Hispanic Heritage Month with La Mar

Welcome back. Hispanic Heritage Month is a chance to celebrate culture and at one Bellevue restaurant. That celebration is happening around the dinner table. So Lamar is bringing together Peruvian food and Mexican Mezcal for a one night only collaboration and fundraising that will help Children in Peru get critical care and our Maria Maria Garcia takes us into Lamar. You guys have visited us in the studio before, but this is the first time I'm out here. Oh, so, so great. I'm here with Chef Gauru Chang and I have to know, I mean, this place is beautiful, but what gets you so excited about coming here every day? It gives us a reason to wake up in the morning and come here. We are very proud of what we do. So, you know, if you do what you love, it's not a work day. There is a celebration for Hispanic Heritage Month. Lamar is working with Ilegal Mezcal. So exciting. Tell me what special thing you guys are doing. All right, so we're doing a collaboration with them. We decided to go with a Mexican influence, Mexican flair in it, you know, trying to represent all the Mexicans that live here in the Pacific Northwest. So we did an agua de tire, you know, it's an agua chile with Peruvian ingredients, Peruvian, you know, techniques as well. We did the tostaditas, which are very popular in our menu right now. It's king salmon with guacatai and salmon trout. So it has a little bit of Mexican, a little Peruvian. What a mix. Yeah, with the TMW products. Oh, amazing. So this is one of the dishes that people can find on your menu all of the time, right? And then the rest of these you'll find at the dinner and happy hour. These two are extra special because they benefit that Sonrisa Foundation. Tell me a little bit about that. There are foundations in Peru that, uh, you know, helps with, uh, dental care, post dental care for the kids and, uh, the Children of, uh, you know, that they had a plethora later plethora. Yeah, it's all. It's a cool foundation that helps, you know, the most in need for this kind of reasons, right? Amazing. So we're doing good. We're celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and you're gonna eat good as well. Can I try some of this food? All right, let's jump in here with the first one. What do we do? So this is the ceviche. Classical is the most classical presentation of a little bit of meaty and delicious. Oh, and the limon, the lime flavor. So good. What about this next one? This is the first course for our mezcal dinner. It's a spot from local source, Hokkaido scallops, Japanese with a leche de tira made with Marisquera sauce, which is a Mexican sauce as well. I love the combo and you really are learn about two different countries in Latin America when you're visiting here as well. Super refreshing. Yes, and it has this, like, very distinct flavor I really enjoy. It has a lot of umami, yes. Delicious. Now let's talk these little sammies. What am I looking at right now? So for Hispanic Heritage Month, for the, you know, this happy hour that we're creating, we did a little bit of everywhere. You know, so we have a choripan, but we did it with rocoto and chimichurri. That's so good. It's good. And so snacky and perfect. Yes. I love it. What about this? That's from Venezuela. It's kind of like a variation of a reina pepeada, so it's an arepa with a dungeness crab salad and avocado and a little bit of guajillo. Oh my gosh, I'm gonna save this one for later, okay? So, so good. And these little tostaditas. Tell me about these. So they're Mexican-inspired. It has king salmon, guacatai sauce, salmon trout, marisquera, and salsa macha. A little spicy. Oh my gosh, but it's so good. It's so good. Flavorful, meaty, what an exciting time. And I want to do a little cheers with you, chef, because I think you're doing amazing work and there is some of the ilegal mezcal in these cocktails as well, which you can try if you visit for dinner. Thank you. I think you should. Cheers. Thank you so much. Cheers. Well, it's a night that's about more than food and drink, and it's about celebrating the connections between Latin American cultures and using that connection to just give back. So the Lamar and Ilegal Mezcal Dinner is happening October 1st in Bellevue. We have info on how to get tickets on our links page at fox13seattle.com.