Woolworths Taste – August 2019

110 TASTE AUGUST 2019

TRAVEL

sustainably grown Peruvian produce.
She calls her beautifully plated dishes
“a bridge between both worlds

• Southeast Asia and Peru.” It’s a
  combination few have experienced in
  the country. “When I lived in Thailand,
  Indian food was my comfort food on the
  days when I missed home. The spices
  used are different, but both Indian and
  Peruvian cuisines are rich in flavour,
  in chillies, rice, potatoes,” Francesca
  says. Parts of Peru and Thailand are
  antipodes, diametrically opposed points
  on the Earth’s surface, and if you dig a
  proverbial hole to the other side of the
  world, this is where you’ll end up. She

adds: “Peru has many different climates,

and the Peruvian Amazon is very

similar to Thailand’s tropical climate

as they share proximity to the equator.

Naturally, you won’t find exactly the

same ingredients, but I think they are

probably from the same family, because

the flavour profiles are very similar.”

The food of Peru reflects centuries

of what Javier calls “culinary blending”.

“We are a very diverse nation. First,

we had the various great empires that

populated the area we now call Peru.

Then we had the Spanish, who brought

African slaves, who brought with them

an Arabian influence. When the slaves

were freed, we needed people to work

the land, so the Chinese arrived. This

was the biggest migration in our history

until now – the Venezuelan migration.

Between these two migrations,

we received Italians, Germans and

Japanese. All these nations have

influenced Peruvian food.”

Today, we speak of Chiffa (Peruvian-

Chinese), Nikkei (Peruvian-Japanese)

and the food of the coast, highlands

and the jungles of the Amazon.

For decades Gastón Acurio,

building on the work of the cooks and

chefs before him, was the single figure

seen spearheading Peruvian cuisine in

Peru and on the international circuit.

Overcoming the armed conflict of the

80s and internal terrorism in the late 90s,

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Chef Andre

Patsias of

Statera

restaurant

in Lima.