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Cicciolina

Eclectic: Tapas and Modern Peruvian. Entrées run about 25 to 50 soles ($8.75 to $17.50). Tapas much cheaper but overall should run you similar prices. Expect to pay about $20-$30 with drinks. Calle Triunfo 393 2nd floor, Cusco, Peru. It’s pretty tough finding good food in Peru, and it’s even tougher finding food good enough to...

Incanto

Incanto Traditional Peruvian $15 to $25 Santa Catalina Angosta 135 Cusco, Peru I was traveling through Cusco, looking for some restaurants that I had plotted on my map, when a random Peruvian came up to me and began pitching his restaurant. Typically, I’m not a sucker. I do my research, and if I haven’t heard of it, it’s...

1884 Francis Mallman

1884 Francis Mallman Parrilla/Steakhouse My cost: 190 pesos (around $55) for 3-course dinner and a glass of wine for one person 1188 Belgrano Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina During our studies in Argentina, my friends Jeff, Joe, and I decided to go to Argentina’s wine region, Mendoza, to do some wine tasting. After gorging on...

Sarkis

Sarkis Armenian My cost: 360 ($105) pesos for 6 people Thames 1101 1414 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina As an Armenian, I was more than thrilled to find out that Buenos Aires has a popping Armenian district, with one of the largest communities of Armenians outside of Armenia. In fact, the Armenians have their own...

Map Cafe

French, Fine Dining. 125 soles ($45) for a Pisco sour with 3 courses. Plaza Nazarenas 231 in the Museo de Arte Precolombino, Cusco, Peru I had just spent a whole day exploring Ourzazate, the most famous ruins surrounding Cusco in Macchu Picchu, and I had returned famished, as I often do from my traveling expeditions. Being the...

La Cabrera

Parrilla/Steakhouse. My cost: 360 pesos (About $105) for 4 young college students, with a ravenous appetite. Cabrera 5099, Buenos Aires, Argentina. In terms of Argentine cuisine, you really can’t do much better than the meat, which you can find fresh and cheap throughout the city. Very few steakhouses, however, have the...

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Hello everyone. I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m Edmund Mokhtarian, and this is my new food blog, The Food Buster. It’s dedicated to busting the hype on food–that is, I’ll be traveling around the world, eating at all the places that are supposedly the “best of” something, and reporting back...