https://www.waitwhatsthat.com/tags/rafael-osterling/Recent content in Rafael-Osterling on Wait What's That?Hugoen-usFri, 16 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://www.waitwhatsthat.com/posts/el-mercado/Fri, 16 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://www.waitwhatsthat.com/posts/el-mercado/<h2 id="the-place">The place</h2> <p>El Mercado is a fancy fish oriented restaurant by Rafael Osterling (the chef/owner of <a href="https://waitwhatsthat.com/rafael/">Rafael.</a>) 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.</p> <p><figure class="fr w-33"> <img src="https://www.waitwhatsthat.com/posts/el-mercado/images/Lima-El-Mercado-Patio.jpg" style="background-size: cover; background-image: url(data:image/webp;base64,UklGRlwAAABXRUJQVlA4IFAAAADQAQCdASoQAAsAAph8J4gC7AEG9tUUAAD8jvGyld80sZ/hDZnmWxAEafRFLrtPUxTtKax8qLAzxgXqR3d25wNbGbjZd35KrlEs592qH1QAAA==);" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.waitwhatsthat.com/posts/el-mercado/images/Lima-El-Mercado-Patio_hu16605939413527063848.webp 320w, https://www.waitwhatsthat.com/posts/el-mercado/images/Lima-El-Mercado-Patio_hu11767423863218910797.webp 480w, https://www.waitwhatsthat.com/posts/el-mercado/images/Lima-El-Mercado-Patio_hu5695469810907866103.webp 768w" sizes="(min-width: 60em) calc(((100vw - 1rem - 1rem) * 2 / 3 - 2rem) * 1 / 3), calc((100vw - 1rem - 1rem) * 1 / 3)" data-idx="11" width=1024 height=683 alt=Dining&#32;area > <figcaption>Dining area</figcaption> </figure> I don&rsquo;t know if it&rsquo;s called &ldquo;El Mercado&rdquo; because it has the ambience of a market, or because it&rsquo;s across the street from the Miraflores mercado, but either way it&rsquo;s a breezy open space, green and relaxing. The space itself feels very much like you&rsquo;re in an indoor/outdoor patio set in a tropical forest. An amazing accomplishment given that it&rsquo;s actually set in a rather ordinary neighborhood of concrete high rise apartments and small mechanic&rsquo;s shops.</p>