Ode to La Patarashca

More than 30 years of Tarapoto’s emblematic Amazonian restaurant.

The foods of San Martín laid out in a typical table spread during a meal at Tarapoto restaurant La Patarashca. Photo: Nicholas Gill.

Patarashca, the recipe, is found in Peru’s northern Amazon, from the high jungle around Tarapoto to the lowlands of Loreto, as well as across the border in Colombia. Unlike its cousin, the juane, there isn’t a masa made fro…