chomping grounds

Ajisen Ramen is located at the bottom of the San Francisco Westfield Shopping Centre - the older part.  Flat screen tv display an electronic...

La Palma La Palma is probably one of my favorite taquerias in San Francisco.  A notch higher than El Farolito because all the ingredients...

This describes exactly how I feel about and has happened to me more than once...

Its hard to narrow it down, but here is a list of 10 things to try in Peru (in no particular order - based on my own trip): (click on the l...

Inka corn are giant corn nuts made from Peruvian corn called cancha.  Cancha is 2 to 3 times larger than regular corn.  Check out me eating ...

Couldn't resist stopping by Manolo's again and eating their chocolate con churros.  Much crispier texture than I had in Madrid, but...

Twelve days in Peru, 5+ cities/towns and this was the first McDonald's I saw on this trip (not including the one in the Lima airport)....

Waiting for my flight to Puerto Maldanado for my Amazon adventure, I grabbed a couple empanadas to snack on at the Cuzco airport. Chicken e...

My last night in Cuzco before I headed out for some camping in the Amazon, I chose a very highly raved restaurant called Ciccolina.  I de...

The market in Cuzco is huge.  I would say almost a block long.  There are a couple difference entrances on the sides of the building. The m...

I was determined not to leave the Andes area without eating cuy (guinea pig).  La Chomba was a local spot hidden in a small courtyard.  This...

On the way from Ollantaytambo to Cuzco, I visited teh Pisac ruins and then decided to stop by the Pisac market to wander around and grab som...