• Lima

    April 22, 2023 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Highlights:
    - Walking tour of the city was really nice with a great guide
    - Watching the sunset from the park above the seafront
    - Hiring bikes and cycling all along the malecon and back, stopping at a cafe with great views on the way back
    - Our first (and only!) fancy meal at Maido, one of the best restaurants in the world (according to one list)
    - We went shopping at h&m to restock on pants, and get some warmer clothes!

    Lowlights:
    - Going to the 'cat park' and it being closed for an event

    Food and drinks:
    - Trying different pisco cocktails including classic pisco sour, passionfruit pisco sour, and chiclano
    - Eating chaufa (Peruvian fried rice) and lomo saltado (Peruvian stir fry)
    - Getting the combination plate of seafood rice, fried calamari and ceviche at Al Toke Pez which is featured on the Netflix street food show
    - We got crêpes for the first time in a while - delicious!
    - Our meal at Maido - we had about 14 different courses, the majority we enjoyed (the sea urchin course was a big no!). Our favourites were the tempura fish with gravy dip, seared tuna which was prepared at our table, and the trio of desserts
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