marital) activity. I mean, I live in Medellin and my original home-turf is Jakarta, so maybe I´m a little spoiled with mongering.

My main search is for good, original Chinese food. Those who have been looking for good Chinese food in Medellin, will understand my craving.

Having RTFF and based on PM´s I have received, I decided to visit Chinatown on Calle(?) Capon. From the inside of the taxi it looked very promising there and for a moment I even thought I smelled the odour of the infamous durian coming from Market Capon. As the traffic was jammed, I decided to get out there of the taxi and see if my nose was correct. Alas, no durian, nor other exotic fruit. Very, very different compared to similar "markets" in London.

After this disappointment I took a look at maybe every Chinese restaurant, chifa, before deciding where to sit down and eat. I saw very simple eateries to expensive looking ones. From the looks, I decided to enter Wa Lok. The samples of dim-sum, exposed on a girating tray, were mouth-watering.

I ordered four dim sum dishes and a bowl of noodles soup with wonton. By the way, I consider it´s dim sum as a benchmark for the restaurant I visit. If it´s good, I´ll return for the main dishes.
What a disappointment! There was no difference in taste between the dishes containing meat and those containing shrimps. It was all flat. Even the taste of the steamed ribs had to distinguised itself by the slices of peppers on top of them. Without finishing the dishes, I left Wa Lok, hoping for the better.

The next day I was to have lunch with David33. He knows about my preferences and we agreed to meet at O´Mei, the Chinese restaurant he recommended a few postings before (look for the link there). We agreed to meet at 12.45.

I paid ten soles from Parque Kennedy to get there and the restaurant was still empty at 12.30 pm. As David has not arrived, I had the chance to survey the interior. It is a spacious restaurant with tastefull decorations. As a movie-buff I especially liked the James Dean and Marilyn Monroe pictures for the gent´s and the ladies´ rooms.

David arrived on time and in the meantime other guests have started to fill the restaurant. David choosed a table, overlooking the rest of the establishment. Soon the waiter arrived with the refreshing towels, followed by the "gueules": pickles and caramelized nuts with sesame seeds.

We ordered two starters, wo tip and spicy won ton. The wo tip tasted excellent and was as it is supposed to be: still with broth inside. That means that you have to put the whole wo tip inside your mouth and close it before you chew, otherwise the table, or worse, your company will be sprayed.
The spicy won ton was won ton, covered with a spicy sauce. I think the sauce has a peanut or cashew nut base. It also tasted very good, though I liked it to be more spicy.

After we finished the starters, the lady owner came to greet David and I had a little conversation with her about the food, especially the Peking duck. It turned out, that it is not served like I know it. You start with the skin wrapped in a pancake. Then a broth of the duck and after that the meat. At O´Mei it will be served in two courses. I think the broth is skipped.

As the maincourse David ordered a chicken dish and I ordered an intriguing dish: it was supposed to benefit to ones health and contains various vegetables with aubergine as the main component. Again, the dishes were excellent. Though I don´t like chicken, I tried the sauce of David´s dish and it was delicious.

When we left, the restaurant was packed. On the parking place a variety of posh cars: from SUV Porshes to an Audi GT. We had some sight-seeing and when I headed back to ML, I was a happy guy. At last a meal I really enjoyed and not a meal "solo para quitar mi hambre".

Thanks David!

[Bikeryzfr6]

Went to El Mordisco with a few local guys from the office, food was great and quite cheap. We ordered what they call "fuentes" which is a dish to share (personal, medium or large). Personal should be enough for two people.

There were 6 of us and they ordered two personal "fuentes" with jalea (deep fried sea food) and Rissoto de Mar (Sea food Rice) and one "medium size" with mixed chebiche. This was more than enough for 6 people and it was delicious. IMO same quality than in more expensive places like "segundo muelle" in san isidro or "la mar" in miraflores.

I paid 30 S. /

El Mordisco is placed in Av Petit Thouars after Javier Prado (going from west to east).

As a bonus, the waitresses wear quite sexy miniskirts and white blouses. Our waitress was just lovely, slim, pretty face, soft skin, nice legs. I would have asked her out but being with guys from office I decided against it. She did give me some looks and when collecting the dishes came really close to me and rubbed her sexy and naked legs against my arms and shoulder. I wonder if that mean something or it was just an accident.

Biker

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[Member #4351]

IMHO, best Oriental restaurant in Peru is called O Mei, on J. Prado and Av. La Molina. (http://www.omeiperu.com/) They bring in a chef from Beijing, changing every two years. Embassy people and bigwigs eat there. Also Chinese embassy people sometimes. Very nice, great service! Plenty of dim sum type starters. Fairly expensive by Peru standards. Figure on about $30 per person depending on what you order. I go there often since it is near my office. If your chica likes oriental food, take her there; she´ll be impressed.

[Nap Time]

This was my favorite restaurant in Lima. Period. Criollo cuisine, traditional dishes taken to a new level. Open until 5pm, closed Mondays. If you go on Saturday, order the Tacu Tacu con Lomo al Jugo. Main dishes were 20 to 32 Soles. Chef Teresa Izquierdo Gonzales is a protege of Gaston, but IMHO, she kicks butt.

El Rincón que no Conoces, Bernardo Alcedo 363, Alt. Cdra. 20 de Petit Thouars, Lince. Tel. 471-2171

[Pinga]

I was a bit disappointed with chinatown as it is quite small and its restaurants have the same menu without the variety that you find in the states at the bigger chinatowns. Also I only saw few chinese with maybe one out of six persons at these establishments. Some of my friends swear by "chifa" but I like the chinese cuisine back here in NY better.