Pachamama House is Bodeguita all grown up. It’s moved out of the city and into a slick apartment building on Goulburn Street, tricked out in dark wood dining tables, designer wine racks and smooth ‘Osaka chic’ lighting.
If you’re a fan of continuity you’ll appreciate the Japanese touches on the menu too — the Nisei cevibe almost trumps their sour-crunchy classic one. But Parreno really hits it home when playing with the flavours of Peru. Smokey pulled pork is strung atop a Mantecoso cheese pizza, and the Chilean sea bass with roasted scallops is life-changing. Try his empanada and you’ll never look at our humble pie in the same way again.
It’s not all seriousness though. Happy hour (5 – 7pm daily) will get you anything off the cocktail chalk board for $12. Sink a couple of pisco sours before moving on to an Argentinian wine and you’re off to a fine start.
Getting older isn’t such a bad thing after all.
Pachamama House
2/200 Goulburn Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010
T: 02 9261 8799
Tues – Thurs 12pm – 11pm, Fri 12pm – 12am, Sat 10am – 12am, Sun 10am – 9pm