Alright guys another day in Lima and that means another restaurant to visit.
Today we are going to be eating at Tanta.
This is a really famous restaurant by Gastón Acurio.
Yes.
And it is actually a chain.
It has become so popular.
Yeah.
That they have different locations all over the city.
We've been there once before.
Yes.
And we were so amazed by the food.
The presentation.
Especially the buffet table.
Yeah.
Where you can grab like little bites to sample.
A little bit of everything of Peruvian cuisine.
That we were like we need to come back.
Yeah.
We need to bring the camera.
Exactly.
And it just so happens to be one restaurant a few blocks down from our apartment.
Yep.
So we're heading over there for lunch.
Let's go get a table.
So the food has arrived.
It has.
And everything you can see on the table right now with the exception of the beer is all
mine.
One thing I love about this restaurant is that they have this huge bar with like a buffet
style.
Actually it is not buffet because you kind of like pick and choose what you want to have.
Yes.
They have like individual bites in tapas size.
You can have your own customized plates basically.
Yes.
And if you want to sample a lot of Peruvian food without ordering a massive portion this
is perfect.
It is the way to go.
I ordered two causa's.
Yep.
Which are made with potato.
And this one has chicken and peach.
And this one has octopus.
I've had both of these before and I love them.
Oh and I also got an empanada with ground beef and this has icing sugar on top.
Yeah.
It is really popular for Peruvian empanadas to have icing sugar and then you squeeze a
little bit of lemon.
Yeah.
And you have the sweetness and sourness.
I know.
It sounds a little strange but it totally works.
It is good.
It totally works.
Trust me.
Then I also got this slice of bread with trout on top.
Which looks wonderful.
I got a grilled scallop with cheese and they prepare this like right in front of you.
Freshly made.
Sam's main dish is here.
The main dish.
Yes.
Thank you.
Ah, gracias.
Wow.
Woah.
That looks amazing.
Thank you.
Gracias.
And that just leaves for me the leche de tigre which would be the tiger's milk.
Yep.
Which is what you usually have leftover once you've already had your ceviche.
So this is going to be sour and good.
And fishy.
Mmmm.
That is so lemon-y. Woah!
Hahaha.
Woah.
So good though.
So good.
So now that I've really cleared my throat with that tiger's milk let's actually take
a bite of this.
This is the one with octopus.
Mmmm.
It is so soft.
It is so good.
And I'll also take a bite of this one.
The neighboring one.
What kind of flavors are you experiencing?
Mmmm.
The second one is so sweet because it has peach.
Peach and chicken.
And it also has a mayo dressing on top so it is really interesting.
I like this one and it has a bit of avocado.
Yum.
Are you going to share that?
It is a bit hidden.
Wow.
I'm leaving some for you.
Don't worry.
Thank you.
Haha.
And then let's cut this open shall we.
Cut that in half.
I'll definitely want half of that.
Yeah.
Oh.
Show it.
Tada.
Woah.
Look at how thick that is guys.
As you can see we got some beef, onions, carrots.
This looks wonderful.
It is fresh out of the oven.
Like that is actually piping hot.
Put some lime on it.
Yes.
Show us how it is done.
Just a bit of this.
Oh yeah.
And then we bite into it.
Let's see how juicy that is.
Mmmm.
Is it good?
The seasoning.
Oh my gosh.
These flavors are completely different from eating empanadas in Argentina.
Like that is what I'm used to.
That is the style that my Mom makes.
But the seasoning here like I don't even know what these spices are but it is amazing.
Really pleased so far.
And what else should we try next?
I'm getting messy over here.
I think I won't bite into the bread but I will try the trout.
Okay.
Mmmm.
Is it good?
Wow.
Again so smooth with a little bit of chilli in there.
Yep.
And then the scallop.
Shall we dig into the scallop?
That is the last thing for you to try and then you should also try your Chicha Morada.
Your purple corn drink.
Woah.
Look at that.
Oh ho.
With all of that cheese.
I don't want to leave any of that cheese behind.
Maybe a bit of lime since it is there.
Let's pair it as it is intended.
Squeeze.
Mmmm.
What do you think?
Mmmm.
Wonderful?
You know what?
Oh man.
I'm going to try your entire menu too.
Yes.
That sounds like a good idea.
Oh and a bit more of this.
I had this earlier but I just love the sourness.
I never thought I'd say I enjoy drinking fish juice with lemon but I do.
Fish juice is good.
Apparently you do.
I love it too.
It is so sour.
Mmmm.
It is so sour and rich.
Oh.
Wow.
Isn't that good?
So good and it has aji.
Yeah.
So you've also got the spice.
Try your Chicha Morada.
Sourness.
The drink.
The purple corn drink.
Oh wonderful.
So sweet, so refreshing.
We're going to have an amazing meal here.
I'm really pleased.
So I tempted to leave half of everything for Sam but I may have gotten carried away a bit.
Yeah.
I don't think there is half.
Well especially with some of these.
More like a third.
Some is more than half.
But anyways first I'm going to try the Cusqueña beer.
And they have a whole different series of them.
So I've had the red, I've had the regular and this one is their dark.
Negra.
How is it?
Oh it is nice.
It has got a bit of a it has kind of like a toffee or caramel aftertaste that is really
good.
I should mention that we're sitting out on the terrace and it is pretty warm out here.
Yeah.
So beer is a good idea.
It is.
Okay let's go in for the leche de tigre.
For the tiger's milk.
You're going bold.
Your first flavors.
It has ceviche in there too.
Yeah, it has a bit of fish.
It is not just the milk you still get a bit of fish in there.
Mmmm.
And then you get the corn and you get the onions.
Yeah, the canchita.
That is so good.
If you've never had ceviche before it is basically fish cured in like a citrus juice.
Yep.
And what you have left at the end is this milk with like fish juice and citrus and spices.
Yep.
It is just awesome.
And that is what they serve here in a cup.
So good.
That is my favorite part of it.
Mmmhmm.
Okay now going in for the causa.
You didn't leave me much of this one the chicken one.
I know.
It was so good.
Mmmm.
That is like really nice shredded chicken.
Yeah.
And then peach is a bit of a surprise.
Is this the octopus one?
The pulpo.
Yes.
Oh wow.
Green.
Mmmm.
Oh yeah.
I really like the sauce on that.
Do you have a favorite between the two?
Octopus or chicken.
I actually like well I really like the chicken but octopus is even better in my opinion.
Yeah.
Okay moving on I will try your empanada.
Yes.
Yep.
Oh my gosh that looks so good and juicy in there.
Mmmm.
Oh wow.
That is so different from anything I've ever had in terms of an empanada.
It is completely different flavors isn't it?
Yeah.
Oh it is so good and juicy though and then you bite into that icing sugar and you know
what it reminds me of?
It reminds me of the that dim sum we had in Hong Kong that had that icing sugar on the
remember the baked pork bun.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
Oh my gosh that is so good.
It really works.
You would think meat and sugar wouldn't be a combo but and then I left you half of a
scallop.
Oh you did.
Okay.
Those are small scallops but I left you some.
Ooops.
No lime.
Oh I didn't put lime on it.
That is right.
Just cheese.
And I didn't put lime on my empanada either.
Man that is wonderful.
What a nice sampler.
And now we need to move on to mine.
Alright.
Let's do it.
And yours is looking pretty massive over here.
So now we are continuing with Sam's main yes.
He ordered something called El Gran Combinado which means the Great combo.
The great combination.
This is basically a lot of my favorite Peruvian food all in one plate.
Yep.
So if we take a look over here we've got the Pollo.
Arroz con pollo which is the chicken with the mixed green rice.
Yes.
And you can see on top of that they have um onions as a garnish.
Oh la lah.
And this is basically a green chicken.
It has a green sauce and then it has green mixed rice.
Yeah.
My goodness is it delicious.
They were making this at my Grandma's house last week.
I saw that they used spinach and cilantro.
Yeah.
Those were the two key ingredients to make it green.
Yeah my goodness that is good.
And the chicken breast is so tender.
Mmmhmm.
And then you have that nice flavorful rice.
And you can choose your cut of meat.
They asked if you wanted breast or leg or thigh.
Yeah, exactly.
So moving on we're going to the ocopa sauce over here which has a giant corn called choclo.
Choclo.
This is one my favorite sauces.
Peruvian sauces.
Yes.
There are two iconic sauces.
Ocopa and Huancaína.
Yep.
Those make several appearances in Peruvian cuisine.
Out of the two though if I had to just pick one I would go with this one over here.
The Huancaína.
Now I'm moving on to the potatoes with the Huancaína sauce.
Yes.
This is my favorite.
It is just so creamy and rich and cheesy.
Flavourful.
Oh my gosh that is so good.
I could just drink that sauce.
It is so good.
I'm not even kidding.
Wow.
It is just so delicious.
And because sharing is caring Audrey gets to try my main.
I have to.
She is feeling full.
I have to try the main.
The things we do for you guys.
She is already stuffed.
Hahaha.
Just kidding.
It is awesome.
Even if you're stuffed this is good.
That is good.
The Huancaína yeah.
Isn't that creamy?
It is so thick and creamy.
They've done it right.
They've done it to perfection.
It is a really rich sauce.
They've done it to perfection.
And this sauce has cheese in it.
Did we mention?
Yeah.
Mmmm.
So try the chicken the rice now.
Okay.
The arroz con pollo.
I'll just grab a little bit of chicken breast.
Yep.
Carve that baby up.
This is a filling meal.
My goodness.
Oh yeah.
Who knew that like six mini dishes could stuff you this way.
And this rice looks like it has got some green pepper, some green peas.
Yeah, it has got a nice mix of veggies in there.
Mmmm.
Lots of flavors too isn't it.
Wow.
Do you like that?
Chicken is done well.
The spices are just delicious.
Yep.
I'm just not very familiar with Peruvian spices.
Like I haven't cooked with them a lot.
Yep.
So half of the time I don't even know what I'm having.
But I'm just like wow it is so good.
Explosion of flavours.
Flavours in my mouth.
Now you're trying the ocopa with the giant corn.
The choclo.
That is the last thing.
Mmmhmm.
So good.
Isn't that good?
The sauce is more nutty.
Yep.
Do you have a favorite on the plate?
Or?
The rice.
The green rice.
Wow.
Hands down.
My favorite was the potatoes and huancaina sauce.
Mmmhmm.
So we have different things.
The cilantro just makes it.
I love cilantro to begin with.
So it works for me.
Well we're going to put down the cameras and try to polish all of
this off.
Before we get desserts.
Two of them.
Buenos Tardes.
(Speaking Spanish)
It is a pear with an almond cream.
(Speaking Spanish)
Cheesecake with red berries.
Wow.
(Speaking Spanish)
Chocolate cake with manjar blanco.
(Speaking Spanish)
Tiramisu with mascarpone.
Chocolate sphere.
(Speaking Spanish)
Cheese mouse with raspberry
(Speaking Spanish)
With a jelly.
With a vanilla cake.
(Speaking Spanish)
Lemon pie.
Suspiro a la limeña.
Alright guys.
Still going.
I was going to say still going strong but we are not going strong we are struggling
with dessert here.
I'm okay.
Speak for yourself.
Hahaha.
I'm speaking for myself.
I am so stuffed.
But we got this cake so this is a cheese mousse yep with raspberries and it has a layer.
It looks like a party over there.
This bottom one is a layer of vanilla cake soaked in rum.
I almost feel guilty like eating it.
It is just so beautifully presented there.
Wow.
Look at all of those layers.
Beautiful presentation.
Let's get all of the flavours in one spoon.
Right there.
Look at that.
Wow.
I know.
So many different textures.
It is almost like a rainbow on the spoon.
A pink rainbow.
A pastel rainbow.
So what do you think?
Mmmm.
Is that nice?
Wow.
That is really nice.
Is it?
You've got like the creaminess of the cheese.
Yep.
And then the raspberries are a little bit tart.
Okay.
And it is just very light and fluffy.
I feel like I can handle a few more bites.
Wonderful.
And then the rest will go your way.
Well I'm available over here and willing.
Willing and available.
So, yes let's try mine now.
Alright moving on.
I'm going to try Audrey's first.
It is like the cake with a zillion layers.
Oh my gosh.
Look at that.
Mmmm.
Wow.
What do you think?
There is just so many different flavors but I think the most overwhelming one is like
that layer of jam near the top.
Oh the raspberry.
Yeah, the raspberry.
And then I find as you chew it you kind of get like that white chocolate-y taste.
Mmmhmm.
As kind of an aftertaste.
Yeah.
Oh my goodness.
It kind of reminds me of strawberry shortcake with a bit more of a tart flavor.
Yes.
Now this is my absolute favorite dessert.
Peruvian dessert.
It is the Suspiro a la limeña.
And the best way to describe it is it is like a you have the manjar blanco which is the
caramel sauce.
The sweet of the milk caramel sauce.
The sweet of the milk.
That is how it translates.
Oh man.
And then you have the kind of whipped meringue topping.
Yes.
It is just so rich and so smooth.
It reminds me a little bit of like maybe the most the thickest most rich pudding you could
ever have.
Mmmhmm.
And then the smoothness of that whipped meringue.
My goodness that is good.
Like that is just my favorite dessert here in Peru.
Like this is just been an incredible meal.
And since you're not going to be eating much more of the dessert I think I'll be taking
care of it now.
You've got your work cut-out for you my friend.
I do.
That is a lot of dessert and after a big meal.
Enjoy.
Oh my gosh guys.
I'm stuffed.
I know I was saying I had lots of room for those desserts but after finishing both of
the desserts like I am ready for the ultimate siesta.
Not just a regular siesta like maybe the rest of the afternoon I'll be sleeping.
Oh my! Haha.
Here we go.
Yeah but anyways in terms of price point that came to just over a 139 Soles which was $42
US dollars total.
21 per person and to be honest that was absolutely insane value.
I mean all of the food was just incredible.
I'm even going to just say it this is my favorite Peruvian restaurant right now in Lima, Peru.
Is it yours?
Well I feel like I've said that yesterday at Papachos but this is so good for Peruvian
food.
For classic Peruvian dishes this is my favourite place.
I'd recommend it more than anywhere else just because it is perfect intersection of quality
meets price.
The prices are very reasonable here.
You can get a lot of main dishes in the 30 Sole range.
Which is just like around $10 US dollars or a bit more.
Desserts are reasonably priced.
Just like 10 to 14 Soles and drinks and everything.
That is for all of that food.
We ordered way more than we normally would but for it to only come to $21 US dollars
per person including all of the drinks, desserts, the side dishes, the mains that is insane
value.
Oh and we have to mention this restaurant is also located at the airport.
Yes.
If you don't get to eat here in Lima.
Yeah.
It also as another branch in Miraflores in Larcomar.
Yes.
At that mall hanging off of the cliff.
Yeah.
I'll leave all three addresses in the description box below.
Hahaha.
But if you do come to Lima, Peru this is a restaurant not to miss guys.
Trust me on this.
So we'll see you guys with another food video from Lima soon.
Ciao for now.