Last year the Travel Channel's Anthony Bourdain returned back to Peru and dined with Gaston at Toshiro's Sushi in Lima. Bourdain gets blown away by Peruvian Nikkei Cuisine! As you can see, Gaston speaks a little English and explains the influence that Peruvian Cuisine has on Japanese Cuisine, and visa versa. Especially the culture and cuisine of Peruvian Cebiche. In Peru Cebiche is not just food, they take it very serious - it is culture!
Pictures of Peruvian Nikkei Cuisine in Lima, Peru:
Picture of Diego Oka, La Mar's Master Peruvian Cebiche Chef, in Lima, Peru. I met Diego last week at Gaston's San Francisco La Mar "Soft Opening". He will be the head Cebiche chef at La Mar here in San Francisco. He is young, but looks a lot younger than he really is.
In Peru, there is an enormous population of Peruvians with Japanese heritage. Former Peruvian President Fujimori comes to mind. In addition, there is a bigger population of Peruvians with Chinese heritage.
Both cultures and culinary styles have influenced modern day Peruvian Cuisine for centuries! In the early 1970s, both Toshiro and the legendary Nobu, #1 celebrity Sushi chef in th world, came from Japan and lived in Peru for several years. They both had success restaurants specializing in "Peruvian Nikkei Cuisine". As you can see, Toshiro stayed in Peru while Nobu exported Japanese-Peruvian Nikkei Cuisine to A-List Hollywood celebrities in Beverly Hills, New York, London, etc.
If you ever dine at one of Nobu's very upscale restaurants, you are eating Peruvian influenced Japanese Cuisine. With a touch of Nobu's genius...
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