I'm in St. Louis for a teachers' convention, and because I'm a giant food-loving dork, I research the hell out of possible places to eat. (Hey, a girl's still gotta eat, even if she leaves her husband 1,500 miles away.)
I'd heard that St. Louis, she has the barbeque, so I went looking for potential BBQ places. Sadly, there is only one within easy access to my hotel, and while I'd planned to go there this afternoon, but I couldn't quite muster the energy to go exploring after a day of travel and getting marginally lost between conference sites. My BBQ excursion might have to wait until Saturday. I failed at my secondary attempt at finding dinner a local Irish pub, when I couldn't get anyone to seat me.
Fortunately, around the corner was Mango, a restaurant that features Peruvian cuisine. I started with a cup of Aguadito de Pollo (chicken soup with vegetables, Peruvian spices, and citrus herb broth):
I moved on to Aji de Gallina (shredded chicken in creamy aji amaraillo, parmesan cheese, and walnut sauce, served over baby Yukon gold potatoes):
Furthermore, they were running a FourSquare special whereby upon every checkin, one gets a free sangria, so I took advantage:
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