Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are not your best days for Gastronomic Tourism.
Cimaru and I had Breakfast at the Raddison in Miraflores. It's a Buffet, with hot dishes by request. Since I had to start getting mentally ready for my return home, I started with an assrtment of Fruit.
Since we were indeed in Peru, the hotel had Peruvian choices for Breakfast. Cimaru had the Tamale, and I had the makings of a Chicarron sandwich.
The problem with vacations is: they end. And they end way before you're ready for it to happen. One of the things I do in my travels is mentally keep a list of new places to try out. Time was running short, so I went to Las Conchitas Negras.
I like Cebicherias. I like Conchas Negras. I could walk to the place... the perfect storm. Inside, it is a lot less modest than their website would make me think, but it was pretty good. And the prices were reasonable, too.
I started with a Leche de Pantera.
This is like a regular Leche de Tigre, except it has Conchas Negras (Black Clams) in the mix. I don't think that they see a lot of non-Peruvians in this place; they weren't shy about making htis spicy.
For my Main Course,I ordered one of their combination plates.
This was a trio of (left to right) Cebiche, Rice with Seafood, and Fried Fish Chunks. I washed the whole thing down with some Chicha Morada (Purple Corn Juice). Very good; I will return.
In between Breakfast & Lunch, some things happened. First, I had a bag of Chips left in the apartment, so I ate it.
After the Chips, on the way to the restaurant, I passed a Bread store. Apparently, I was possessed by demons, because I bought two pieces of Olive Bread.
I don't like Olives, and I'm not a big Bread fan either. Two bites of this stuff was enough to remind me that I don't like it.
Later in the afternoon, I was invited to a Chocolatada for Christmas. Unlike what we gave the kids at their Chocolatada (Chocolate Milk and Paneton), we were served Hot Chocolate and Paneton. Very different.
I'm not a big fan of Paneton. Nor Hot Chocolate. But it was a party!!!!
When I got back home, just about everything and everywhere was closed. Things had started shutting down at around noon, but by 7:00, it was pretty much a ghost town, business-wise. It turns out I was lucky that Las Conchas Negras was even open.
One place that was still open was the Grilled Chicken place on the first floor of my building. I went down at around 9:00 pm, and took out a half Chicken with Fries.
The Fries in Peru are delicious (they use different Potatoes than we do back home), and the Chicken was also good. If I had to rough it, this was certainly a good way to go.
After Dinner, I walked around town a little. Church was getting out here and there, so there were some people on the streets. But I was home and in bed pretty early.
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