Lurin (Pachamanca and Pre-Inca Pachacamac) is a food day trips in Lima.
Lurin 45 minutes south of Lima is the Sunday pachamanca destination, Andean earth-oven slow-cooked meat at family restaurants near the Pachacamac ruins.
Tip: Sunday lunch only; arrive by 12:00 because most cocinas serve until the pachamanca is gone.
Punta Hermosa 60-90 minutes south of Lima is the summer Pacific coast cevicheria destination, beach-cabin seafood lunch on terraces facing the swell.
Tip: Best Dec-Apr Lima summer; Terminal Pesquero Cevicheria and 20sobre20 are the staples on the food strip.
Chorrillos 20 minutes south of Miraflores is Lima's working artisanal fish wharf, the dawn auction at the Caleta plus cevicheria lunch on the malecon nearby.
Tip: 07:00 morning auction is the spectacle; the cevicherias on the malecon open 11:30 for lunch with the morning's catch.
Cieneguilla 60-75 minutes east of Lima is the weekend pachamanca and parrillada day trip, Andean earth-oven family restaurants along the Lurin river valley.
Tip: Saturday-Sunday only for most pachamanqueria; arrive by 12:30 for the noon earth-oven opening at the family restaurants.