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Nikkei is the result of the culinary romance and intense cultural exchange between Japan and Peru. The cuisine grew out of the Japanese presence in Peru, which started when the Japanese farmers began emigrating there in the late 1800s. We talk to 2 Peruvian-American Chefs paving the way for Nikkei in NYC: Erik Ramirez of Llama Inn, Llamita, and Llama-San, and Mina Newman of Sen Sakana.

Photo courtesy of Sen Sakana.

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On today's episode of THE FOOD SEEN, Erik Ramirez grew up in New Jersey with his Peruvian-Japanese grandmother. Decades later, his restaurant Llama Inn in Brooklyn, is in exploration, and honor to, his blended past. There's a long history behind Nikkei cuisine, a proverbial bridge blending Peruvian ingredients and Japanese techniques, which sees ceviche in a similar vein to sashimi, anticuchos (grilled skewers) akin to yakitori. Just like the great expanse between the Andes and Amazon, there's a range of flavors that are found at Llama Inn, worlds apart, bound by Brooklyn.

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On today's episode of All in the Industry, host Shari Bayer is joined by Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix, co-founders of Speed Rack, a national cocktail competition featuring top female bartenders. Both Lynnette and Ivy are nationally acclaimed, NYC-based mixologists. Lynnette is responsible for the cocktail and spirits program at Brooklyn’s Llama Inn where she has combined her love of rum and south American spirits with native Peruvian flavors. She was honored in 2009 by the James Beard Foundation as one of "America's Leading Female Mixologists". Ivy is the co-owner of pan-Latin cocktail bar Leyenda in Brooklyn and in 2015, she was named best American bartender at Tales of the Cocktail. Today's show also features a PR tip, Speed Round game, Industry News, and Shari's Solo Dining experience at chef Floyd Cardoz's The Bombay Bread Bar in NYC. Listen at Heritage Radio, iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify. Follow us @allindustry

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