La Mar
Avenida La Mar #770
Miraflores
421-3365
Open Daily for Lunch ONLY 12-5 pm

Officially, La Mar is a cevicheria, but that's like saying that Shaquille O'Neal plays a little basketball. This place has an extensive seafood menu, ranging from sushi to ceviche to grilled seafood to tuna steaks to entire fried fish. And every item that comes out of the kitchen is beautifully plated, as well as delicious. It is owned by the same people who own Astrid y Gaston (also in Miraflores), and the only shame about eating there is that you have to leave when the meal is done.

I started out with a 'cebichini' ( a mini order of cebiche) of conchas negras, then an appetizer of causa (mashed potatoes topped with various items - it's MUCH better than I described it), and for a main dish, the Plancha La Mar, which was shrimp, scallops, mushrooms, and crab claws, in some delicious sauce, served on a sizzling skillet.

RT here. I realized that I hadn't been at La Mar for over a year, so we stopped by last week for lunch.

Everything was the same: the food was delicious, the service excellent, and we left fatter and happy.

We ate a cevice classico, a small order of ceviche nikkei (tuna), an order of Choritos, and the tamales verdes. All were awesome, and more food than two people needed.

I was so excited by the ceviches, I forgot to take any other pictures!



edited for spelling

(Message edited by rtgooch on April 21, 2010)