Troppo Restaurante — Restaurant in Lima Metropolitan Area

I was taken to Troppo by my family in Lima for dinner and it was tremendously awesome! Not only is the restaurant absolutely beautiful outside and in, but it was packed! Luckily, my family is good at making reservations because you couldn't just walk in.

As busy as they were, the service was outstanding!

We had a large sampling of the menu, but everything was wonderful and well presented. To begin the meal, we ordered a beautiful Brunello Di Montalcino. They have a great wine list at pretty fair prices in my opinion. Also, we started the meal with Steak Tartare, prepared tableside, which was delicious. The great thing about their tartare, is you tasted the meat! It wasn't overly seasoned or overly wet. We also had the Vitello Tonnato, artfully presented, which was very good.

For mains, we had the Cacio e Pepe, The beef cheeks, and gnocchi with lobster. All were amazing, but the beef cheeks and the Gnocchi were outrageous! The lobster was so gently cooked, it just melted. The beef cheeks may have been the best I have ever had anywhere!

We were so full by the end of the meal that we basically ended up having tiramisu and a little bit of lemon sorbet.

We happen to be lucky enough to sit outside which provided us the enough amount of air to survive after eating such an awesome, filling, delicious meal. I will definitely be returning to Troppo during one of my next trips to Lima. It definitely ranks up there in the top five Italian restaurants and maybe the top 15 restaurants in the city. Which being said for Lima, with such incredible food everywhere, is a huge thing to say...

Pizza was great (Parma). Pasta depends. It's higher price point and portions are not too large.

For starter, we ordered the Pulpo (grilled octopus). It was tender and the sauce was savory and smoky. We also ordered the Agnolotti del plin Al burro e salvia (ravioli-like) and the spaghetti allo scolglio (seafood spaghetti). I recommend the pizza and I have been ruined by the great pizzas in Rome and Naples. The Agnolotti is balanced and tasty. However, the seafood spaghetti was extremely salty. I almost never send dishes back but I had to send this back due to each bite is extremely salty. The remake was not that different so I cannot recommend this dish. The clams were tiny (about 2cm diameter) but luckily the shrimp and scallops were not too salty. The asparagus side comes with 6 stalks. It was cooked well and seasoned well.

The dessert - I recommend the gelato with olive oil. We also got the tiramisu (not bad but they did not use rum), and the pistachio gelato.

The pistachio gelato is just okay given I've tasted creamier and more buttery pistachio gelato in other places.

The gelato with olive oil is simple but the ice cream is creamy, not too sweet, and the olive oil is grassy with the right amount of peppery taste to stand out.

The server was great. They offered English menu when they saw us struggle a bit with Spanish. The kitchen did take a while for the first...

In a previous post, at Wrigleyville Dogs‘ review page, I have elaborated how the symbiosis of certain factors and at certain times can allow for time travel. Yesterday, I visited the arguably best Italian restaurant in Perú, Troppo. This time I learned that not only time travel, but also „continental travel“ are indeed possible. For the first time of my 3-months travels in the Americas, I left the continent to eat in Europe. While I was eating in Europe, I was still physically present in Líma, but only knew so after leaving Troppo and seeing Peruvian reality with my own eyes.

My time in Europe was brief, but profound, nourishing, mind-altering, tasty, and blessed. My Peruvian novia and I shared the „Straciatella“ as starter (buffel mozarella, cooked tomatoes, bread) and fried potatoes. I ate Cacio e Pepe, had an excellent Pinot Grigio and we topped it off with, of course, a Tiramisu. Whoever knows my reviews knows that I am THE expert in certified Tiramisu evaluations in Europe. Certainly, Troppo‘s is not the best in the mediterranean but still tastes really, really good!

I haven‘t eaten better while being physically bound to South America, and was able to mentally escape to the best continent el mundo has to offer.

Thanks to everyone at Troppo for allowing „continental travel“ by putting together a remarkable...