El Mercado is a fancy fish oriented restaurant by Rafael Osterling
(the chef/owner of Rafael.) It
has a reputation as the best cevicheria in Lima and it regularly makes
the lists of the best restaurants in Peru. Sounded like our kind of
place.
Dining areaI don’t know if it’s called “El Mercado” because it has the ambience
of a market, or because it’s across the street from the Miraflores
mercado, but either way it’s a breezy open space, green and
relaxing. The space itself feels very much like you’re in an
indoor/outdoor patio set in a tropical forest. An amazing
accomplishment given that it’s actually set in a rather ordinary
neighborhood of concrete high rise apartments and small mechanic’s
shops.
