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pasta. Round off your meal with a Mamma Mia cocktail: vodka, coconut rum, peach
schnapps and melon.
CAFE
Café Miel $
(Portal Constitución 4; snacks from S2; 10am-10pm)
Breakfast is the best time to visit
this reader-recommended place with its chirpy atmosphere and checkered tablecloths -
we're talking great fruit salads and some of Ayacucho's best (freshly brewed) coffee. It
serves hearty lunches and great chocolate cake too.
El Niño $
(Jirón 9 de Diciembre 205; mains S10-20; 11am-2pm & 5-11pm)
In a colonial man-
sion with a sheltered patio containing tables overlooking a garden, El Niño specializes in
grills yet dishes up a variety of Peruvian food. The individual
parrillada
is good, although
in practice sufficient for two modest eaters. This is one of the city's best restaurants.
PARRILLA
La Casona $
(Bellido 463; mains S12-22; 7am-10:30pm)
This popular, ambient courtyard restaurant
has been recommended by several travelers for its big portions. It focuses on Peruvian
food such as the excellent
lomo saltado
and often has regional specialties. Service has im-
proved markedly since our last visit.
PERUVIAN
Recreo Las Flores $
(Jirón José Olaya 106; meals S12-21.50; 8am-6pm) Cuy, cuy
and more
cuy
(guinea
pig): sometimes it's refreshing to have less choice on the menu (giving you more time for
eating) and this is where this
recreo
(country-style restaurant) comes in. Inside it re-
sembles a vast communist-style cafeteria but over by the windows that feeling is less ap-
parent. This and several other places nearby form 'Barrio Gastronómico' in Conchapata
district south of center.
PERUVIAN
Creamz $
ICE CREAM
