Peruvian Flavors Meet Chinese Cuisine on Convoy | Eater San Diego

"On Convoy Street I found a new restaurant from Frankin Chou-Chan that blends his Chinese heritage and Bolivian upbringing into chifa, the longstanding Chinese-Peruvian culinary tradition. Replacing Chef Chin, Flama Llama is Chou-Chan’s third area restaurant after he opened dumpling spot Steamy Piggy in 2017 and launched the Formoosa Taiwanese cafe in Kearny Mesa last year. The menu centers on chifa classics — including lomo saltado, a soy sauce–based stir-fry of beef with onions, tomatoes, peppers, and French fries — as well as arroz chaufa (a rendition of fried rice), tallarin saltado (chow-mein-adjacent) and a pesto-proxy tallarin verde. Other items range from mojo pork tacos and Peruvian chicken soup to yucca fries, caramelized plantains and Cuban specialties like ropa vieja and a classic Cubano sandwich. The all-day bar offers beer, wine and sake plus boozy slushies such as a merlot-based sangria and a sake-spiked pina colada, along with cocktails like a yuzu-infused mojito and a passion fruit margarita. It’s open daily at 11 a.m." - Candice Woo