StareCase
Well-Known Member
When I was a young-un, I wouldn't even look at those "hole in the wall" places. That was until my first visit to Lima in 1989 for adopting our daughter.... I'm thinking we eat at different places lol, do your restaurants have dodgy health permits and newspaper on old formica tables. I love local hole in the wall places ...
A local eatery - El Estribo in the district of Miraflores - was recommended by our lawyer. When I stood at the door, I thought this would be a mistake. So glad we went inside. We both had the Garlic Sea Bass and it was one of the best meals that I can remember. We ate there quite a bit over the 5 weeks we were in Lima. I believe we tried everything on their menu - aaaannndd loved it.
We found many other dingy looking places that served some of the best food while we were there. Case and point - outside the Supreme Court of Lima, there was this rickety shack that served chicken sandwiches. Since we were pleased with El Estribo and my fear of hole in the wall joints was quelled, we had one of their concoctions. They were big ... they were YUM! Unfortunately, we never did get back to the "Palacio de Justicia" again ...
Some of the best Chinese restaurants in downtown Toronto look like condemned basements. But they serve awesome eats