‘Mi casa es tu casa’ (our home is your home) the menu claims. Add an informal, family-run vibe, rugged flavours and predominance of Spanish-speaking clientele, and it feels like the dining room of a Lima-based aunt you never knew you had. Tamales are a rib-sticking combo of steamed cornmeal outer and rich pork or chook interior. Tripe fanatics choose between cau cau, a gutsy beef stomach, potatoes, peas and herb stew, higado encebollado (beef liver schnitzel) and anticuchos (grilled marinated beef heart). Wash it down with Inca Kola and end on a sweet note with their legendary picarones (doughnuts) or tres leches cake.