Peruvian Cuisine & Pisco Mixology in San Francisco
Lomo Saltado
Lomo Saltado is one of the most important dishes in the history of Peruvian cuisine — it’s the first time that ingredients from China like ginger and soy sauce were mixed with Peruvian aji amarillo hot peppers, and the fusion is a truly savory and spicy Chifa dish. There are several restaurants in San Francisco that serve Lomo Saltado, but here’s all you need to know to make this Chinese-Peruvian beef stir-fry at home.
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Chifa, Peruvian-Chinese fusion cuisine
Growing up, the answer to where are we going for dinner was almost always ¡Vamos al Chifa! — where we enjoyed sharing a meal, family style. Today, it is impossible to talk about Peruvian cuisine without mentioning the Chifa, or the fusion of Peruvian and Chinese foods. In 1849, when Pisco arrived in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, the first 75 Chinese immigrants arrived in Lima1.
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