The Food Lens, "The 7 Best Peruvian Restaurants in Boston"

BY: ERIC TWARDZIK

DATE: MARCH 15, 2022

Tambo 22 is the latest project from chef Jose Duarte, who for years operated the Peruvian-Italian mashup Taranta in the North End, which shuttered in 2020. At Tambo in Chelsea, the city where Duarte has lived for decades, the focus is back on his native Peru. Try Wantan Frito (fried pork wontons) in tamarind sweet and sour sauce; banana leaf-wrapped paiche, an Amazonian whitefish; or Northern Peruvian-style lamb shank braised with corn beer. The beverage side of the menu gets just as much attention with an organic and biodynamically focused wine program, plus three iterations of the Pisco Sour (classic, passionfruit, or chicha morada).