Dining
BY KAIYA LITTLE
Brasas Peruanas o ers a sh ceviche option on a bed of lettuce, paired with sweet potatoes and white corn.
Popular dishes at Brasas Peruanas include Lomo Saltado, a steak dish, and a pork stew called Adobo Limeño.
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Brasas Peruanas o ers authentic Peruvian dishes
The owner of Brasas Peruanas, Susana Vivanco, stands in front of her restaurant.
a mom and as a Peruvian, that they really enjoyed the food. They took all the leftovers.” Two years later, Vivanco got her start in the food industry at the Highland Mall food court, selling a mix of Mexican and Peruvian food. On the menu Inspired by her grandmother’s cooking, Vivanco said her style as a chef is making everything from scratch. Menu items include sh and mixed-sea- food ceviches, homestyle rotisserie chicken, anticuchos and lomo saltado. Vivanco said being able to o er up her culture goes beyond the menu. “I am very proud,” she said. “We have good roots, and we have a lot to share... [It’s] not only our cuisine that is really good.”
Susana Vivanco opened her rst restaurant, Lima Criolla, in 2010, before expanding her reach from Central Austin to Round Rock with her latest endeavor, Brasas Peruanas. The backstory Before her restaurant plans took shape, some of Vivanco’s earliest clientele included her son and his friends following his graduation from The University of Texas at Austin in 2008. When he approached her with a dinner request for his graduation party, Vivanco said she expected hamburgers or steak before he gave her a long list of Peruvian dishes to prepare for his 40 guests. “It was the rst time [some people] tried Peruvian cuisine,” Vivanco said. “I was so glad, as
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