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Barrio Chino, Lima, Peru

Barrio Chinonull
  • Address Calle Paruro
    Lima
    Peru
  • Phone number+51 1 574 8000
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Lima boasts the largest Chinese community in South America and in part, they have settled in this traditional Lima suburb, where the main road is the Boulevard de la calle Capitol. It has a striking Chinese arch built in 1971 as a symbol of friendship between Peru and China. It was built out of stone and the bases are covered in marble. One of the main attractions, apart from the significant oriental influence in the architecture, are the Chinese restaurants. These almost always have red lights inside or wooden palace lanterns encrusted with glass, replicas of ones used by the old Chinese emperors. If you want to leave a permanent imprint in this boulevard, the Chinese sells paving stones. You can write whatever message you like, from your name to the date of birth of your first grandchild.

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Interesting

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2007-09-10

The food was excellent, although not too far off from the Chifa-type restaurants found all over the city, I wouldnt make a special trip just for th

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Best Chinese Food in the World

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2007-06-18

Wow, The food was anazing, the mix of Chinese and Peruvian spices is incredible. Be careful not to go alone, take a taxi straight to the resta...

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Worthwhile experience

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2006-12-27

Our 'China Town' of course is incomparible to the one in Los Angeles or New York, but it still is pretty fun to go to. You can find really good...

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best place to buy endager species!!!!

 by  Carlos Mascaro  on  2006-12-23

if you are in the market for an hard to find almost extint animal or sourvenir (who isnt)this is the place to go!!!they will cook it right ther...

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