?> {"id":4033,"date":"2010-10-17T17:16:38","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T21:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=4033"},"modified":"2010-10-17T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2010-10-17T21:22:15","slug":"la-rosa-nautica-lima-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2010\/10\/la-rosa-nautica-lima-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"La Rosa Nautica (Lima, Peru)"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n When we first expressed interest in going to Peru several years ago, we were told by a Peruvian travel agent that we absolutely had to go to a restaurant on pier in Lima called La Rosa Nautica. This was reaffirmed by my brother-in-law who attended a wedding at the restaurant and said it was really great. So when we finally arrived in Lima, we knew that we had to have dinner there.<\/p>\n We were pretty tired by the time dinner rolled around after walking around Lima all day, but we were looking forward to this meal after hearing so many great things. Our experience kind of got off to a bad start though when we were ripped off by a taxi going to the restaurant. We ended up being charged US$8, when an earlier taxi ride from a greater distance cost us only 7 soles, or about US$2.60. It kind of put me in a bad mood but I vowed to put the incident behind me, because we had been looking forward to this meal.<\/p>\n We arrived at the restaurant, which is at the end of a long pier that extends out into the Pacific Ocean. I’m a bit terrified of water during daytime, but at nighttime, the waves crashing in the dark all around us really spooked me. When we got inside the restaurant, however, I immediately relaxed and took in the beautiful atmosphere. The space is circular, though the restaurant is divided into multiple rooms. Around the perimeter is large floor-to-ceiling windows, which would probably give a great view during the day, but since it was dark, we didn’t see much. We did get a table right next to one of the windows though, and when we looked down, we could see the waves rolling into the pier, which was freaky for me but still pretty cool.<\/p>\n We asked our hotel concierge to make us a reservation, which scored us yet another free Pisco Sour welcome drink. It was similar to the one we had at Alfresco<\/a>, refreshing and boozy.<\/p>\n