El Pan de la Chola is, very simply, the best bread shop in Lima. Good ingredients, good baking, and a clear commitment to conistancy and quality make El Pan de la Chola really excellent. Our personal favorite, is the Pan Rustico which is so delicious...warm and fresh that its perfect with just a touch of butter.... only problem is that its hard to wakl it home in the morning without eating most of it along the way. Further, its not just the bread thats first class, they make real pastries: the croissant are light and flaky, the pain au chocolat manages to be both good pastry and delicious chocolate, and the morning buns pull off a delectable mix of pastry, cinnamon and orange essence. Delicious. In this time of covid, bread and pastries from el Pan de la Chola remind us of the pleasures of normalcy. As we; must wait to be able to sit down and have the delicious offerings here with a nice coffee or juice at a proper table, it is a perfect place to stop and take things home (their covid procedures are excellent--just be aware that they don't accept cash).More