Churrisimo
El Churrisimo – Caramel Filling, Chocolate Dip, Rolled in Chestnuts
El Don Coco – Mocha Filling, Milk Chocolate Dip, Coconut Topping
El Zambito – Fudge Filling, Dark Chocolate Dip, White Chocolate Shavings
Conveniently located across the street from Anticuchos de la Tia Grimanesa, the foot traffic from a constantly filled Restaurant selling nothing but exquisite grilled Meats and boiled Potatoes basically guaranteeing a market for post-dinner Dessert, it was as an impromptu stop that Churrismo became part of Peru’s dining agenda and although more expensive than some locals seem to think is reasonable the results were on par with what one may find stateside for significantly more.
Without doubt a product of the Instagram Era, clever branding and art on the walls paired to highly photogenic concepts including filled Doughnuts and Ice Cream bowls made of fried Dough, it was quickly upon entering the space that rough translation began of a menu written only in Spanish, the housemade Mango Jam unavailable but everything else up for grabs and three “Gourmet” Churros tallying just under $6USD.
Preparing everything to order, in this case even the Dough itself fried fresh as a prior rush had depleted the supply of all but the thinner classics plus a few nuggets, it was as two small Children and their mother debated which items sounded best that a clerk used his bare hands to fill and top thick sticks and pack them in paper, each unwrapped quickly and found to be quite hot with first bites of Churrisimo’s eponymous item showing not a hint of oiliness though the thick Manjar Blanco and Chocolate topped in Chestnuts could probably hide a lot of things given their richness.
Naming each of the Gourmet selections, El Don Coco in this case replacing the aforementioned Fruit filling with Mocha and probably faring better with a flavor not unlike a Mounds Bar, it was as the family received their selections to much excitement that El Zambito predictably proved best saved for last, the thick Fudge’s bitterness magnified by a dip in Dark Chocolate while the White Chocolate shavings got lost save for perhaps adding a bit of texture.
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