Pachamama Restaurant, London, our Review

We had heard good things about Pachamama in London’s Marylebone district for some time. Yesterday my wife (Ms B) and I finally made our way. We arrived on time for our 12:15pm Saturday brunch reservation and were among the first few guests to be seated in this basement venue which still manages to let in some sunlight through windows in the ceiling.    We immediately liked the warm atmosphere that combines rustic elements featuring a lot of natural wood with a certain elegance and eclectic décor elements. Ms B kept on mentioning “so female-friendly” with a big smile, and when the space gradually filled with more and more groups of ladies, I made the stern decision not to bring the boyz here for a few pints (they actually do not do pints here, anyway, just bottled beer, cocktails, etc.). There were two other couples and another group that involved two […]

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Pre-Theatre Dinner, Leicester Square Kitchen

We’ve just returned from our 2nd visit to Leicester Square Kitchen, which has recently rapidly and steadily climbed to #12 out of 22,784 Restaurants in London on Tripadvisor, and rightly so. What a delight it was! The set menu contains 12 Mexican and Peruvian small plates to choose from. On the advertising boards next to the entrance it is being advertised as pre-theatre deal, valid until 6:30pm, but in reality and in line with what it says on their website, it is simply their standard set menu, available every day for lunch or dinner. (Their A La Carte menu overlaps to some extent, but has plenty more on offer, including steaks, lamb cutlets, and seabass ceviche.) The 12 small plates are split into groups of four and you can choose one out of each group for your 3-course dinner for £20, which is what we did, or additionally choose a […]

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Pisqu, recent Peruvian Opening, Fitzrovia

[Pisco Sour feature photo by Pisco Trail piscotrail.com] We recently visited Pisqu (23 Rathbone Place), named after the eponymous birthplace of the national drink, for a quick Pisco Sour with a Peruvian friend of ours, who recommended the place as his favourite Peruvian restaurant and bar in London, in particular because – he says – the cuisine prepared by the Peruvian-Japanese team is authentic, not watered down for the Western palate. He might be slightly biased, because the bar manager is from his home town and the first twenty minutes were spent on our friend talking with his buddy about their village and what had changed in recent years, who left and who returned. It is only four months since the restaurant was opened (and is now run) by chef William Ortiz, the younger brother of the chef at Michelin-starred Lima, literally just across the street, which is why Pisqu […]

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Ceviche in Soho, a True Gem

After a day of eating, a few appointments and errands, we met up with a friend at the Peruvian awesomeness that is Ceviche Soho (17 Frith Street). Our friend, who is from Mexico, informed us that ceviche (Spanish pronunciation: [seˈβitʃe], a raw fish snack that has been cured in a mix of so-called leche de tigre, tiger’s milk, usually containing lime juice, chilli peppers, coriander, sliced onion, pepper, salt, fish juice, and varying other delicious ingredients) is common along the Pacific coast of Latin America all the way up north to Mexico, and he was at first slightly patriotic about the Mexican variety at the expense of the Peruvian one, but after a few bites of the Peruvian sea bass dish in front of us had to admit that it was incredibly tasty. We had ourselves tried ceviche at a few other Peruvian restaurants in London and fallen in love […]

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