Peruvian

A trio of creative folk from Lima have landed in London with their evolution of Nikkei food. We headed on over to Notting Hill to see what Fan was all about.

5/9/24 - updated with a new opening date. 

Hang onto your ceviche, London’s favourite Peruvian restaurant is about to open a third site. LIMA Shoreditch will take wings inside the Sun Street Hotel, which opened in late 2022. We told you about the hotel’s previous restaurant when it

Eagle-eyed London Fields residents may have spotted the arrival of a new restaurant, Chakana, on Broadway Market. Turns out this is the new London outpost for chef Robert Ortiz who opened the first Chakana in Birmingham four years ago. Ortiz, you may remember, was also the head chef for Lima for years when it became the first Peruvian restaurant in Europe to gain a Michelin star. He left Lima in 2019 to head

A bona fide hit in Brooklyn, the popular Peruvian restaurant Llama Inn has now opened in London. From NYC to Shoreditch we see how it's faring this side of the pond. 

If you’ve enjoyed the Peruvian flavours of Floral by Lima over the past decade, there’s a shake-up on the way. Be alert, not alarmed, though. In these recent weeks of significant restaurant closures, it’s reassuring to learn that this much-loved venue in Covent Garden is still

Updated 14/8/23 with soft launch info

A new Peruvian restaurant is coming to London via a somewhat unexpected route - New York. 

Llama Inn opened in New York back in 2015 and has been a hit ever since. Just this year it made it onto the New York Times' Top 100 Restaurants list and its chef Erik Ramirez was a finalist on the James Beard "Outstanding Chef" list this year too. So

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News reaches us of something new to Leyton's dining scene. Peruvian-Japanese fusion restaurant Bamboo Mat, which opened just a few weeks back, has a team that met while working at Chotto Matte so there's a good chance that this could be something special. 

The chefs behind it are Denis Gobjila who's ex-Chotto Matte and his business partner Victor Rosca, who also

10/5/21 - updated with opening details. 

Last year, Peruvian restaurant Andina (from the same people behind Ceviche) ended up in the position of having to find a new location. In a passionate Facebook post they announced the news: "We

If you've ever fancied trying to make nikkei food at home, the Chotto Matte meal kit from Restaurant Box is a low-effort way to do just that. 

Lima, the Peruvian restaurant in Fitzrovia, is the latest restaurant in town to kick off a delivery service - but not just one. They're launching two different offerings at the same time. 

First up is Lima at Home. As you can imagine, that's offering up signature Lima dishes to eat... at home. So the menu will feature sea bream or scallop ceviche or slow-braised suckling pig with parsnip &

Well, what a treat for West Londoners. We hear that Andina Bakery over on Westbourne Grove is gearing up to open in the evenings with a rather special offering.

The Peruvian bakery has teamed up with Keeling Andrew & Co, the new wine import company set up by the founders of Noble Rot. They'll be creating a series of tapas to go along with a weekly changing wine list, with dishes like:

• Pork steamed bun, rocoto chilli

The team behind the original Pachamama in Marylebone and Chicama in Chelsea are bringing Pachamama to Shoreditch, with some Asian influences as well as Peruvian.

Covent Garden's Flesh & Buns is opening a second restaurant just north of Oxford Street and this one's going to be huge with more of a Peruvian Nikkei vibe going on as well as the old izakaya favourites.

This is the latest from Martin Morales, the man behind Andina and Ceviche. It sees him bringing not only another Andina restaurant to Notting Hill but is bringing London's first Peruvian bakery to the area.

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