take a bite and see what this is all about

here we go

well good morning good morning guys morning  guys how are we all doing i hope you're hungry  

i sure am you are yeah yeah well i hope  you our subscribers are too in today's  

video we're going to be taking you on a  little market tour actually we're going  

to be showing you three different markets but  we're going to start out with mercado san martin  

which is relatively new here wasn't here last  time we visited it's really exciting i mean  

we've never we've never gone to these markets  before so this is going to be an entirely new  

experience the thing about us in lima is  that there's so many great restaurants  

that we've become familiar with over the years  yes we're repeaters big-time repeaters but sure  

this is a chance so we're trying not to get run  over here this is a chance for us to expand our  

horizons yes and to uh to hit up some cool markets  and um yeah the thing is i guess we're just gonna  

order whatever we feel like that's also kind  of cool yeah so basically this market it's it's  

kind of like an open air market like it is covered  but you basically have a whole bunch of different  

little booths within the market where you can  have both peruvian dishes and international dishes

so yeah we're gonna take you there  lots of cool street art along the way  

yeah so we'll see you shortly

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all righty we made it to the food market yes our  first lunch outing together yeah a really cool  

market like this you've got the stalls on both  sides tables in the middle also an upper a second  

level where you can dine as well and just so much  variety everything under the sun here we've got  

classic peruvian food i've seen sushi i've seen  mexican food i've seen venezuelan food i've seen  

burgers here as well and some places specializing  in seafood other places specializing in uh for  

instance what i'm going to be having from lukumo  i'm having amazon food from the peruvian amazon  

so it's chaofa amazonica so basically amazon  fried rice it's gonna have plantain and a whole  

bunch of other ingredients i couldn't be more  stoked i'm so hungry we've been going for walks  

every morning to build up this appetite in the  afternoon and um i'm ready to chow down big time

oh yeah righty ready to present today's meal i  am more than ready to present today's meal what  

a fantastic looking plate of rice this is looks  beautiful so beautifully presented you have a sort  

of a perimeter of the plantain on top you've got  the egg and then if i put the egg apart here look  

you've got chicken um oh this isn't this is the  cecina it's a special kind of pork from amazon i'm  

seeing uh carrots i'm seeing other vegetables so  this is awesome this is like fried rice to the max  

so i'm gonna take my first bite i want to get  a little bit of everything so make sure i get a  

little of the plantain here these little plastic  forks and knives are not the easiest to use  

and here is the rice that is awesome it's such  an interesting mix of flavors like you have the  

sweetness of the plantain okay then you have the  savory rice and then the texture of the egg which  

is nice and soft it all just kind of mixes really  really well together and you get a diversity of  

flavors so this is not the typical fried rice i'm  used to but i'm loving it i absolutely love it

and my food just arrived  just in time all right guys  

very excited for this my food is  finally here and i got the ceviche

is like a street food cart so i guess  this is the style of ceviche you would  

get if you ordered it as street food  it comes with whatever this is i don't  

know if this is like calamari friday it  sure looks like it yeah it's something

that's delicious we have the sweet potato that  is an absolute musk giant grains of the the  

white corn the red onions and then you have the  tiger's milk which is the juice of the ceviche  

because ceviche is fish cured in lime juice  and then you just get the different ingredients  

mixing together and you get almost like this cold  soup that you drink at the very end of your meal  

that looks so good we'll be sharing the  fish is so tender yeah so so tender my gosh  

and it's like limey and zesty and a  little bit spicy from the red aji pepper

and to go along with everything we got chicha  morada which is a juice made from purple corn  

really sweet super refreshing very peruvian so  cheers friends yes all right guys we just finished  

that wonderful meal how did you enjoy that  that was a feast of feasts i am in official  

rotunding mode yeah i mean i basically finished  that mountain of rice it was so good i mean it's  

exactly what i was craving it's funny because  like when i went into when i first went into the  

into the food stall area i didn't know what i was  gonna get and then i saw that on the menu i'm like  

that's the one amazonian yeah i guess i missed my  time in the ketos from many years ago yeah so in  

terms of the prices both of our dishes were just a  little over seven dollars not quite eight and like  

sam mentioned the size like the portions were  abundant it was a lot of food very filling yeah  

the chicha morada was just over a dollar yeah  local prices were talking like 20 28 to what 30  

something solid 30 something sold yeah exactly low  30s and then the the chichamurata was five solos  

exchange rate at the moment is about 380. so  um yeah tremendous value i mean we we ate for  

we ate and drank for like about 15 bucks or  something yeah yeah we're going home like just you  

know stomach sticking out so that's a good sign  and that is the first of many markets we'll be  

showing you there's two more in this neighborhood  that we want to highlight so awesome man we'll see  

you shortly with that can't wait all righty guys  another day another market oh man i am ready to  

eat today i had a morsel of food since yesterday's  lunch so not a nomad one meal today i ate so much  

yesterday i just said you know what i feel like  i'm getting a you know a little bit of a belly  

here in peru i don't want it to happen someday  only once once a day all righty so today we are  

visiting our second market here in miraflores  it is called mercado san ramon it opened on  

what used to be the pizza street or pizza alley  before remember that actually yeah yeah never  

had a pizza there but i remember we walked by it  yeah and apparently this market has 25 different  

booths where once again you can get food from all  over the world fantastic so yeah pretty excited to  

eat and we'll bring you along i think i'm going to  go international today to be honest sharam awesome  

so

okay guys so the food is here and today  we both went international i went for some  

classic american diner food sam's gone for  japanese but i just wanted to introduce you  

to this burger it is called the rocker  burger and it's two patties smushed together  

fried on the grill lots of cheese  it has tomatoes lettuce it looks  

so good but now the real test let's take  a bite and see what this is all about

it rocks does it roll the bun is so good is  it wow fluffy brioche bun beautifully toasted  

the burger is just so juicy and then the cheddar  cheese it's like a really good burger reminds me  

a bit of like shake shack in and out not quite in  that category this is a gourmet burger yeah and i  

just got the burger on its own but if you want to  you can get it as a combo with fries and then for  

my drink i went for the sacred valley drink and  this is a smoothie it does have a beautiful flower  

lovely presentation and it has blueberries  strawberries blackberries it has yogurt  

and this looks like a little lemongrass  straw is that possible it could be let's see

i feel like this is the healthy component to the  meal equally delicious but it like balances out  

the greasy fried food and then i'm still getting  some fruits in here so yeah this is really nice  

super cool market we're gonna go back in later  film it a bit more in detail because there's like  

really cool art in the ceilings and it's just  super colorful it has a beautiful outdoor patio  

great views of the former pizza street so yeah  lovely spot if you're in the neighborhood of  

miraflores this is a really cool market to  check out and now we are moving on to samuel's  

sushi ceviche yes all right so i am ordering  the very special and uniquely peruvian acid  

mackie so basically this falls under the genre of  nikkei cuisine japanese cuisine is very popular  

in peru in fact you can find almost as many nikkei  restaurants as you can traditional ones at least  

in the area we're staying and this is a peruvian  twist on sushi so it has what appears to be like a  

unique kind of mayo and sesame sauce and then we  also have here avocado british shrimp tuna yeah  

really excited for this i'm so hungry and lots  of stuff going on in this in this mackie roll

wowzers that is a level 10. guys  what makes this so interesting  

there's like a variety of textures in the bite  you've got the crispiness and crunchiness of the  

breaded shrimp then you also have the  creaminess of the sauce so rich and tasty  

then you have another layer of fish the avocado  oh my gosh that is good i wish i had this  

in more locations around the world because this  is something i'd eat in canada if it was available  

yeah peruvian japanese fusion is so good so good  and yeah this is the only kind i got so that's the  

end of the taste review right there amazing food  yeah and unlike yesterday nada not gut busting  

so we'll have room to to finish this  video today for dinner we're to come back  

and have dinner market a different market but  anyways we're moving on to the price point so  

i'm going to give you the current exchange  right now about 10 us dollars is about 38 solas  

so in terms of what we had your drink i think came  to 12 soles you said then your burger was 20 solis  

and my maki was roughly 30 solars so in terms  of price point about seven dollars for my mackie  

just a bit more your burger was slightly over  five us dollars and the drink roughly three  

so again a pretty affordable meal i mean we're  talking like 15 16 to come and eat here in total  

gourmet food nice setting lots of options in terms  of where you want to sit down and dine you can  

be outside you can be inside you can be upstairs  downstairs so yeah really cool market and um yeah  

it's been eating so well around miraflores  we can't wait to see what we have tonight

all right good morning guys morning guys third  day of market hopping i would say here in the  

neighborhood of miraflores yesterday we ate so  much that we couldn't go out to another market  

for dinner we just decided to postpone yeah so  what happened was your mom ended up getting some  

delicious ceviche from huang yes and also some  treats and there's a little wine involved so  

yeah we just didn't make it for dinner because  we were stuffing our faces in our apartment  

but um yeah we're back out for round three it's a  new day i'm hungry and today we are taking you to  

mercado vintiocho which means market number  28. this one is also in the neighborhood of  

miraflores just like the previous two but in a  different direction though different direction  

so we're getting to walk around the neighborhood a  bit exactly different roads each time same hungry  

uh disposition i suppose we've always got an  appetite we've always got an appetite and um we  

can't wait to see what we find there right yeah so  we'll see you shortly with more food sounds good

fiesta

greetings so this is now our third market and i  have some opinions and thoughts on what it's like  

to go to these these little markets these kind of  like food court style of dining areas so what's  

really impressive to me is that every market we  visited kind of has its own distinct flair and  

uniqueness about it this one in particular has a  bit more of a party environment you've got the bar  

in the middle you've got kind of that lively music  going on now the other thing i've liked about all  

of these markets so far is that the quality of the  food has been excellent the portions have been big  

and the most versatile part about it is if you're  coming with a group of friends and you're all  

meeting you've got so much variety to choose from  everyone gets what they want and if they're still  

hungry afterwards they go out and order more or  grab a dessert or have an extra drink so yeah  

i've been really impressed by the the style of  markets here in lima like i said on previous  

visits we didn't go to any of these so this is  a new experience and something i'd recommend  

wow that's great okay guys so i got one of the  classic peruvian dishes done four different  

ways this is called gauza and it is made with a  special yellow potato that you only get in peru  

and it's typically served with avocado it  also has aji which is a nice yellow spice  

and basically i've gotten it with a chicken with  cilantro with raw fish you know how much ceviche  

is king here this one has shrimp and this one  has mushrooms and they also have like a little  

bit of avocado and mayonnaise and it just looks  delicious so we're going to dive in in one second  

but first let's have a sip of  my beverage i got a derva derba  

lemonade so this is a lemongrass  lemonade nice and green

and very refreshing this tastes like the tropics  this is so good wow here we have the four  

caustitas we're gonna start out  with the chicken with cilantro

so good i'm obsessed with cilantro  i know some people hate it they say  

it tastes like dish detergent but i'm one  of those people that just loves the flavor  

i cannot get enough of cilantro  so i love the chicken one

now this next one is with fish it looks like tuna  

pure tuna then we have the shrimp  as samuel would say check that out

that is one of the best ones and then  

one vegetarian option here  with the mushrooms here we go

wonderful wonderful so cheers a great meal and  now we're going to show you samuel's monster