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This is the launch video for Festival de Comida Peruana 2010 (Festival of Peruvian Food) in San Francisco at the Civic Center Plaza July 18, 2010.
Description
Demarty Productions Presents:
"The Peruvian Food Festival 2010"
Sunday
July 18th, 2010
@The Civic Center Plaza (across the st from
City Hall SF)
This highly anticipated event brings the best
Peruvian cuisine in nothern california with over 40 different dishes
& over15 of your different favorite restaurants participating. Enjoy
traditional music, dances, beer, Pisco, culture, food & an
awesome social gathering.
Entertainment will be provided by some
of Peru's best: "Orquesta Salsera" "La Clave" "Dianett
Paucar" "EL Blanco De La Cumbia" "Charlie Perez" "Estampas
Peruana De Vladimir Vucanovich"
Restaurants & Chef's
Participating: -Inca's Grill -Miraflores -Fresca -La Furia
Chalaca -Las Americas -El Toro Loco -El Hueco -Un Toque De
Jasslie -Chola's -Tocumbo Ice Cream -Kimberly Comida Andina -Jess's
Place -Isabella's -Dona Lucha -Puro Peru -Comida Vanesita -El
Perol -Trujillanito De Pura Cepa
Here is a cool video of the Peruvian Gastronomic Festival in San Francisco on July 26, 2009 at the big Salsa nightclub & Lounge Roccapulco. The event was such an overwhelming success that almost 5,000 people ordered various types of delicious popular Peruvian dishes like Cebiche Classico, Cebiche Limeño, Cebiche de Pescado, Lomo Saltado, Aji de Gallina, Chicha Morada, Anticuchos, etc. The outside crowd waiting to get in the festival extended almost two blocks around Mission and Army St. (Cesar Chavez St.) in the late afternoon!
Here is the information for this year's event on Sunday, July 18, 2010 which will be bigger and better at San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza - Festival de Comida Peruana 2010.
A screen shot of a few of the dishes from San Francisco Peruvian Cuisine Festival 2009.
A set of pictures and images from the Peruvian documentary "Ollas y Sueños" (Cooking Up Dreams) released in August, 2009 about the 500 years of fusion (mixture) cuisine in Peru.
Peru is the birthplace of world fusion cuisine and the cultural mixture and miscegenation (marriage) of ancient native cuisines with that of several different types of cuisines of four continents.
Ask.com wrote - "Thanks to pre-Inca
and Inca heritage and to Spanish, Basque, African,
Sino-Cantonese, Japanese and finally Italian, French and British
immigration
(mainly throughout the 19th century), Peruvian Cuisine combines the
flavors of
four continents. With the eclectic variety of traditional dishes, the
Peruvian
culinary arts are in constant evolution, and impossible to list in their
entirety. Suffice it to mention that along the Peruvian coast alone
there are
more than two thousand different types of soups, and that there are more
than
250 traditional desserts.
The great variety in Peruvian Cuisine stems from three major influences:
Peru's unique
geography,
84 of the 104 possible life zones on Earth according to Holdridge
Peru's openness and
blending of distinct races and cultures
The incorporation of
ancient cuisine into modern Peruvian Cuisine"
Peru - A Food obsess Nation
Peruvian Cuisine is one of the main driving forces of Peru’s rapid economic development in the last 15 years, and
growing national pride. Similar to France, Spain, Italy, and Japan, cuisine in Peru, and the people
that make it, are respected at all levels of society. It is the most
revealing aspect of Peruvian society, more so than music, art, or futbol (soccer). Guarango's De Ollas y Sueños, (Cooking Up
Dreams), is a beautiful filmed released last year which opened to much domestic and international acclaim. The film follows
Peruvian Cuisine around Peru and around the world.
Peru is
considered one of the most important center for the genetic diversity of the world's crops:
Choclo (corn), 35 varieties
Tomatoes,
15 species
Potatoes, Peru is the birthplace of the potato. The Ancient Peruvians (pre-Inca
civilizations) cultivated and domesticated the potato almost 10,000
years ago. Of the roughly 4,500 varieties of potatoeson Earth, 3,000
are indigenous to Peru.
Sweet Potatoes, 150 varieties
Peanuts are native to Peru and were taken by Spanish and Portuguese merchants
to Africa.
Cooking Up Dreams (Trailer) - Ollas y Sueños: This excellent documentary about the Peruvian Cuisine movement and the hottest food trend world-wide over the last few years was released last Fall in Lima, Peru. It will premierefor the first time in the U.S. this weekend in New
York, Chicago, Texas and Toronto. This movie is about the 500 years of cultural mixture or miscegenation (not fusion) of Peru with respect to it's rich gastronomical history, culture, migration, and it's various foods and cuisines within the country and abroad.
San Francisco Chronicle's SF Gatequote - "NO CON-FUSION HERE: "The very first place there was
fusion cuisine was Peru." -- Chef Patricio Gaston Herrera, relating
how New World and Old World cuisines melded nearly 500 years ago with
arrival of "invaders" -- the Spanish."
The premiere will take place on
Saturday April 17, 2010 at the Havana Film Festival in Manhattan, New York,
an important showcase for Latin American cinema. I've seen this
excellent film about Peru & Peruvian Cuisine. It is a must see!!!!
Details of Cooking Up Dreams (Trailer) - Ollas y Sueños:
Feature Documentary: "Cooking Up Dreams"
Original title: De Ollas y Sueños
Directed by: Ernesto Cabellos
Produced by: Televisión América Latina (TAL) and Guarango Association
Format: HDV 1080i60
Release date: August 2009 (Lima, Peru)
Images of Peruvian Cuisine and the international & domestic chefs in the documentary:
"Mesa de Chefs" (The Chefs Table)
Picture of Teresa Izquierdo (Afro-Criollo Peruvian Cuisine), Gaston Acurio (Haute-Peruvian Cuisine), and Hector Solis (traditional Criollo Peruvian Cuisine).
Bernardo Roca Rey - restaurateur, local newspaper owner, and one of the founders of the "Novo Andino" (New Andean) cuisine movement in Peru and abroad dating back to the early-1980s.
Peru is the birthplace of the potato. The Ancient Peruvians (pre-Inca civilizations) cultivated and domesticated the potato almost 10,000 years ago. Of the roughly 4,500 varieties of potatoeson Earth, 3,000 are indigenous to Peru.
Ernesto Cabello - Peruvian film director of Ollays y Sueños (Cooking Up Dreams)
Johnny Schuler - Pisco (Peruvian Brandy) ambassador, President of the Peruvian Pisco Association, TV personality, Pisco entrepreneur, and big investor of the U.S. Pisco market.
In Peru, there are hundreds of variety of "Choclo" (Peruvian corn).
The world famous "Choclo Blanco Gigante de Cuzco" (giant Peruvian white corn of Cusco). The delicious "Choclo Cusco" is the biggest corn in the world, they grow abundantly around the Valley of the Incas.
Top celebrity chefs leading the Peruvian Cuisine world conquest movement - Peru's Toshiro Konishi (Peruvian-Japanese Mixed Cuisine called "Nikkei"), Spain's Juan Mari Arzak (haute Spanish-Basque Cuisine), and Peru's Gaston Acurio.
Peru's Gaston Acurio- The #1 celebrity chef in all Latin America, owner of La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, Astrid y Gaston, & Tanta restaurant brand, TV personality, and leader of the Peruvian Cuisine movement world-wide.
Ferran Adria(haute Spanish Molecular Cuisine) - The #1 celebrity chef in the world, owner of Bulli (highest Michelin rated restaurant in the world), and now follower of Peru's Gaston Acurioand Pedro Miguel Schiaffino.
Pedro Miguel Schiaffino - Leader of Peru's haute Amazonian Cuisine movement, chef professor, and owner of Malabar in San Isidro, Peru (Food & Wine Magazine's 4th best bar in the world).
Except of my rough Castillian Spanish to English translation:
"In the first case, La Mar Cebicheria Peruana San Francisco, United States; which has a two-star rating to recognize the comfort and service that it caters to their
clients. Pisco cocktails and adventurous Peruvian Cebiches are its specialty of this Peruvian
Cebicheria which overlooks the bay where the sea breeze is felt in the yard...."
To put this in prospective, here in San Francisco not even top rated and very expensive restaurants like Michael Mina or Gary Danko have the
same rating as La Mar SF has from Michelin! A Michelin Restaurant Rating is the most
prestigious designation an eating establishment can get in the world.
La Mar Cebicheria Peruana San Francisco is not only the top rated Peruvian restaurant, but it is now officially the #1 rated Latin American restaurant in the entire United States with 2-star Michelin rating!!! And it has been open for only 17 months.
According to the Restaurant Magazine in London, England, the highest rated restaurant in all Latin America is another restaurant owned by famed Peruvian chef and restaurateur Gaston Acurio - Astrid y Gaston. It was rated by Restaurant Magazine as one of the 40 top restaurants in the world. D.O.M. in Brazil is the only other restaurant in Latin America in the top 100.
La Mar Cebicheria Peruana San Francisco at night in the patio.
The out of this world Peruvian Cebiches at La Mar SF (clockwise starting at the upper right): Nikei, Clásico, Crudo, Chifa
Valentine's Day Dinner - If you are looking for a fantastic place to have Valentine's Day dinner tomorrow night Sunday, Feb 14, 2009; then here is a treat for you! The good folks at La Mar Cebicheria Peruana in San Franciscohas a "Special Menu" of Peruvian Haute Cuisine for tomorrow night's festivities. It is a 4-course dinner which includes one Peruvian Pisco mixed drink for only $75.00 per person.
Here is an excerpt of the Special Menu:
1st Course (choice) Cebiche Nikei - Ahi Tuna, red onion, Japanese cucumber and avocado in tamarind leche de tigre
Cebiche Crudo - Prawn, sea urchin and scallops in sea urchin leche de tigre
Cebiche Clasico - California Halibut in a classic leche de tigre, red onions, habanero, Peruvian corn and yam
2nd Course (choice) Causa Duo - Causa Limeña with dungeness crab, avocado purée, quail egg, with basil cilantro oil & Causa Casera with purple potato causa, artichokes, asparagus, avocado and tomato confit
Oysters Duo - A la Chalaca and with Rocoto Caviar
Empanada de Choclo - Stuffed with Peruvian corn choclo, butter, and aji amarillo
Anticuchos de Hongos - Grilled big trumpets with cilantro chimichurri and anticuhera sauce
Here is award winning Peruvian Cebiche chef Diego Oka at La Mar Cebicheria Peruana in Mexico City, Mexico demonstrating how to make a Peruvian Causa Pacifico.
La Mar Cebicheria Peruana in San Francisco was classified last week by the prestigious Michelin Rating System in Paris, France. It is not only the highest rated Peruvian restaurant but also the highest rated Latin American restaurant in the entire United States!!!
This is the part of the Prince Claus Funds Awards presentation in Amsterdam, Netherlands yesterday Wednesday, December 16, 2009 in which it showcases the work of 2009 laureate Latin America celebrity chef Gaston Acurio from Peru. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, her family, and some 600 royal guests tasted delicious Peruvian Cuisine!
Castellano (Español)
Esta es la parte de la presentacion de los Premios Principe Claus de los
Fondos en Amsterdam, Holanda, ayer Miercoles, 16 de Diciembre,
2009 en la que muestra el trabajo de 2009 del celebre chef Latino Americano Gaston Acurio del Peru. La Reina Beatriz de los Paises Bajos, su familia, y unos 600 invitados reales comieron la deliciosa comida Peruana!
Here is more of the giant Peruvian Cuisine festival in Lima, Peru on opening day Thursday, Sept 24, 2009. This four day food event is by far the largest cuisine festival in all of Latin America. The organizers of this event, international Peruvian celebrity chef & restaurateur Gaston Acurio and the government of Peru, are expecting 300,000+ paid attendance from around the world this weekend!!! And it is only the second edition of this international Peruvian Cuisine festival.
The video is called "Mas Mistura, Mas Sabor! Buen Provecho Peru". Rough translation: More Mistura (mixture/fusion), More Taste! Good Work Peru. The music in the background is called "Festejo" and it is Peruvian-Afro or Afro-Peruvian.
A few images from the 1st day of Mistura Peru 2009 from various photo bloggers in Lima, Peru:
Here is a cool video of Gaston's La Mar Cebicheria Peruana's chef Rodolfo Reyes on ABC News last week preparing a delicious Heirloom Tomato Salad with Peruvian Quinoa Tabouli dressed in Peruvian Rocoto-Huacatay Vinaigrette!
Bay view of La Mar Cebicheria Peruana on Pier 1- 1/2 at the Embarcadero, San Francisco.
