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RESTAURANT NEWS

Your guide to what's happening on the restaurant scene this summer WORDS NEIL SIMPS ON

Peru's second coming

London's appetite for Peruvian food continues

with a new pack of restaurants slated for

summer debuts. At the edge of Chinatown,

Butifarra promises a taste of the country's

marketplaces with a menu of casual bites

including taku taku (a rice and bean pancake)

and alfajor cookies made with dulce de leche.

Not far away on Great Windmill Street in

Soho, Ceviche founder Martin Morales is

opening his fourth London restaurant, Casita

Andina, (pictured) on 28 July (Peruvian

Independence Day), with traditional Andes

cuisine, a Pisco bar and a ceviche counter.

Meanwhile, the Pachamama team will be

opening Chelsea's Chicama, focusing on

Peru's coastal cuisine. South American

seafood: guaranteed to make you feel all

summery. The Lima Floral kitchen in Covent

Garden has been busy, too, introducing a new

lunch menu, also inspired by Peru's market

culture. The 'Yunza Selection Box' is nine small

plates presented on a wooden shelving unit -

it seems all that complaining we did about too

many small plates on tiny tables has paid o”.