We had lunch at Chez Wong, what we think is chef Javier Wong's house. One has to email or call to get a reservation and there is no official website. Lunch only (I think). The entrance to the building looks just like anyone's house (we had a bit of a hard time finding it), but the whole downstairs was converted to a kitchen and dining area.
It is quite a novel idea to eat at someone's house. I had done this when I was a teenager with my parents in Hong Kong, and again a few years ago with Lingon in Buenos Aires, and it is just different and fun. He had cute glasses with an image of him on them smoking a cigarette while in action. Thankfully he did not smoke while cooking our food.
Watching Chef Wong slice up his giant flounder is really quite mesmerizing. His knife is so sharp and he does everything so quickly. We had cerviche of flounder and octopus, as well as 2 other stir fry dishes. The cerviche was exceptional, with leche de tigre (milk of the tiger), which I think is basically lemon garnish and fish sauce with onion garnish. I could taste the freshness of the fish and octopus, and it was very clean tasting. The stir fry felt like it had MSG, though I'm not sure whether it did or not, but I get this weird bodily sensation when I eat MSG. Again the fish was so fresh, just that the sauces made me feel really weird. I might go again just for the cerviche which was ultra fabulous, but otherwise the stir fry was good but not worth a second visit. Each dish cost S/. 150.
We felt like we missed out on some almond crusted fish, but did not really know how to request for it. We probably had the last dish of the day, and Chef Wong look kind of pissed that we had requested another dish and taken away from his hanging out time with a group of friends. We later found out that group of friends was his son and his son's friends, and we had a chance to chat with his son, who was the only person in the restaurant speaking English. Such a nice young man. We asked him if he cooked, to which he replied in the negative, and he said his dad had to find another Padawan, which was funny. It was nice to see Chef Wong relaxing with a glass of wine after a hard day of cooking! Thank you for the lovely meal!
It is quite a novel idea to eat at someone's house. I had done this when I was a teenager with my parents in Hong Kong, and again a few years ago with Lingon in Buenos Aires, and it is just different and fun. He had cute glasses with an image of him on them smoking a cigarette while in action. Thankfully he did not smoke while cooking our food.
Watching Chef Wong slice up his giant flounder is really quite mesmerizing. His knife is so sharp and he does everything so quickly. We had cerviche of flounder and octopus, as well as 2 other stir fry dishes. The cerviche was exceptional, with leche de tigre (milk of the tiger), which I think is basically lemon garnish and fish sauce with onion garnish. I could taste the freshness of the fish and octopus, and it was very clean tasting. The stir fry felt like it had MSG, though I'm not sure whether it did or not, but I get this weird bodily sensation when I eat MSG. Again the fish was so fresh, just that the sauces made me feel really weird. I might go again just for the cerviche which was ultra fabulous, but otherwise the stir fry was good but not worth a second visit. Each dish cost S/. 150.
We felt like we missed out on some almond crusted fish, but did not really know how to request for it. We probably had the last dish of the day, and Chef Wong look kind of pissed that we had requested another dish and taken away from his hanging out time with a group of friends. We later found out that group of friends was his son and his son's friends, and we had a chance to chat with his son, who was the only person in the restaurant speaking English. Such a nice young man. We asked him if he cooked, to which he replied in the negative, and he said his dad had to find another Padawan, which was funny. It was nice to see Chef Wong relaxing with a glass of wine after a hard day of cooking! Thank you for the lovely meal!
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