{"id":25861,"date":"2021-08-19T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000021680"},"modified":"2023-03-19T23:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T06:38:15","slug":"side-streats-peruvian-restaurant-casa-chaskis-in-west-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/side-streats-peruvian-restaurant-casa-chaskis-in-west-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"Side StrEATS:  Peruvian restaurant Casa Chaskis in West Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Side strEATS: Peruvian restaurant Casa Chaskis in West Long Beach\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fswQe9-o3uo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing up with Jaliscan parents, seeing Latin food cooked so differently fascinated Agust\u00edn Romo, owner of Peruvian restaurant Casa Chaskis in West Long Beach. Peruvian gastronomy, for instance, has been heavily influenced by an influx of Asian immigrants to the region over centuries. These influences show through characteristics such as the use of woks while sauteing or stir-frying noodles and rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In love with the culture, the Long Beach native taught himself about Peru\u2019s history and regions, he said. He also begged Ana Hiroko Narita, a Japanese Peruvian chef at the restaurant he used to work for, to teach him how to cook. As a term of endearment, he calls her T\u00eda Hiroko, his aunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-10000050258 size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/19093922\/0816-2-1110x751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10000050258\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Agust\u00edn Romo, owner and chef of Peruvian restaurant Casa Chaskis out front of his restaurant in West Long Beach Wednesday, August 18, 2021. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His favorite is the Andean region, which he reflects through the decor of the inside of his restaurant, from miniature alpacas to Andean-styled hats with ear flaps called chullos. They also have a word of the day scribbled in chalk in Quechua, the indigenous language of Peru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI might not have been born in Peru, but Peru was born in me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more about Casa Chaskis <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/food\/peru-was-born-in-me-waiter-turned-chef-strives-for-authenticity-with-casa-chaskis-restaurant\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up with Jaliscan parents, seeing Latin food cooked so differently fascinated Agust\u00edn Romo, owner of Peruvian restaurant Casa Chaskis in West Long Beach. Peruvian gastronomy, for instance, has been heavily influenced by an influx of Asian immigrants to the region over centuries. 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