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- in 2013, we re like, let s start a food truck. my brother started with the recipes of things that we miss from peru. - like, what do you miss? what do you miss? the pan con chicharrón. it s a sandwich that my dad used to take us to the markets in peru to a mercado, and we used to, like, you know, just grab a pan con chicharrón with freshly baked french rolls. - is that what we re gonna be eating? is that what we re gonna be eating now? - we re gonna be eating that. we got ceviche. we got the pan con chicharrón. - bring it. - but in the meanwhile, you guys can have pisco sour slushy. - or do you want a pisco sour slushy? - pi - yeah. - pisco sour slushy. - does it have alcohol in it? - of course. - yes, though. - very strong please. - [laughs] - oh, got it, got it, got it. we were talking about the memories of food and how it takes you back to your country, to your roots, to your parents, to your indigenous culture. what is it to you? - we want people to come here. we want peo
and we want people to say, i want to go to peru. there s so much more to peru, the culture, the textiles, the music, the scenery. - the people. i love the people, man. - the people. - that s what i wanted to do with this show, diane. i wanted to do a show where people watch this and go, i want to be latino. - right, right. - damn, well, too bad i m not latino. - and so that we can actually see the love that goes into cooking from our cultures. like, right now, everything that i ve, like, learned about you so far, and just seeing your brother. - oh, my god, seeing him prepare that. - make this dish, it s with so much love. - that s beautiful, man, beautiful. right? - yeah, yeah. - that s beautiful. - please, try it. - okay. - be honest. [laughter] - and i don t eat fish. - you don t eat fish? - not really. - you re gonna start. - wow, this looks amazing. - mmm. wow. - mmm. - yeah? good. - i love lime. lime with everything. - and then we have the chicharrón. - if you like hot sa