Gaston's Restaurants????

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Good afternoon. RT here.

Some days, it's a toss-up: Girls or Grub? Luckily, Lima offers both!

Two of my favorite restaurants are Astrid y Gaston and La Mar, both owned by my hero, Gastón Acurio.

I understand that he owns/runs some other restaurants in Lima, too. Can anyone tell me where the others are located? I **think** that there's one in San Isidro, but I'm not sure.

Thanks in advance.
 
Hey RT there &#180;re more restaurants in Lima owned by him and the names areTANTA and DON PAQUALE. One is located in Av Primavera in a county called Chacarilla and the other is newest located in SAN ISIDRO,where you can find a lot of varieties of peruvian sandwiches. Gaston&#180;s food is awesome and he is an excelent cheff and bussiness man.
 
RT here. After two inspections, I can confirm that the food at Tanta is outstanding.

Is Asia de Cuba one of his, too?

Thanks.
 
There is a new Tanta in Miraflores. It's on the point/corner of Reducto and Av. 28 De Julio. It's right across the street from Cafe San Antonio which also is a great place. San Antonio's Cafe Americanos are amazing.
 
RT Gooch dijo:
RT here. After two inspections, I can confirm that the food at Tanta is outstanding.

Is Asia de Cuba one of his, too?

Thanks.
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Asia de Cuba, is not his restaurant (popular branch in NYC) as he 0nly has restuarants in Lima and Spain right now. He is opening up 3 new A&G's in San Diego,San Francisco & I believe LA next year.
 
Good evening. RT here.

As if life isn't good enough, the folks at the Larco Museum were smart enough to recognize food as art and have allowed Sr. Gaston Acurio run the restaurant at the museum.

Cafe Del Museo runs very similar to T'anta in feel. The selection is somewhat more limited, but the food and service were impeccable the day that I was there.

The museum is pretty good, too. They had quite the display of Peruvian artifacts going back about 3,000 years. The museum's admission was 25 Soles. I was given the option of wandering alone (there were paragraphs in English on the walls here and there) or taking an optional docent as a guide. They had no English-speaking women, but I made mine speak slowly, and between my 1st grade Spanish and the English notes, I understood what I was looking at. I wound up tipping the tour guide 30 Soles for the two hours of her time (the tip was descretionary -- the guy who sold me my admission ticket suggested 20 Soles).

Museo Rafael Larco Herrera
Av. Bolivar 1515, Pueblo Libre.
461-1312
Open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
http://www.museolarco.org/

Cafe Del Museo
462-4757
Open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
http://www.museolarco.org/cafedelmuseo/
 
Thanks for the info RT. The last time i was in Lima i wanted to visit this Museum but run out of time. I will not miss it on my next trip. And now that it has a Tanta cafe makes it more inviting.

Juan

Juan
 
:mad: Damn it all to hell. Tanta took the onion soup off of the menu! :mad:
 
Superfly here,

There is a new restaurant of Gaston Acurio, it opened about 1 month ago and is located at block 2 of Coronel Inclan in Miraflores ( this street starts from Pardo ), the name is Panchita and it's dedicated to meat ( like a typical argentinean restaurant ), the menu and the food are absolutly outstanding as well as the wine selection, there is also a very nice bar for happy hours at the entrance ( check the black girl at the door )

I highly recommend to call for reservation, it is full every night since the opening !!



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NOTE FROM MODERATOR. HERE IS THE ADDRESS:
PANCHITA Carnes/Steak
Av. Dos de Mayo 298 MIRAFLORES
242-5957

2ND NOTE FROM MODERATOR:
This is great information -- thanks!
 
I had the pleasure of eating there twice last week and the food was excellent. I tried several of the different grillled meats and all were well prepared and delicious. Even the bread they start you off with is fantastic.
 
RT here. Elos is correct.

I am sorry that I didn't run into him last week, but he is indeed correct -- Panchita is excellent. I will post a full report in its own thread soon, but here's the bread he mentioned and one of the dishes.
Panchita_Bread.JPG
Panchita_Lomo.JPG
 
RT here. I re-visited Panchita last night. It was crowded when we arrived at 9:00 pm and stayed that way until we left at almost 11. We split the scallops appetizer, I had a anticucho of Salmon and my date ordered the full-sized baby beef. It was big enough for three of her meals.. I might not have been able to finish it. It looked a little fatty to me,but she said it was good. My salmon was delicious.

The three dishes, drinks and cover charge came to 155 sols. The steak was pretty expensive, but the rest of the food was reasonable. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the photos.

 
I understand that Pasquale Hermanos is a franchise that belongs to Gastón Acurio. The actual restaurants don't.
 
Jack Jericho dijo:
I understand that Pasquale Hermanos is a franchise that belongs to Gastón Acurio. The actual restaurants don't.
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Actually is a marketing strategy, Gaston Acurio is just the name, several investors are the owners.
Astrid & Gaston is the 0nly one from just Gaston Acurio & Wife
 
Sometimes I don't communicate well.

I don't give a damn who makes the money, I care who creates the food. Of course the guy can't be in every one of his restaurants all over the world at the same time. He's not making the empanadas at T'anta either, but it is still a Gaston restaurant.

And from the links above, it is clear that the concept and menu are from the mind of Gaston Acurio.

And if you've ever eaten in the sandwich shop, the food quality, service levels, presentation and cleanliness all scream out the level that we have come to expect from this guy.
 
RT Gooch dijo:
...it is clear that the concept and menu are from the mind of Gaston Acurio.

And if you've ever eaten in the sandwich shop, the food quality, service levels, presentation and cleanliness all scream out the level that we have come to expect from this guy.
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I suscribe these words 100%. You can notice Gastón's hand in each and every one of his restaurants... franchised or owned.
 
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