El Punto Del Buen Sabor - Lamas

Typical neighborhood Peruvian restaurant. I have observed this place since its opening, and the price was 5 soles, until today, when it is 7 soles for the daily menu. Ceviche by Shark is 8 soles. Just open for lunch when you have a daily menu...of 5 or something. TV was not at this time, but loud Peruvian music compete with the noise of traffic outside the open door. Owner seems somewhat surly, but service otherwise was ok. I actually came in because they drink Tumbo juice. Tumbo is like a huge passion fruit, and I hadn't tried before. The juice was like pear juice, including granular bits. The FIrst course was the Russian salad (cold cubed vegetables with Mayo) or beef soup. I had the beef soup that had squash, Yuca, celery and seminola in a slight broth, and if it had not been for the big piece cowspinne in the middle of the bowl, would have been great. Better quality than most similar restaurants, but the price is also slightly higher. The second course had the choice of Lomo Saltado that they do a good job on, travel, and some others. I chose fried mackerel. I have a fillet of typical dark mackerel. Nicely baked, not as strongly flavored as this fish is sometimes. I was glad to find only one bone in the fillet, which was nice after eating so much knöcherne Tilapia! The fish was not baked, but was accompanied with white rice, a bit of onion/limone/zilantro salad, boiled Yuca and a nice portion of brewed white beans, such as navy beans. All in all, beautiful taste, fair presentation, bad environment. Service was sufficient. The price at S/.7 is slightly higher than the average, the food is slightly better than the drinks.

Typical neighborhood Peruvian restaurant. I have watched this place since it opened, and the price was 5 soles, until today when it is 7 soles for the daily menu. Ceviche of Shark is 8 soles. Open only for lunch, when they have a daily Menu of 5 or so items. TV was not on this time, but loud Peruvian music competes with the noise of traffic outside the open door. Owner seems a bit surly, but service otherwise was ok. I actually came in because they had Tumbo juice drink. Tumbo is like a giant passionfruit, and I had not tried it before. The juice was like pear juice, including the grainy bits.FIrst course was "Russian Salad" (cold diced veggies with mayo) or beef soup. I had the beef soup, which had squash, yuca, celery, and seminola in a light broth, and if it had not been for the large piece of cow spine in the middle of the bowl, would have been great. Better quality than most similar restaurants, but the price is a bit higher, too.Second course had choices of Lomo Saltado, which they do a good job on, tripe, and some others. I chose fried mackerel (jurel). Got a filet of typical dark mackerel. Fried nicely, not as strongly flavored as this fish sometimes is. I was pleased to find only one bone in the fillet, which was nice after eating so much bony tilapia! The fish was not breaded, but was accompanied with white rice, a bit of onion/limon/cilantro salad, boiled yuca and a nice portion of stewed white beans, like navy beans. All in all, nice flavor, fair presentation, poor environment. Service was adequate.Price at S/.7 is a bit higher than average, food a bit better than avererage.