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Latin America comes to Martin Place.

Inside the luxe dining room.
1 / 9Inside the luxe dining room.Edwina Pickles
Ox tongue anticuchos.
2 / 9Ox tongue anticuchos.Edwina Pickles
Snapper ceviche with leche de tigre.
3 / 9Snapper ceviche with leche de tigre.Edwina Pickles
Half a free-range chicken with white corn puree.
4 / 9Half a free-range chicken with white corn puree.Edwina Pickles
Coconut sponge with coconut diplomat cream.
5 / 9Coconut sponge with coconut diplomat cream.Edwina Pickles
The outdoor portico is fringed with cocktail tables.
6 / 9The outdoor portico is fringed with cocktail tables.Edwina Pickles
Suckling pig forequarter.
7 / 9Suckling pig forequarter.Edwina Pickles
Goat’s cheese custard, Andean crisps, aji panca and huacatay oil.
8 / 9Goat’s cheese custard, Andean crisps, aji panca and huacatay oil.Edwina Pickles
O’Connor beef eye fillet, saltado sauce, aji amarillo.
9 / 9O’Connor beef eye fillet, saltado sauce, aji amarillo.Arianna Leggiero

Good Food hat15/20

South American$$

Ceviche. Leche de tigre. Anticucho. How well do you know your Peruvian classics? Alejandro Saravia is as fluent as it gets, the Peruvian having first opened a South American restaurant in Sydney in 2011. This time ’round, the chef has the majesty of the heritage-listed GPO building as his stage.

Goldband snapper ceviche is a blast of lime, ginger and chilli, accented with cubes of sweet potato and roasted corn kernels (be sure to toss it first). Grill-crisped ox-tongue skewers get a beautifully emulsified carretillera sauce bright with sundried Andean chillies, and white corn plays a big role – in snacky arepas and as a lush puree underpinning brined chicken.

Morena captures the playful spirit and hospitality of Latin America, right through to a delicate coconut sponge with coconut cream and dulce de leche, capped with a wafer-like oblea.

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