Sacred Valley of the Incas

A journey through the Sacred Valley: llamas, alpacas, mountains, terrace-farming platforms, Inca ruins, rock walls, blue skies, etc.

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Peru’s Astrid & Gastón Restaurant Opens in Europe

A branch of Lima’s renowned Astrid & Gastón restaurant was inaugurated yesterday (May 21st) in Madrid, and most probably became the first high-cuisine Peruvian restaurant in Europe. Gastón Acurio, Peru’s most celebrated chef and founder of a restaurant conglomerate (together with his German wife Astrid Gutsche), intends to open several branches of his top-of-the-line Astrid & Gastón in Europe during the coming years.

According to Acurio, the election of Spain’s capital as first location for the restaurant was obvious: “Madrid is the natural gateway to Europe for any Latin American proposal”.

As in every other location, Madrid’s Astrid & Gastón’s cuisine will maintain its trademark subtle re-lecture of Peruvian culinary tradition, making an intense use of typical Peruvian spices, ajíes (chili-peppers), herbs, and other ingredients.

Add comment May 22nd, 2007