Food: Victoria's Peruvian Cuisine

Good restaurants are like living organisms - if you stay in an area long enough, you'll see them expand and reproduce as they get more and more popular.

A prime example is Victoria's Peruvian Cuisine. The first time I visited, many years ago, it was a quiet hole-in-the-wall that not many people knew about. I loved the food and kept coming, though, and now the place is more than double the size, with a spin-off casual rotisserie chicken joint in the same plaza and a Lake Worth lounge.

The crowds may be bigger, but chef Julio Leon's food hasn't changed much. It's still the same delicious ceviche and tiradito, the same delectable bistec and jalea:

Really, almost everything on the menu is good, and every guest I've ever taken to the place has loved it. If you're ever in Lantana and jonesing for some Peruvian food, there really is only one option - Victoria's.

4/4 stars