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LOCAL Thursday 3 december 2020
Asi es mi Peru launches quality Food Truck at Eagle Beach
EAGLE BEACH — While op- tain all of the staff with ho- at the end of September.
erating two successful res- tel occupancies of around Just, 100 yards from the
taurants at Paradise Beach twenty percent once the restaurant at the corner
Villas- Eagle Beach, The tourists started returning of the T-crossing between
Kitchen Table (TKT) and Asi slowly in August.” But we Paradise Beach Villas and
es mi Peru (AEMP) who are saw it as an obligation to La Cabana. Convenient to
both under one roof, CO- maintain all of our staff as offer a large scale of prod-
VID-19 interrupted opera- one family! ucts!
tions of both restaurants and
each and every restaurant And that’s when the idea Best ceviche and grilled
in Aruba in March this year. of extending our services chicken on the island
TKT was closed temporar- with a food truck was born Our now famous cevi-
ily, AEMP kept operating for so we could make sure to che, insiders say the best
take out in the weekends, keep all of our staff who ceviche on the island, is a
operating lunch and dinner otherwise would be out of best seller and our roasted
again in the weekends until a job. A perfect food truck chicken (pollo a la brasa)
fully operational in July. with all whistles and bells are favorite items but hot-
appeared on the horizon dogs, hamburgers, salads, Monday, orders can be our two restaurants would
It became clear says owner and with permits filed the soups and wraps, empana- called in at +297 592-5699 be operated by a younger
Roxanna Salinas, “that we food truck made her ap- das and pastechis are just and picked up at the food generation. With this per-
would not be able to main- pearance at Eagle Beach a few of the items offered. truck. spective the Food Truck
Actually, there are no re- could be called “Mi Retiro
strictions as the entire Asi es Mi Retiro (My Retirement) (My Retirement).”
mi Peru menu is available “When I married Roxanna For reservations for The
converted from dollars to says co-operator Jan van Kitchen Table (www.thek-
florins. Nes, I knew that the word itchenableinaruba.com ) ,
retirement was not in her
While most food trucks in vocabulary. Asi es Mi Peru (www.asies-
Aruba operate in the eve- Now, a retired hotelier peruenaruba.com ) and
ning and night the AEMP for two years, I know that take-out orders, feel free to
Food Truck operates from somewhere down the road call Roxanna at +297 592-
11.00 am – 9 pm. Every there will always be some- 5699. We love to welcome
day with the exception of thing to do, even when you!q