LIMA DAY 9: Apparently, Duck with Rice is Different than Rice with Duck

Friday, May 20

For Breakfast, I walked over to Surquillo Mercado #2, and visited Rosa, the Seafood Lady.

She gave me grief for not coming by earlier in my trip. I wanted Conchas Negras (Black Clams) and she didn't have any, so I gave her grief about that.

We made up, and after a Bowl of Chilcano (Fish Stock Soup), she made me a Mixed Fish & Seafood Ceviche.

It was delicious and I was happy, so we forgave each other.

It turned out that the Soup and Ceviche was Pre-Breakfast, because, as I was walking back home, I stopped at a cart that did have Conchas Negras.

So the Conchas Negras Lady (I have no clue what her name is) whipped up a Bowl of them for me.

Somehow, I skipped Lunch after that. In the Casino, while I was waiting for Ed to show up they went around in a cart with Desserts. I had a Chocolate thingy.

We had reservations at Mayta Restaurant for Dinner. I had never been there, but I have wanted to for years, and Ed is pretty easy about letting me pick the place, so off we went. When I reserved on line, I got a 20% discount, so that was cool, too.

The menu is very fancy. And expensive. With the 20% discount, it's not expensive, but still pretty high. It didn't help that I ordered the second most expensive thing on the menu.

For our Appetizers, I had a Mixed Ceviche, and Ed Had Tuna Tataki.

(It was also pretty dark in the restaurant, so the photos may not be the best)

My Ceviche was fancy. Everything there is fancy. It had extra stuff in it... something was sweet, and there was other stuff I could not identify. But it was really good. I tasted some of Ed's Tuna. It was Fabulous, and it was on top of some sort of Avocado/Cole Slaw mix that was also Excellent.

For Dinner, I had the Duck with Rice. Ed had (surprise!!) a Lomo Saltado.

Usually, it is called "Rice with Duck" because there is more Rice than Duck. Not here. And it was fancy. It had an entire Thigh quarter, and a Breast that was pre-sliced. Usually, you get one or the other. To make it extra-fancy, you also get some Fois Gras (Duck Liver, which was much better than I feared), and also, a Fried Duck Egg. The whole thing was awesome -- the Meat fell off the bone, the Rice was really delicious, whatever they did to it, and the Duck Egg tasted like an Egg. Ed was pleased with his Lomo, and we walked back to the casino for the night full and happy.