Paul and I think we may be groupies now--groupies for the fastest rising Celebrity Chef out of Lima, Peru. We first discovered Chef Gaston's amazing Peruvian Cuisine at his flagship Lima restaurant, the hip La Mar cebecheria peruana in Fall '08 during our trip to Peru and LOVED it!!! The food and the atmosphere! We were so excited when we learned of his decision to bring a bit of Peru to America last year, opening a La Mar on the wharf in San Francisco!!! During our trip to San Fran/Santa Cruz in October '09 we were able to have dinner and it was even more amazing than in Lima (perhaps because I could actually read the menu!!) While in Santiago we learned that Gaston has opened three restaurants in Santiago and we made it to two of them. We've now eaten at three of his La Mar restaurants and each one has been fabulous--they even had my favorite soda in the world, Inka Kola from Peru. An all around wonderful evening. Later on during the trip we ate at Tanta a new concept where we were able to sample yummy Chilean empanadas which were delicious and slightly unique compared to other empanadas I'd had before!!
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