Peru day 13 - Lima day 2

 Lima day 2

Pedestrian bridge going to Barranco

Today is food tour of Lima in Barranco. I'm starting to get a feel of Lima touristic zone of Miraflores and Barranco. Bill and I walked to Barranco on the malacon. 

The bridge from Barranco side

View of the pacific ocean from the Malacon

Walking through Barranco, it's a very peaceful and pretty neighborhood. 

The pedestrian bridge connecting Miraflores and Barranco

The pretty Barranco

Valeria showed us some of the pretty graffiti in Barranco that's changed every year. This is 2026

Valeria the guide showed me her badge and how she has to study to be a guide at the university. 

But what I sense is she's not connected to the deeper Peruvian high lands culture like Edy does. 

But it also points to the difference in Arequipa and Cusco vs Lima in terms of identity of the country

Valeria the guide with her badge and our meet up point

Luna Neuva Bakery

First stop we had an empanada with local coffee. But that shop has a yummy looking pastry case that I want to go back but never got the chance! 

The empanada and pastry case at Luna Nueva 

The peaceful Bakery

2nd stop we tried the local fruits that includes the custard apple. 

The 2nd story store with the fruit tasting

We repeated some of the fruits in Arequipa but it has the golden berry that's quite yummy. 

She also has 2 Amazon sourced chocolate and one in another region for us to taste. 

She also showed us 4 peppers ranked in spiciness that has the yellow pepper used commonly, the spicier red pepper as salsa. The 3rd spicy one is usually used in ceviche and the smallest one I haven't seen or tried. 

The fruits and peppers 

Map of Peru to explain where the chocolates and fruits come from

PeJerrey 

3rd stop was a ceviche place Pejerrey which is a slender silver fish used for ceviche. 

But first a drink with lemon grass, mango and passion fruit that's really good, to go with Causa Limena. It's a cold appetizer with spiced yellow mash potato (with the yellow pepper) and has a creamy filling like a slice of avocado. The one we tried has tuna as topping. 

Causa with a lemon mango drink

After that we had a show of how ceviche was prepared. Their lime here is so strong that they only need to cure the fish for a few mins and not 2 hours. Else it changes the fish texture too much and make it mushy. 

Ceviche

Nuna

The 4th place is a new restaurant that's only opened 6 months and doing well. Before Loma Saltado, we all had Inca Cola with beef heart skewers that's quite tasty

beef heart skewers as appetizer 

The chef showed how to cook Loma saltado. He's not allowed to use the wok but he had a pan with superheated oil that he light with a butane torch after he put the beef in. After the flame goes down, he puts in the onions to deglaze the pan, before he finish with tomatoes. The fire is off before he puts in the sauce that's soy, water, red wine vinegar and oyster sauce. He just kept everything moving till it's evaporated. 

I'm surprised he still has arm hair =) 

Juanito

The 5th place is the oldest bar in town that don't even have a sign outside. 

Juanito the oldest bar in Barranco

We had a show of how to prepare the pisco sours. There's different grade of pisco and it's shaken with egg white and put on bitters to mask the egg white taste

Very good and strong pisco sours!

The last stop is Blu for ice cream. 

Blu for ice cream

Walking back to Miraflores, I saw Lacorma which is a shopping center built into the bluffs

Lacorma

Bill got a bout of food poisoning in Arequipa. So we didn't go out for the rest of the pm. I went for a run at the gym and it felt good. I realized the high altitude I never felt the increase in my blood flow even though I'm panting. It gives me new understanding of how different the altitude affects my body too. 

Mafalda statue!