Ayahuasca – Barranco, Lima

If hipsters went to heaven, I think it would look like Ayahuasca Bar. Mismatching chairs and colorful ottomans with decorative fishtanks festively fill a vast Victorian manor. Dark hallways wind and tunnel with neverending, always-unfolding rooms and a back-side terrace where you can enjoy a Pisco Sour with an evening breeze.

The food is as laid back as the decor, but Ayahuasca Bar knows how to avoid the #TTH without compromising quality. The Parrilla Chalaca keeps it simple with a mix of rebelliously unique seafood chilling out in butter and garlic.

I love all foods Peruana but two weeks in Peru had me missing Americana. The Hamburguesas Junior are a handful of not-so-junior sliders of ground beef laced with pork. Pink on the inside and juicy throughout, dip that mystery meat into a mysterious aji pepper sauce for a kick of Peruana meets Americana.

3 stars for some solid food by a bar, 5 stars for the bar! We were warned that people often whittle away hours upon hours at Ayahuasca and I can see why. We probably could have spent all our lives living in this hipster's paradise.