There is now a new restaurant at Pearl headed by Chef Geronimo Lopez. Botika is a Peruvian-Asian restaurant and it officially opened on Tuesday July 5, 2016. It features “Chifa,” Chinese-Peruvian and “Nikkei,” Japanese-Peruvian cuisines as well as new takes on traditional dishes from across Asia and Latin America. The bar offers classic cocktails and a wide variety of sakes, rums, piscos and cachaças. The layout includes a sushi-ceviche bar, a cocktail lounge and an outdoor dining space. Business hours are Monday through Saturday from 5p.m. to 11p.m. Extended hours, lunch service and late night dining options will be announced in the upcoming months. (Botika, 2016)

The food menu includes picaderas like Tuna Tartare & Chifles, PorkJowl Steamed Buns and Duck Confit & Potato Salteñas. Guests can also enjoy ceviches and tiraditos, like the Al Tumbo, deep-fried ceviche with tamarillo lechede tigre. Sushi rolls include the Costa Roll with shrimp, crispy rice noodles and sweet ají sauce and the Sweet Plantain Uramaki Roll with green onion, Neufchatel cheese and spicy ‘crispies.’ Wok selections are led by the savory beef Lomo Saltado and the crispy pork belly Chaufa rice dish. The cocktail menu includes a variety of sakes, rums, piscos, and cachaças. Cocktail selections include the Batucada made with cachaça, lime, sugar and angostura, Güenazo Cooler made with sake, canton, yuzu, lime and mint, and Piscolero 101 made with pisco, chicha morada, lemon and tonic.

According to his biography, Chef Geronimo Lopez is a native of Venezuela and has more than twenty years experience as a chef in six countries. Throughout his career he has worked as a sous chef, executive chef and has had management positions in restaurants and hotels in France and Venezuela. Most recently he was the Executive chef and Instructor of Culinary Arts at The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio. He was also the opening executive chef in the college’s Nao restaurant.

Botika
303 Pearl Pkwy #111
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 951-9393