Causa

Causa is a Peruvian tasting experience by Chef Carlos Delgado that tours through Peruvian Coastal, Andes, and Amazonian cuisine. The tasting experience begins with a six-course menu that brings you on a trip through all of the magnificent natural regions of Peru. This menu is designed for guests to add daily selections of whole fish or seafood, from their Fish Market. We enhanced our experience with a wine pairing.  Located in Blagden Alley, the closest Metro is Mt. Vernon Square- Convention Center.

Seven Reasons

Seven Reasons is "inspired by the best Latin American culinary roots, brought to life through Chef Enrique Limardo’s bold, contemporary approach. The menu takes patrons through a sensorial encounter, allowing them to discover their very own Seven Reasons of a magic culinary experience."  Tom Sietsema recently named Seven Reasons the best restaurant in his 2019 Fall Dining Guide.  Keith jumped on reservations right away. Closest Metro is U St.

Nazca Mochica

Nazca Mochica has a bar downstairs and a restaurant located on the upper floor; where amazing flavors and textures from the Peruvian cuisine are present in every dish and paired with carefully selected wines to provide an exquisite dining atmosphere.  Closest Metro is Dupont Circle.

China Chilcano

China Chilcano celebrates the rich culinary diversity of Peru and brings an exciting exploration of this multicultural cuisine to our nation’s capital. The restaurant honors Peru’s deeply rooted and diverse heritage, including its native Criollo, Chinese Chifa and Japanese Nikkei cuisines; its name an homage to Peru’s renowned fish stew and its popular national drink, the chilcano. Discover Chef José Andrés and team’s unique take on contemporary Peruvian cuisine with bold flavors, heady aromas and the buzz of excited diners that take you on a sensorial journey that is anything but everyday.  Closest Metro is Archives- Naval Memorial.

Ocopa

Ocopa is located in the trendy H Street Neighborhood where food and fun collide. Rich in traditional Peruvian flavors, Ocopa offers the finest in fresh, sustainable, and local foods. The seasonal menu is rich in tradition, featuring such Peruvian dishes as maki, tiradito, causa and cebiche.  Ocopa’s hydroponics system provides the freshest ingredients that are "home grown" to ensure the highest of quality standards.  Closest Metro is Union Station.

Chez Wong

***Special Post by Keith***
Of all the restaurants we planned to visit in Peru I was most excited to go to Chez Wong. Many claim that Chef Wong makes the best ceviche in the world right out of a small restaurant in his 'off the beaten path' house in the typically 'locals only' Lima neighborhood of La Victoria. If you want to eat at Chez Wong you have to email in advance or talk to your hotel concierge and cross your fingers. I emailed 3-4 weeks early and received a response a few days later that we were in!

Kusikuy

Kusikuy means happiness in the Quechuan indigenous language of Peru, and is also the name of a restaurant along the steps towards San Cristobal Church in Cuzco, Peru.But more intriguing is that they have cuy on the menu.  What is cuy? It is guinea pig, my friends, and a common protein eaten in this region of the world.  Of course, Keith had to try it.

Cicciolina

You will find Cicciolina on the second floor of an old colonial house in Cuzco, Peru. A restaurant with distinct ambience, Cicciolina is perfect for a glass of wine and tapas in the bar area, or for more formal dining in the comfort of the intimate restaurant.

Café Morena

Café Morena is located in the busy street of Plateros just off the Plaza de Armas in downtown Cuzco, Peru.  The staff is super-friendly and welcoming with a smile.  Serving fresh sandwiches, empanadas, desserts, juices and coffee to the Cuzco public and tourists from 8am to 8pm, this cafe is decorated with a modern feel.

Alma Restorante

Alma Restorante, located within the Casa Andina Private Collection Sacred Valley hotel in Urabamba, Peru offers a very wide variety of dishes with regional flavors. Breakfast buffet and a la carte lunch and dinner service are available.

Pardo's Chicken

Pardo's Chicken offers Peru's most delicious and famous dishes, most notably the Pollo a la Brasa.  This chain has several locations, and we stopped at the one in Plaza Mayor in downtown Lima, Peru for lunch.

Central

Central offers avant-garde Peurvian cuisine and is one of the most celebrated restaurants in Peru. Fresh produce and an inexhaustible curiosity to discover and integrate new ingredients into the menu bring Peruvian cuisine to the forefront in the heart of the traditional district of Miraflores in Lima. Reservations should be made at least one month in advance online or by calling.  Only dinner is offered every day after 7:45pm except for Sundays.

La Mar Cebicheria

When in Lima, you have to immerse yourself in the genuine cebicheria experience – and there is nowhere better to do so than at Gaston Acurio’s hot spot, La Mar Cebicheria. Stylishly designed – with a striking concrete façade jutting onto the tree-lined avenue and a bamboo roof over the airy dining area – La Mar is full of fashionable young Limenos as well as curious out-of-towners.

Del Campo

The lifestyle and food culture celebrated on an estancia, a large South American vineyard estate, is the inspiration for Victor Albisu’s flagship restaurant, Del Campo, in the Chinatown neighborhood of DC.  As the website describes: "The airy, 174-seat agrarian space is home to a meat-driven, wine-centric menu that is a product of Albisu’s Latin American roots and travels throughout Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. An extensive selection of steaks and various slow-roasted meats served with vibrant herb sauces, such as chimichurris and fresh salsas is the backbone of Del Campo's menu."  Closest Metro is Chinatown-Gallery Place.

El Pollo Rico

***Special Post by Keith***

Since Micky recently reviewed Nando’s I thought I would give a bit of a counter point and do a guest review of my favorite chicken place.  I usually like to keep these little secrets to myself so the crowds don’t overwhelm my lunch hour (I haven’t even taken Micky here yet, haha) but this place has already gotten plenty of press and I’m not sure it could get any busier.  It’s even been featured on Bourdain’s DC episode of No Reservations.  Of course I am talking about El Pollo Rico in Clarendon, Arlington.  Closest Metro is Virginia Square.