Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize for Literature, always showed his love for Arequipa, his homeland and demonstrated it on multiple occasions how to donate his valuable collection of books, the interest in promoting Mistian traditions and above all to foster culture.
Although, in front of the cameras he was a bit serious, Mario Vargas Llosa always demonstrated his kindness, sense of humor, joy when I visited the spicy Arequipa la Nueva Palominolocated in the district of Yanahuara. Mónica Huerta, owner of this establishment, recalls these unique moments and how Mario loved shrimp -based dishes.
Monica recapitulates as always in the Vargas Llosa’s birthday, on March 28, the shrimp was in Veda And I couldn’t taste the saucer. However, when he was in the letter again, always Rocoto stuffed, shrimp pacifier, stewsPallares, Sarzas, among many traditional meals.
He said that one of the most remembered anecdotes is the Gala dinner after having obtained the award -winning Nobel Prize of literature in 2010.
“It was a surprise to choose a traditional spicyrier to do the gala dinner, such an important event for that celebration. There were more than 30 dishes that used that day and we closed the spicyness only for him and the guests. Someone said we are going to provide with Pisco Sour, but no, he got up and mentioned that here it is provided with Chicha de Guiñapo.Elices of having done a great job, attached to the Nobel Prize “he evoked with joy.
There were several visits to spicy the new Palomino, where he did not stop winging each traditional dish. “As he liked and tasted all the exquisite.he said.
He claimed that the last visit was in 2019, when Mario Vargas Llosa was in a filming for a Mexican television. Always respectful, the Picantía remembers it with much love and gratitude for having chosen Arequipa food to the traditional, taking it to the top in several important events.
His death, last Sunday, was a hard blow for Arequipa spicyrías, because the illustrious Nobel Prize writer was honorary member of Arequipa’s spicy society.
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