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Peruvian Food Los Angeles

Picca Patita [CLOSED]

Picca, the contemporary Peruvian cantina from chef Ricardo Zarate, managing partner Stephane Bombet and business partner Bill Chait, was pretty much an instant hit in Beverlywood, but that hasn’t stopped them from fine-tuning the...
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Limon Rotisserie: Devouring Delectable Peruvian Pollo

San Francisco features a wealth of seasonal, market driven restaurants and an even wider array of international value picks, but sometimes, there’s nothing better than bypassing all of those restaurants to tear apart a...
Chef Los Angelse

Ricardo Zarate and Stephane Bombet Preview Mo-Chica on 7

In early 2009, when Lima native Ricardo Zarate opened the original Mo-Chica at Mercado La Paloma and drew fascinated diners in droves using Peruvian comfort food as bait, it soon became clear that was...
Chef Los Angeles

Interview: chef Ricardo Zarate (Picca + Mo-Chica)

Lima native Ricardo Zarate spent more than a year working two full-time jobs, heading the kitchen at Venice’s Wabi-Sabi while getting Mo-Chica rolling at Mercado La Paloma. All that effort apparently paid off. Mo-Chica...
Peruvian Food Los Angeles

Mo-Chica: Tasting Dinners Signal Growth for Ricardo Zarate [CLOSED]

Ever since Ricardo Zarate opened Mo-Chica at Mercado La Paloma in April 2009, he’s slowly been building momentum. The Lima native spent more than a year working two jobs, executive chef of Mo-Chica by...
Peruvian Food Los Angeles

Mo-Chica @ Hatchi

BREADBAR co-owner Ali Chalabi and chef Noriyuki Sugie have made repeated efforts to give inventive chefs a stage with their monthly “Hatchi Series.” On January 28, lauded Mo-Chica chef-owner Ricardo Zarate took to the...