Today our grade had a field trip to a Peruvian restaurant called Pollo A La Brasa. Peruvian food is food from Peru, like steak, fries, and rice mixed together. Our grade went on this field trip for Spanish class. One of the reasons that we went to Pollo A La Brasa is because we are learning how to say names of food and drinks in Spanish, so it could be good practice. I was very excited to go on this field trip because our school has never done anything like this field trip. I was also a bit nervous because I didn’t know what to expect at the restaurant. For example, I didn’t know how the food would taste, it could be “weird”. Also, no one that I know of has been to this restaurant (besides my Spanish teacher), so I didn’t know if the restaurant had great food.

When we got to the restaurant, we were assigned tables. My table was Billie, Maxine, and Sophie. All of those girls are my friends, which was good. We would be eating our food family style, which I really like too. The first thing that we tried was a drink called chicha morada. Chicha morada is a drink made from purple corn and pineapple. I didn’t like the drink because I thought it tasted too gingery. Soon after we sat down, the first dish came. It was lomo saltado, which is steak, rice, and fries. That dish was so yummy that it didn’t even compare to the school lunch! After that, a similar dish came called pollo saltado, which is the same dish, but chicken instead of steak. I liked the lomo saltado better, but pollo saltado was still good. Then the pescado (fish) came. I didn’t try that dish because I’m not a huge fish fan. One more dish came out which was just some tasty noodles and meat. I wish I could have that experience all over again!

lomo saltado