Shi-Nua

It is at Vía Principal 155, in the Edificio Real Diez of the Torre Real 2 complex, San Isidro. Google files it as a restaurant with 4.4 from 1,706 reviews and a reported spend of 80 to 200 soles a head: by some distance the most expensive chifa in this stretch of the directory, and the ticket already announces that this is not a neighbourhood chifa but Chinese cooking taken to a chef's menu. It has a terrace, a cocktail bar, a good wine and spirits list, a private dining room, vegan options, organic plates and free wifi; the atmosphere is listed as romantic and upscale. It books through CoverManager. Our reading: the split service — 12:45 to 4 and 7 to 11, midnight on Friday and Saturday, Sunday midday only — belongs to a kitchen that preps between services, and the odd opening time (12:45) gives away a measured service. Sitting inside an office complex explains the weight of the weekday lunch. Entrance, space and parking are listed as accessible. Curation note: the directory entry carried no address, zone, phone, hours or attributes. We keep it filed as chifa, the closest cuisine in the catalogue, and add cocina de autor so it is not confused with a neighbourhood chifa.