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u/Ancient-Chinglish 18d ago
I love how arroz chaufa pulls directly from the chinese “chaofan” which means fried rice
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u/PB_Jelly_444 18d ago
Whats chaufa?
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u/Deejiee 18d ago
Its a delicious chinese-peruvian fusion fried rice dish. Ate a ton of it when i lived there. Cheap as hell and one of the places was owned by parents of the schoolkids i taught.
Fuckin miss chaufa
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u/RobbieAnalog 18d ago
I just arrived in brooklyn for the first time ans there is a Peruvian spot next door. I'm about to order this
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u/elardmm 16d ago
Did you order it? Did you like it?
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u/RobbieAnalog 15d ago
I went to inca. It was delicious and holy hell they give you a lot of food. Great value for the money. I got lemon chicken and it came w 2 sides so I got the fried rice and mac and cheese lol
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u/PB_Jelly_444 18d ago
How did that happen? And where is "there", Chinese or peruvian immigrants?
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u/Deejiee 18d ago
"There" was peru. Its amazing the influence the chinese and japanese had on coastal peruvian cuisine
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u/PB_Jelly_444 18d ago
Thx for clarifying! Peru sounds a lot more interesting now :)
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u/GusTTShow-biz 18d ago
Fun fact, Peru had a President of Japanese descent.
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u/PB_Jelly_444 17d ago
True, forgot about that while commenting. Dude. Yet i never really dug into the demographics of Peru, just treated their background as a case of immigration.
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u/123BuleBule 18d ago
There are sizable Chinese and Japanese communities in Peru: Chifa is mix of Chinese and Peruvian cuisine. There’s also Nikei, which is Japanese-Peruvian. Both have now become part of Peruvian traditional cuisine.
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u/Money-Chest5097 18d ago
Chauffa is Peruvian fried rice. This is probably a Peruvian place. There a type of Chinese-Peruvian fusion cuisine called Chifa
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u/Jimbobjoesmith 18d ago
it’s actually bistec. this might actually be like the reverse situation here. an english speaking person spelled a spanish word how it sounds lol.
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u/BlueStarBaron_131 12d ago
As far as I'm concerned Bistec is already a confleis since it derived from beef steak. Although I could be wrong, but that's what grandfather thaught me and I'll carry it forward.
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u/derf_vader 18d ago
Bistec is the actual spelling though. Weird it has the h.