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At every turn, Peru is a newlywed's dream. Award-winning gastronomy, first-rate luxury hotels and spas, world-famous treks, and 12 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are just the tip of the iceberg.
The breadth of landscape and richness in culture, from the Amazon rainforest to the Pacific coast to the Machu Picchu citadel, is awe-inspiring. |
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Top 5 Places to Visit in Peru
by Caity Garvey There’s no better way to enjoy the coastal views of Lima than in the lush neighborhood of Miraflores. Stroll through Parque del Amor, which offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, or head to the ancient clay pyramid of Huaca Pucllana for a dose of history. You can visit during the day or at night when lights make it a sight to behold...
If you have some extra time and money, consider a food tour while in Lima. The Lima Gourmet Company offers morning and evening tours for about $130. |
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Where to Travel for Food in 2016
by Mariana Bazo Food Experience: Participate in a one-hour ceviche and pisco sour class with Lima Gourmet Company. It includes an introduction to the history of the spirit, a tasting, and a hands-on class for making pisco sour and ceviche.
Cultural Tip: Before the days of refrigeration, ceviche was only eaten during the day because fresh fish would spoil before nightfall. Most Peruvians still eat ceviche only during the afternoon, and many of Lima’s traditional cevicherias are only open for lunch. |
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Pisco Sour With Your Ceviche? Gastro-Tourists Storm Lima
by John Quigley “In the ’80s there were very few good restaurants in the city, and now you have 50 of them,” said Lucas Montes de Oca, founder of the Lima Gourmet Company, a culinary-tour operator.
The gastronomic boom has transformed once-forlorn neighborhoods. Clusters of restaurants and bars have emerged in areas of the Barranco district overlooking the Pacific Ocean where crime previously deterred visitors, Montes de Oca said. |
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First Time to Peru? 10 Best Things to Do and See
by Malerie Yolen-Cohen In Lima, learn Peruvian history through its food with Lima Gourmet Company. This culinary exploration of Lima will no doubt be a highlight of your time here. Though the daytime tour is more popular, I took and will recommend the five hour nighttime tour, with stops and nibbles in some of the toughest-reservation restaurants in the city. Lucas Montes de Oca, who owns the company with his American wife, Samantha Lewis, loves people, food, the social scene and the growing prominence of Lima in the culinary world.
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Where to Eat in Lima Now
by Lawrence Ferber A well prepared, contemporary selection of Peruvian dishes is made even tastier by the 1,500-plus-year-old pre-Incan ruins that serve as dramatic background at Huaca Pucllana, a favorite of tourists and locals alike (and even foodie-centric tours like two year old The Lima Gourmet Company). Weather and availability permitting, the terrace is the best spot to enjoy a froth-topped Pisco Sour, Chilcano (a Pisco-based Dark and Stormy) or non-alcoholic Chicha Morada (a sweet, aromatic drink made with blue corn, pineapple rind, cinnamon and clove) while taking in the adobe clay pyramids, which are lit up come sundown.
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Things to do in Lima, Peru: One day three ways
by Stephen Phelan Start by jumping off the cliff at Miraflores, with an early morning tandem paraglide from the Extreme Sports Cafe. Then take a half-day gastronomic tour of the city's foodie highlights with the Lima Gourmet Company, which includes a class in making perfect ceviche and pisco, and a haute cuisine lunch at the 1500-year-old ruins of Huaca Pucllana (www.limagourmetcompany.com). After, you can shop for authentic folk art and craftworks at the atmospheric Mercado Indio on Avenida Petit Thouras, or the more boutique specialist Artesanias Las Pallas (Cajamarca 212, Barranco).
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Cinco razones para conocer Lima
por Belinda Guerrero La codiciada joya de la corona: La cocina peruana es la definición perfecta del sustantivo fusión, y su recetario, uno de los más perseguidos por los chefs más reputados del mundo. El ceviche es el mejor embajador de esta gastronomía y una buena forma de descubrirlo es con una clase magistral que organiza The Lima Gourmet Company.
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A Night of Gourmet Dining in Lima, Peru
by Sarah Funk Leaving the market with several brown paper bags filled with goodies in hand, I realized that I needed professional help. It was time to call The Lima Gourmet Company: specialists in all things Peruvian cuisine. I booked their evening food tour, which promised a Pisco Sour lesson, Amazonian appetizers, make your own exotic ceviche experience, Gourmet Peruvian dinner amid illuminated pre-Incan ruins and artisanal Peruvian sorbet. Need I say more?
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Escale au Pérou
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Heaven and Earth on My Trip to Peru's Pacific Capital Lima
by Lily Huang I attended the trip with the THE LIMA GOURMET COMPANY, a tour guided by Lourdes, herself is a food blogger, she said: "Peruvian cuisine recently is on a global wave, super food quinoa received attention, our food diversity also makes a lot of people make a special trip to Lima eat. "Every year in September Mistura Food Festival is held in Lima and has become one of the indicators of the global diet, and one after another the tables host several chefs, this country's men and women of the hour.
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Ceviche is the new sushi: Peru's cuisine goes global
In a movement led by chef Gaston Acurio, Peruvian cuisine is gaining worldwide renown and has become the center of national pride, with ceviche, the flagship dish of Lima, leading the trend.
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Eat Like a Peruvian with The Lima Gourmet Company
by Lawrence Ferber Peru is often hailed as a food lover’s delight, and as with any destination, it pays to have a local foodie friend to help navigate the way. In the case of The Lima Gourmet Company, you get two friends: Lucas Montes de Oca and Samantha Lewis, a husband-and-wife team. “This may sound slightly funny coming from a tour operator, but Lucas and I generally hate organized tours,” said Lewis, who was raised in Kansas. “When we travel to a new city, we always look for friends or an acquaintance who can show us their special places and hidden gems. That’s precisely why the idea behind our tours is to make clients feel like they are out for a day with friends from the city — and not just passersby.”
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Lima Is Where the Heart Is
by Ishay Govender-Ypma Lucas Montes de Oca who runs Lima Gourmet Company, explains the history of Peruvian cuisine and the nations who have shaped it while we sample fruit with names like cherimoya and maracuja at the San Isidro market. The Incas freeze-dried potatoes and preserved strips of llama and alpaca, similar to biltong. Corn was a staple starch and cuy (guinea pig) a protein source for over 5000 years. Often food was covered and cooked with hot stones underground over low heat (Pachamanca). These foods and techniques have endured and each region’s dishes are based on the climate’s produce.
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Le ventre de Lima
by David Riendeau Une génération de jeunes chefs ambitieux et créatifs, Gaston Acurio en tête, ont entrepris depuis une dizaine d’années de rénover les recettes traditionnelles et d’offrir aux épicuriens une cuisine fusion qui fait rayonner le Pérou partout dans le monde. Des agences touristiques profitent de cette effervescence pour proposer des circuits gourmands et faire connaître la capitale sous un nouveau jour. « Le boom gastronomique change la façon dont les gens perçoivent la ville, constate Lucas Montes de Oca, directeur général de la Lima Gourmet Company. Avant, les touristes venaient à Lima seulement un jour parce qu’ils étaient obligés d’y passer pour se rendre à Cuzco et voir le Machu Picchu. Maintenant, ils restent deux-trois-quatre jour seulement pour venir manger. »
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Lima: Gastronomic Darling of the World
by Ishay Govender-Ypma In the once-Bohemian district of Barranco, along the cliff-edged southern tip of Lima Bay, the pastel facades of colonial buildings and the cobbled streets evoke a bygone era. Today, though, along the traditional face of what served as a 19th-century hamlet of summer mansions for Lima's elite, you find an array of modern diners, craft beer bars, boutiques and artisanal suppliers... CULINARY TOUR AND COOKING CLASS: Lima Gourmet Company.
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Lima: Culinary Inspiration
by Oivind Mathisen The Lima Gourmet tours run from the ship through the bohemian neighborhood of Lima to a coffee shop, roasting handpicked beans for organic coffee. That is followed by a visit to a garden and a nearly 150-year-old Lucuma tree, which has fruits, vegetables, fish and medicinal herbs. The highlight follows: a top Peruvian restaurant, according to Montes de Oca, where passengers can make their own traditional dishes under the guidance of the head chef, before sitting down for lunch.
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10 Best Peru Experiences
Ceviche is the national dish of Peru -- a refreshing concoction of fresh raw fish marinated in lemon and lime juice, spiced with a native Peruvian pepper and mixed with onions and cilantro. Many Latin American countries serve it with variations, but Peruvian ceviche is the classic. While it may seem easy to whip together, ceviche is a nuanced dish.
The Lima Gourmet Company runs ceviche cooking classes at the modern restaurante Embarcadero 41 Fusion en the swanky Miraflores neighborhood of Lima. A bonus: It comes with tastings of pisco, a brandy-like Peruvian alcohol. |
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Aventuras con cuchillo y tenedor
Lucas y su esposa Samantha Lewis crearon la agencia de turismo Capital Culinaria hace once meses. Antes vivían en Madrid y cuando se mudaron a Lima empezaron a buscar un negocio al que dedicarse. Mientras tanto los amigos que tenían por el mundo les anunciaban sus visitas. Como buenos anfitriones pensaban que la mejor manera de recibirlos era llevarlos a comer. De allí nació la idea de crear una ruta gastronómica. "La idea es que los grupos no sean mayores de seis personas. Nos gusta que sea personalizado. Queremos que se sientan como si un amigo o un familiar los llevara a pasear", explica Lucas.
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6 Ways to Get Your Customers Saying - Please Take My Money!
We had planned to be in Lima for a couple of days and like typical tourists, were looking to do the touristy things – experience the food, the people, visit the historical landmarks ‘et al. Yet, at the same time, we wanted to do something that would give us a taste of Peru; something the locals would do. And that happened on our 2nd day when we met a local couple – Sam & Lucas. OK, it was no accident that we met them; they run a culinary tour company, called Capital Culinaria Lima Gourmet Tours and I found them from their almost perfect TripAdvisor reviews.
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Lima lures with fantastic food, sights and shopping
Absolutely the best way to visit this market (as well as other culinary hot-spots) is to book a tour with Capital Culinaria Lima Gourmet Tours, owned by a dynamic foodie couple, Samantha (my new BFF) and her husband, Lucas. CCLGT will take you on a fantastic, behind-the-scenes, gastronomical/cultural tour of Lima.
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Rethink Lima for Fantastic Girlfriend Trip
You will taste your way through local markets (sampling endless varieties of exotic produce such as an amazing, buttery little avocado that doesn’t have a pit) off-the-beaten track cafes, restaurants and there’s even time to shop the boutiques scattered throughout Lima’s most exciting nabes. You’ll learn all the secrets for making the world’s best Ceviche and Pisco Sours from a top chef, so you can really impress the folks back home. (The Chef thought my rendition was the best in class-really. Of course, Samantha and I were the only two in the class!)
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The Best 8 things to see and do
his lunch has set the bar for all my seafood meals in the future. Their Chicharron de Calamares (fried calamari) served with a simple squirt of lemon, was sheer perfection. You’d never find it on your own so this alone should entice to check out CCLGT. Whether you sign up for a day or evening tour, I can’t imagine a more fun, insightful way to explore the real Lima.
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San Francisco-based food and travel writer, Janice Nieder, stopped by Lima Gourmet to take one of our Lima tours. She sat down with us to give us her take on Lima and what you can't miss during your trip.
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Promocionan gastronomía peruana en TV de Estados Unidos
aaasaThe Today Show, producción de la cadena estadounidense NBC, publicó hoy un reportaje sobre la revolución de la gastronomía peruana, que incluyó entre sus entrevistados al reconocido chef Gastón Acurio y a Samantha Lewis – Montes de Oca, de Capital Culinaria – Lima Gourmet Tours .
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