Lima Day 1: Lima 27 - Models!

So I had Dinner last night with two Models. (Don't hate the player; hate the game.)

Not only do I get to, you know, hang out with Models, but it turns out that They Are Cheap Dates.

"We will just share a Main Dish... there's too much food on those plates."

"Dessert? Look at us! Do we look like we eat Dessert?"

"No, I had something to drink last week. Just a water, please."

Anyway, my friend Jenny has a musical group called La Castigadoras. That's Spanish for "The Punishers." They wear (very skimpy) leather outfits and walk around with whips and stuff, and dance and sing. They do a lot of eventos, and they seem to have a following. Jenny is also a 'real' model - she does all kinds of print work and she's on TV now and then and stuff. She's got a calendar.

We went to Lima 27 in San Isidro. It's a little trendy. I found it on a web search, and Jenny said that she had heard about it, so we gave it a try.

The restaurant is pretty nice looking, and the service was very good.

We started with a Bog of Bread and then they brought us three "abre bocas" (to open your mouth).

The Bread, other than being in a bag, was just Bread. The mini-Appetizers were billed as a combination of Chorizo and Shrimp. I couldn't really tell what the flavors were, but it was tasty.

What I didn't like was that they turned around and charged us 8 soles each for them. That's approximately three bucks each. I guess that they were worth three dollars, but they didn't ask if we wanted them, and they just bring them to every table. Oh, well.

The girls poured over the menu, and we decided on three Appetizers to share. The first, in a stroke of genius, were Scallops.

These Scallops were cooked, and sitting on a base of mashed Artichoke, with a touch of some unidentifiable brown Sauce.

After posing with our food (Jenny takes more pictures than I do!!!), we each ate our two Scallops. Only decorum kept us from licking the shells.

Our next two Appetizers came together.

Yes, there's food in those photos. The top one is Pastel de Choclo, which is a Peruvian staple that I tried for the first time last trip. It's a sweet-ish Corn-based bread-like substance. This one was a prime example. The food on the bottom (Hey you! That's not the food! Look lower!) is Pejerrey and Shrimp.

Pejerrey are some sort of tiny fish. I'm sure we have a word for them in English, but I don't know what they are. They're not Sardines or Anchovies. They were 'stuffed' with Shrimp, rolled together, and lightly fried. Another dish that I couldn't really tell the tastes apart, but it all worked well together.

For my Main Course, I ordered the Tuna.

These were just how I like them, almost raw. The Sauce was Sauco-based. Sauco is a fruit down here. The Sauce was a little sweet, but they poured the Sauce around the Tuna, so it didn't overwhelm.

The girls decided to share a Main Course. I kind of had to explain to them that Dinner wasn't over yet. They split a Filet. Here's Jenny modeling the Steak. Try to look at the Meat.

They did a good job on the Steak.

That was it. Dessert? Don't be crazy. Coffee? No thanks, we had coffee just the other day. Like I said, they're Cheap Dates.

That was it for Dinner. I'm going to try to meet Jenny during the week to pick up my Castigadoras calendar.. she likes Cebiche as much as I do, so we will wind up somewhere, I'm sure.

Speaking of Cebiche, when I first got settled in to the apartment in the afternoon, I was hungry, so I popped over to Punto Azul to grab a quick Cebiche. This one is in a Salsa de Rocoto, which is a Red Pepper Sauce.