Mercado San Martín: a guide to everything vegan you can eat in the gastronomic patio of Miraflores

The gastronomic patios are a great alternative when you have a large family or a group of friends with whom you cannot decide what to eat. In these spaces, most of them open, there is a large offer of various food brands. So everyone can say what to eat and what to drink while enjoying a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere with good music.

At Mercado San Martín you will find everything from bubble tea, sugar-free drinks to short drinks. In addition, you can choose between Creole, fusion, Chinese or hamburgers. There are good gastronomic offers in a very well decorated two-story environment.

A more eco-friendly bet

According to a survey carried out by IPSOS for the NGO ARBA, 2% of the urban Peruvian population is considered vegan, which would mean a population of more than 600 thousand vegan inhabitants, and 62% of this resides in Lima.

In addition, last year Ipsos Global Advisor asked different countries around the world who were willing to reduce their meat consumption for environmental and Peru was the country where more people said they were willing to reduce their meat consumption due to environmental issues, 64% of people indicated that they would stop eating or reduce their consumption. And 65% said they would replace milk with some alternative to reduce climate change. So there are more and more Peruvians who for some reason have decided to stop or reduce their meat consumption. This undoubtedly invites restaurants to have more options for those who, due to caring for their health, the environment or animals, have determined not to eat more meat or derivatives.

Without further ado, let’s start with the vegan route of the Mercado San Martín:

Lucumo

This restaurant has been in Mercado San Martín for two and a half years and from the beginning it has healthy and vegan options. The Lúcumo team narrates that since they opened they decided to add plant-based options to please the tourists who come to the gastronomic patio.

They have a vegan cause made of yellow potatoes and vegetables, decorated with a generous avocado at its point. In addition, they have a vegetarian chaufa that can also be adapted to vegan. Lúcumo is a restaurant specializing in traditional Peruvian Creole food with generous portions. Vegans can ask for the vegetarian options and indicate that they are vegan so that it does not come with eggs or mayonnaise, and that’s it. The chaufa instead of bringing egg, will arrive with fried plantain. Something important is that the seasoning, the care with which the dishes are served, does not change.

• Price: Cause s/27 and chaufa s/27.
• Type of food: traditional Creole.

Sam’s BBQ

The Texan food restaurant in Peru has specialized in 100% Original Smoked Barbecue and has a couple of vegan options for those who do not eat meat or derivatives. It has a bowl of beans with rice with vegetables, full of flavor and protein. The red beans come in BBQ sauce, while the rice is a Texan rice with American corn. Also, as accompaniments you can ask for French fries, a must for those who find a balance between a healthy bowl and a bit of potato crunchie.

• Prices: Texan bowl s/23, fries s/9.
• Type of food: Texan food

Saltao Wok Food

This restaurant is famous for its lomo saltado or its salted noodles, and a few months ago they decided to bring out vegan versions of diners’ favorites. They have a tasty and seasoned lomo saltado made with the richest vegetable meat: beyond meat. This Saltado contains generous portions of this vegetable meat, tomato, onion, grained white rice and crunchy French fries.

If you are looking for something lighter but with flavor, you can find other veggie options in Saltao (which you can ask to be vegan) in addition to beyond meat lomo saltado. It has salted noodles, salted with chaufa, chaufa with mushrooms, all with a lot of flavor, you won’t notice that they don’t have meat.

• Price: Lomo saltado with beyond meat s/38 and other veggie options from s/27.
• Type of food: Creole fusion

The Heritage

This restaurant is known for its anticuchos. The flavor is in the seasoning and that is why its vegan options surprise anyone. It has some anticuchos made with mushrooms. They have managed to make these mushrooms able to absorb the flavor of the spices they use and the result is delicious. In addition, the skewers come accompanied with golden potatoes, shelled corn and sauces suitable for vegans.

• Price: s/25
• Type of food: traditional Creole

Anastasia Gyros

This space is one of the new ones, since they offer Greek and Mediterranean food; And of course they have options suitable for vegans. It is the first restaurant in Lima that sells Greek fast food and has had a great reception. Anastasia Gyros’ star dish is the gyro, a delicious kebab of Greek origin, which you can order with the protein you like best. In this case, vegans have the option of a crunchy and delicious falafel. It is important to mention that the Gyro should be ordered only with hummus, since the Tzatziki has yogurt. In addition to the gyros, you can order dips with hummus and anastacia rice, which comes with turmeric.

• Price: Vegan Gyro s/23.90
• Type of food: Greek fast food

Medical Bar

The prize for vegan options in Mercado San Martin without a doubt goes to Bar Medicinal. All of their dessert and savory menu is vegan, as they are convinced that it is a way of continuing to care for the planet, a philosophy they have had since they started the project. Here you will find infusions, with aromatic herbs and incredible mixtures. In addition, the aesthetic is so well cared for that no one will think that you are drinking an infusion, kombucha or boba tea.

“We specialize in natural drinks from medicinal plants, teas and infusions. We have added to our menu some vegan desserts, wraps, hamburgers. All vegan but inspired by the classics. We feel that we are aligned with our philosophy with this 100% vegetarian meal.to”, adds Jorge Zea, founder.

Bar Medicinal has a hearty soy and seitan burger, as well as raw vegan dough wraps as well as delicious desserts made without refined flour or sugar.

• Price: boba tea s/13, soy burger and seitan s/22 and desserts as/15.
• Type of food: healthy and vegan

Retail:

• Address of Mercado San Martín: Calle San Martín 482, Miraflores.
• Hours: Sunday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.
• Pet friendly: yes
• Prices: from s/25