Peruvian food

Never had it until about a month ago.
Three main obervations:
1) Potatoes - many different kinds of preparations - NO tortillas
2) Purple corn punch is really good!
3) Cilantro and shrimp paste sauce is...an acquired taste (luckily it was on the site of an appetizer)
One of the waitresses at El Rococo was really nice about explaining the dishes and which dishes were good to try. She even let me try a sip of the purple corn punch - very refreshing and tasty.
The appetizer was fried yucca which was accompanied by the cilantro/shrimp paste sauce...the yucca was more appealing to me alone. It had a very mild flavor and held in the 'smoke' from the frying. The sauce was very heavy and sharp/pungent. Not for me.
My dish, which consisted of chunks of lamb in a cilantro sauce was reminiscent of Indian food. Rice and beans sat on the side of the lamb. Very good. The dish was accompanied by two sauces presented in two small saucedishes. The first was a fiery green pepper-infused guacamole-like concoction. Very good. The second I preferred less but still tasty. It was a reddish-yellow and I remember little about it.
A very filling meal.
The place is in Gardena next door to the Marukai 99cent sore and just a few miles down from the Home Depot Center. The waitress said that some of the soccer players sometimes stop by.
Next time, if there are more people, I'm going to order a pitcher of the purple corn punch!