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Frommer's Highly Recommended

Machu Picchu is an unpretentious little restaurant that is perennially one of the most popular places in San José. The menu is classic Peruvian. One of my favorite entrees is the causa limeña, lemon-flavored mashed potatoes stuffed with shrimp. The ceviche here is excellent, as is the ají de gallina, a dish of shredded chicken in a fragrant cream sauce, and octopus with garlic butter. For main dishes, I recommend corvina a lo macho, sea bass in a slightly spicy tomato-based seafood sauce. Be sure to ask for a pisco sour, a classic Peruvian drink made from pisco, a grape liquor. These folks have a sister restaurant over in San Pedro (tel. 2283-3679), and another in Santa Ana (tel. 2203-7657), set on a hillside with a great view over the valley below.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Costa Rica 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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