translated from Spanish: Peru Week 2019: the infallible “fusion” gastronomy in Chilean lands

Until August 16, Peru Week 2019 will be held, a campaign that wants to bring to Chile the tourist, heritage and gastronomic goodness of our neighboring country. At this last point, Peruvians place special emphasis. Its renowned cuisine is a point of union between peoples.
“If you see Peruvian cuisine, it has a lot of African, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese influence. Each has been able to adapt its gastronomy to Peruvian dishes. Now they have evolved, and it is now the good place that Peruvian gastronomy has achieved in the world,” the director of the Peru Commercial Office in Chile, Julio Polanco, told El Mostrador. “A lot of the food you make is fusion food. They take local ingredients and mix with recipes from Peruvian ingenuity and are coming out amazing presentations,” he added.
Peru on Chilean table
Osaka Restaurant, located in Santiago, has a wide gastronomic recognition. For example, in 2016 it was ranked as one of the “50 Best Restaurants in Latin America”. Its leading chef, Ciro Watanabe, has lived in Chile for 10 years and has witnessed the landing of Peruvian cuisine at the Chilean table.
“I have seen how our cuisine has been integrated, our customs to the palate and daily in Chile, especially in Santiago which is where we live. It is also very important how the issue of getting the inputs that are basic for us to be able to develop our gastronomy has progressed,” said the chef.
“Many of the ingredients that can reach the table from Peru arrive in Chile thanks to the ease between the two countries. Many dishes that were previously difficult to do are now being made. Now, typical of the Peru Week campaign, Arequipa dishes are being included, it is including the stuffed rocoto, the bean bachelor, the paiche, which is a jungle fish. That proximity, that ease of making trade has allowed the food to have that takeoff here in Chile,” explained the director of the Peru Commercial Office in Chile.
For Peru Week, Peruvian restaurants will not only have discounts, but will surprise with innovative dishes in their gastronomic menu, as mentioned by Polanco.
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Original source in Spanish