Our last full day. I met Ed for Breakfast at his hotel, and we walked to Surquillo Mercado #2 to visit the Seafood Lady.
Rosa was happy to see me, and excited to see Ed. She wanted to know how my Lunch went the week before, and she wasn't surprised when I told her that there was Too Much Food.
We looked over everything she had, and we pointed at what we wanted for Breakfast. While she was preparing our Seafood, we each had a Bowl of Chilcano (Fish Stock Soup).
Our Mixed Plates arrived as we were finishing up the Soup.
Mine was Fish, Octopus and Scallops. There might have been Calamari involved, too -- I don't remember. Ed's plate had Fish, Calamari, Shrimp, Snails and a couple of other things as well. We wound up trading a Shrimp for a Scallop.
We decided to do some last-minute shopping, but it was hot as hell, so in the course of our walking around, I had a Cremolada, we stopped in a Restaurant that promised Ice Cold Chicha Morada and French Fries (Yellow Potato Fries are MUCH better than the White Potatoes we have back home), where I had about a quarter of the plate of Fries, and a Dunkin Donuts for a Frozen Chocolate Drink. It helped, a little, but it was pretty hot all afternoon.
It cooled off later, and since Sandra didn't get out of work until 9:00 pm, I kept Ed company while he had Dinner at Tanta in Larcomar.
He had an order of Aji de Gallina.
It was one of the dishes that we served at my apartment last week, and he really liked it. I guess he really liked Tanta's as well, because he made short work of his plate. I felt bad watching him eat alone, so I had a Pastel de Acelga while I kept him company.
A Pastel de Acelga is -- as close as I can come to describing it -- a kind-of Spinach-like, Quiche-like item. Whatever it is, It's good, and it has been a while since I had one, so I really enjoyed it.
Sandra came and rescued me from the Backjack table, and we went back to Larcomar for Dinner. This time, we went to a new place, confidently called Popular. It was pretty crowded, so maybe they weren't just being optimistic.
Sandra had a Salad with Salmon, and I had a Farewell Grilled Octopus.
Sandra has really benefited from meeting and getting to know Ed -- her Blog Photos have improved tenfold since she learned to take her pictures 'Ed Style' ('El Estilio de Ed').
Either she was really hungry, or it was really good, or both, because she cleaned off her plate. She usually leaves food over, so I am going to go with 'both.' My Octopus was delicious, except for th fact that it apparently only had four arms. It was on a bed of Mashed Beans of some sort. I made short work of it.
That was it for the day. The Last Suppers. Peruvian Breakfast tomorrow, then Airplane Food.
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