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EXECUTIVE CHEF: EZEQUIEL VALENCIA
"My mission is to let New Yorkers know how good authentic Peruvian food is"

CHEF EZEQUIEL VALENCIA

Ezequiel Valencia, chef of the year at SUMAG 2016, migrated to New York from his beloved humble Yungay, known as "Callejón de Huaylas" in Ancash, Peru, to work as a private chef at the Mission of Peru at the United Nations in New York. Valencia, does not speak much English, but his food speaks for him. "Mr. Javier Pérez de Cuellar told me he had met many chefs around the world but that my omelette was the one" - he says with pride. "I am proud to be here and to have been able to make my dishes for presidents, ministers, politicians and other important personalities. It even makes me want to cry when I remember where I come from and where I am at now" Valencia is infinitely grateful to all the people who have given him opportunities to work.
He give special thanks to Peruvian chef and businesswoman, Marisa Guiulfo, owner of La Bonbonniere restaurant in Lima, who took him to Nicaragua to work in Promperú, Peru's embassy in Managua. Chef Valencia has a very creative opinion in classical Peruvian cuisine, which he always prepares with native Peruvian ingredients. Not only can he present versions of authentic and classic Peruvian cuisine to the Peruvian community, he can also create fusion dishes and has a haute cuisine technique, Valencia is committed to creating new dishes, "My mission is to let New Yorkers know how good authentic Peruvian food is"