Father's Day at Macchu Pichu

Yesterday was a lazy day. I did as much laundry as my body allowed. I think my body is getting used to eating healthfully. Also M reminded me to drink extra water because my fiber intake is crazy. I love it... what can I say??! Anyway, his parents love Macchu Pichu, so we went there for his dad's Father's Day treat. Here are some pictures from Macchu Pichu restaurant in Somerville. We are regulars here. No really, like weekly haha. If you're ever in the Boston area, look it up on Yelp and make your way over! Live traditional music on Fridays and Saturdays too!



This dish is called Choros a la Chalaca. It's basically muscles with a "civeche-esque" tasting blend of very tiny minced onion/tomato/cilantro cured in lime juice. AMAZING. If you every try anything, this is it! Like I said, we go and get it as a main dish then leave. When we walk in they go "whatsup, where would you like to sit?" It's great! :)


M's dad wanted me to take this pic of him taking the first muscle down haha. Attention-whore! LOL.

This was my dish. It was a white fish breaded and grilled (think cutlet-style) smothered in onion, cilantro, red pepper, and tomato. I didn't eat the tomato (someone took it from my plate... starchy foods always grab me off the healthy wagon!), but I did eat a little rice. I had this along with a Margarita Traditional. Very very strong, but much needed after a long day of nothingness!

M is always scared of not being full enough (greedy bastard haha), so he got steak over fries and a poached egg with fried plantain. One of the fried plantain was mine (I ordered it as a side with mine becasue I had a craving), so I stole it from his plate ;) You can see the usual Inca Cola in front of him. This is like Coke or Pepsi to Americans. It has about 2lbs of sugar in it but very good, made from corn. Not really 2lbs but ENOUGH haha.

His mom always gets this dish. It's the outer layer of the grilled chicken stuffed with cheese, spinach, and shrimp. There's spinach mashed potatoes in the middle with a tomato and some green beans on the side. Looks yummy huh? I had it my second time at this restaurant but didn't like it. It's a little too rich for me. But very good.

And finally for the Dad of the Day... he had grilled flavored pork with the spinach potatoes and rice with salad. Usually they add lime over the salad which makes it great with everything, especially rice. He had Cusquena Cerveza. It's a traditional Peruvian beer. It's a light beer that's tasty. He's so funny, he said "Q, take a picture!" They're basically used to it now haha.

To put the perfect end to our night, we ordered some traditional cookies.

If I go there and they're all out, I literally CANNOT TAKE IT. I will wait for more. They are light and toasted just right not too crunchy, not too light, filled with a carmel/peanut butter type of cream. Like I said, my life cannot go on without these. I just need to find a recipe and it's a wrap! LOL.

The tummy's grumbling again looking at all of this food. M's having a heart-attack looking over my shoulder. Poor greedy man! Haha.

Ciao friends! xxx- Q

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