Zig Zag

Frommer's Review

Perhaps the hippest restaurant in Arequipa, Zig Zag, which recently expanded into the space next door, has an awful lot going for it. Occupying a cool two-level, sillar-walled space with a fantastic, twisting iron staircase, it's chic enough to appeal to young people on dates and comfortable enough for families and small tourist groups. The house specialty is stone-grilled meats, including ostrich and alpaca, served either unadorned on a sizzling stone or with a variety of sauces. The owners like to educate their customers about these lean meats as a healthy alternative to other meats. Try the ostrich carpaccio in lemon or ostrich stone-grilled with Swiss-style hash browns. If you're not a carnivore, other favorites are trout and shrimp, or fondues and pastas (such as the interesting Peruvian-Italian quinoa gnocchi). The two-level restaurant plays hip music and has attentive service, and a couple of tables upstairs are perched on a ledge overlooking the attractive Plazuela San Francisco.

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