On Wednesday night, the conference speakers were invited to dinner at El Senorio de Sulco by the Dean of the local university. Similar to Tuesday night’s dinner, Wednesday’s dinner was also in the Miraflores district of Lima. Instead of being on the water, we were at the top of the cliff overlooking the bay (see picture.) The cliffs overlooking the bay are called the “costa verde” or green coast because they are lush and green in nature.

It was another excellent meal that started with pisco sours, a delicious raw fish dish, lomo saltado (the Chinese-esque dish with beef stir fried with tomatoes and onions, with french fries on the side), and then a delicious dessert. The dessert had an ice cream made with a auguymanto (aka golden berry or gooseberry) and a small sweet cake which was delicious. Spent some time googling manioc (which is what a French colleague described it as), and the synonyms are cassava, yuca and tapioca, so not quite sure what it was that I ate!

The dinner organizers explained that the University Dean is very particular about food and quality, so he brought his own wine to the restaurant.  I was wondering why he kept getting up from the table and refilling everyone’s glasses! It was a malbec verdot blend from Argentina, it was excellent and I found it on Google for $65 a bottle!