TSkillet Posted October 3, 2004 at 05:09 PM Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 at 05:09 PM I just got back from spending some time in Peru - and wow, aside from Peruvian food and fast food restaurants - the most common eatery was Chinese restuarants (or as they are known there - chifas.) Now, I know you're asking - I was in Latin America - what the hell was I doing eating Chinese food. Especially since I'm going to be in Beijing and Shanghai in a week - well, my friend who lives there wanted to drag me down to barrio chino so she could eat the food from her childhood (she's Chinese-American but doesn't speak any Chinese - only spanish. Yes, complicated). So we had dim sum in Lima's barrio chino - it was actually pretty good - better than what I can find here in Houston at any rate. The boss was a guy from Zhongshan - or at least his parents were. It was actually fun to get back to speaking Cantonese (Houston is a Mandarin speaking city) - it was more fun to see all these Chinese people speaking Spanish - like that ATV series about overseas Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wushijiao Posted October 7, 2004 at 08:32 AM Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 at 08:32 AM Interesting. My first college Spanish prof was a guy named William Chang, an ethnic Chinese from Peru. Peruvian food is good, so I assume Peruvian/chinese was good, if not authentic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSkillet Posted October 22, 2004 at 05:43 AM Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 at 05:43 AM I thought it was pretty good. It was very Cantonese in flavor - I think a lot of the Chinese in the Lima area especially were from Zhongshan and Taishan. The dim sum we had was better than what I can get here in Houston, but I'd wager the regular food was not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Soup Posted October 30, 2004 at 03:16 AM Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 at 03:16 AM The most highly regarded bakery in San Francisco's Chinatown (Golden Gate) is owned by a Chinese family from Peru. They close for a whole month every summer to return for a visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSkillet Posted October 30, 2004 at 03:42 PM Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 at 03:42 PM The best supermarket chain in Lima is Wang's. Founded by Mr. Wang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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