peru is a country that s historically driven men mad, mad for gold, for coca, for its magical, ancient history. but now, there s something else drawing outsiders to its hidden mountain valleys. we love this stuff. we obsess about it, gorge on it, and fetishize it. i m talking about chocolate. once a common treat, it s now becoming as nuanced as fine wine, making the pursuit of the raw, good stuff all the more difficult. i m joining that hunt in remotest peru, but not before i ve re-immersed myself in the booming lima food scene. i took a walk through this beautiful world. felt the cool rain on my shoulder. found something good in this beautiful world. i m in peru with this guy, eric ripert. the guy was looking at us. he went into the tree. that s funny. chef of the world-famous restaurant, le bernardin, in new york, to look at where chocolate comes from, particularly our chocolate. so that s why we re in peru. but before we get all indiana jones, we re spending so
anthony: ooh, there s some animal on animal action. that s pretty awesome. eric: uh, yeah, no, no, this is interesting. um. yeah. i m happy we made it, uh, here, tony. that was, uh, an enlightened moment. anthony: something about steamy, triple-x, pre-columbian erotica always makes me hungry. luckily, at night, lima comes alive with the smell and the familiar enticing sound of sizzling meat. it s time for delicious, screamingly hot, garlicky, spicy, flavor-jacked street meats. and as anybody who knows me is well aware, i love me some street meat.
animal on animal action. that s pretty awesome. eric: uh, yeah, no, no, this is interesting. um. yeah. i m happy we made it, uh, here, tony. that was, uh, an enlightened moment. anthony: something about steamy, triple-x, pre-columbian erotica always makes me hungry. luckily, at night, lima comes alive with the smell and the familiar enticing sound of sizzling meat. it s time for delicious, screamingly hot, garlicky, spicy, flavor-jacked street meats. and as anybody who knows me is well aware, i love me some street meat. coque: the the street food in peru is starting to disappear, really disappear, yeah. anthony: really?
erotica always makes me hungry. luckily, at night, lima comes alive with the smell and the familiar enticing sound of sizzling meat. it s time for delicious, screamingly hot, garlicky, spicy, flavor-jacked street meats. and as anybody who knows me is well aware, i love me some street meat. coque: the the street food in peru is starting to disappear, really disappear, yeah. anthony: really? why? coque: because, you know, the neighbors, they anthony: oh, the neighbors complain? coque: complain. anthony: our friend coque brought us to this place. [ coque speaking spanish ] anthony: to dona pochita, a street stall named for the lady who runs the joint. [ coque speaking spanish ] [ anthony laughs ] anthony: they specialize in one thing. coque: beef heart, anticuchos. anthony: anticuchos is quechan for skewered meat. this stuff, they say, goes back all the way to the incas and was as immediately popular with the spanish conquistadors as it is today. ooh, that looks go
eric: they probably had it in a closet somewhere or something. anthony: no, no, i ll i m betting this was right out on the table. come on in, have a cup of tea, sit down. [ eric laughs ] anthony: ooh, there s some animal on animal action. that s pretty awesome. eric: uh, yeah, no, no, this is interesting. um. yeah. i m happy we made it, uh, here, tony. that was, uh, an enlightened moment. anthony: something about steamy, triple-x, pre-columbian erotica always makes me hungry. luckily, at night, lima comes alive with the smell and the familiar enticing sound of sizzling meat. it s time for delicious, screamingly hot, garlicky, spicy, flavor-jacked street