View of the ancient houses of Machu Picchu houses, Urubamba Province, Cusco Region, today Peru. The 15th-century Inca citadel, abandoned one
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Picantería Qori Sara

San BlasCusco

8.4

Up a San Blas staircase, this picantería keeps the old order alive — frutillada and chicha de jora fermented in-house, kapchi de setas in mushroom season, chiriuchu on festival days, lechón with moraya on Sundays. Portions assume you hauled potatoes uphill all morning. It's lunch-only, closes by 6pm, and the second-floor tables get all the light; ask for them.

Order this

  • Kapchi de setas (Nov–Mar)
  • Lechón al horno (Sunday)
  • Chicha de jora

The dishes reviewers keep coming back for. Ordering off-list is on you.

The practical bit

Getting a table

Walk in — no reservation, no fuss

Dietary

vegetarian (kapchi, rocoto relleno on request)

Neighborhood

San Blas, Cusco

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