371277 5 Location 544750 <p>OK, it's a little touristy, but we were absolutely delighted with La Choza de Oscar. The 15 soles (5 USD) menu del dia included soup and salad, with gourmet presentation, a main plate, desert and coffee. The food was very good, but what really pushed Oscar's over the top was the service.</p><p>For five bucks, you don't expect elegance, but that's what you get here. We had perhaps the best waiter I had EVER had, a young man named Felix, who even served us water from a large bottle as if it were wine. I never saw him without a cloth properly dropped over his forearm. Apparently this great service isn't uncommon. I was googling the place to double-check the name, and in the first page I saw, another blogger talked about having the best waiter of her life there, named Raul.</p><p>We liked it so much that we came back for dinner the same night. We were treated to a little show, where an Andean band played (this happens in most restaurants in Peru) with dancers (that was a first). It was one of the best bands we saw in Peru, and they played pan flutes that were more than five feet long.</p><p>The inside of the restaurant was very nice as well. A large <span style="font-style: italic">fugon,</span></p><p>an Andean stove kept us warm, and it was generally tastefully decorated. I would go for the palta salad (palta is avocado in Peru, aguacate isn't used), and the alpaca steak was very good. If you're in the mood for something a little less Peruvian, try the brick-oven pizza joint next door and get the house special.</p> 2006-08-21T09:56:16-07:00 1094713351 2006-08-05T17:00:00-07:00 0 -9223372036854775790 229883 2014200 371277 0 215476 0.043231555538228 2006-08-03T17:00:00-07:00 Published 25.0 2006-08-21T11:42:35-07:00 53850 0