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Restaurant Review: Gaston Acurio’s La Mar Cevichería

This week’s Saturday date coincided with an Embassy-planned outing to La Mar Cevichería.  Instead of going solo, we met up with 10 other ceviche-lovers at what could arguably be called the most famous Cevichería in the world.  Why is this one so famous, you ask?  Well, first...

On First Crushes

I am trying so, so hard NOT to compare everything here to the Philippines.  And the harder I try not to, the more I miss the Phils.  The funny thing is, I really like Lima.  It’s just not Manila (Um…DUH Sarah). Let me try and explain, okay?  Metaphorically, Manila is the...

Sheer Perfection!

First time I’ve seen this group (the Capital Children’s Choir) and WOWZERS did they give me goosebumps – must be the combination of the children’s voices, those british accents and Florence’s haunting melody.  Makes me miss my choir days!  It’s been...

Restaurant Review: Hanzo Japanese/Peruvian Fusion

This week might as well have been called the “Week of Gluttony”.  I swear, all we did was eat amazing food.  It started back on Monday with our lunch date at Pescados Capitales.  As you’ll recall, it was our first day with Lupe (our new household helper, called an...