It's fine day in Houston when a diner has a choice of several good restaurants serving Peruvian food. Even finer is the fact that one of them, Peru Cafe Express, offers a super casual atmosphere, reasonable prices, takeout, and delivery. Lomo saltado and an Inca Cola delivered to your doorstep? Yes, please.
The Cafe is wedged in a Greenway strip mall, and therefore easily overlooked in favor of other flashier roadside establishments such as Fuddrucker's. Its interior consists of a container, about six small tables, and framed pictures of Peruvian tourist sites such as Machu Picchu.
To facilitate ordering for those completely ignorant of Peruvian cuisine, there is a menu entirely of pictures, which the gentle, soft-spoken owner will offer you without the slightest hint of condescension. By the way, he will also bring you water and several magazines to read while you wait for your takeout.
Not that you'll need some reading material to pass the time.
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