Merka Saltao

Merka Saltao Peruvian soul in a bowl. Lomo Saltado like you’ve never had it—customized, bold, unforgettable.

09/19/2026

I built a restaurant around one dish. Now I’m giving away the recipe. 🔥

Juicy steak. Smoky flavor. A sauce with just THREE ingredients. And only 2 minutes, 15 seconds in the wok.

I even built an app to help our team time every batch. Yes, I take Lomo Saltado that seriously. 😂🇵🇪

Want the sauce recipe? Comment “RECIPE” below 👇

Come taste it at Merka Saltao in Culver City, or order on our website.

Sí se puede.

09/18/2026

My toughest food critics call me Dad. 😂

They eat for free and still threaten to put me on Yelp.

I moved here for them. Apparently, they came to supervise. ❤️🇵🇪

What do you think of this generation? This happens to you with your kids?

Come try Merka Saltao and give me a second opinion.

📍Culver City - Los Angeles
¡SÍ SE PUEDE!

09/11/2026

Your friend gets $5 off. You get $3 off. Peru gets one more fan. 🇵🇪🔥

It’s FRIENDTEMBER at Merka Saltao!

📲 Send this reel to a friend who’s never eaten here.
👯 Come in together, show us the message, and say “Friendtember.”
💸 They get $5 off their order. You get $3 off yours.

I moved here with my two daughters to bring the flavors of Peru to Culver City. Help me introduce them to one more person. ❤️

📍 Merka Saltao · 3850 Main St, Culver City
🗓 All September · In-store only

You know exactly who to send this to. Sí se puede. 🙌

09/05/2026

One word in a review kept me up all night. Regret.

“I regret not coming earlier.” That’s what they wrote. And it should feel good, it means they loved it. But all I could think about was everyone else who’s been meaning to come and hasn’t.

So I’ve been trying to figure out why people don’t try Peruvian food. I don’t think you’re scared of it. I think most of you just don’t know what it is yet, and that’s on me to change.

So tell me honestly, in the comments: if you haven’t come in yet, why?

Sí se puede 🇵🇪

—
📍 3850 Main St, Suite B, Culver City
🥩 Build-your-own Lomo Saltado bowls & burritos

09/03/2026

That dinner you promised in New Year’s? Let’s finally do it.

It’s Friendtember. All September, bring a friend who’s never eaten Peruvian food, or never tried it, never been in our door.

If you do, I’ll take $8 off your table. $5 is their gift, because they’re the one trying something new. $3 is yours, for bringing them in.

How it works: share this reel with them. Walk in together. Pull up the message at the counter and say “Friendtember.” That’s it.

Here’s why I’m doing it. Most of Los Angeles has never tasted Peru. Not once. I can’t change that alone, but the people who already love this place can. Every one of you knows someone who’s never had Lomo Saltado.

Bring me one of them, and one more person in this city finds out what our flavors taste like.

One friend at a time. One first bite at a time. Let’s say Friendtember together!

Sí se puede 🇵🇪

—
📍 3850 Main St, Suite B, Culver City
🗓️ All September
🥩 Build-your-own Lomo Saltado bowls & burritos

lafoodie

08/31/2026

This is a Chinese wok. In a Peruvian restaurant.

Not fusion, I will call it history. Chinese immigrants came to Peru, brought the wok, the soy sauce, the high heat. We added ají amarillo, potatoes, y el choclito (corn) on the rice. What came out was Lomo Saltado, the dish every Peruvian grew up eating.

The Argonaut called it the king dish of the queen cuisine.

Here’s my bet: a lot of people have had Peruvian food, but only on a Sunday, sitting down, two hours with the family. Nobody made it a Tuesday lunch.

So we did. Build your own bowl, pick your protein, in and out in twelve minutes. Same wok, same heat, same Lomo Saltado I grew up eating — just made for a workday.

That’s the bet I moved here to make 🇵🇪

Sí se puede.

—
📍 3850 Main St, Suite B, Culver City
🥩 Build-your-own Lomo Saltado bowls & burritos

westsidela

08/28/2026

Have most people in Culver City tasted Peruvian food?

Be honest, tell me in the comments.

08/26/2026

A review said the steak came out dry.

It hurt. Because it was true.

It wasn’t the meat. It was the rush. A hundred saltados in an hour, one wok with a single portion cooks different than a wok packed with two. Swap steak for chicken, the timing changes again. When the timing drifts, a dry one goes out the door.

I trained the team to memorize every cook time. It worked, until the rush hit. Nobody holds that in their head with forty orders flying.

So I built this.

Now tell me, has a restaurant ever ruined a good cut of meat on you? I want to hear it. Because we’re fighting here so it doesn’t happen again.

Sí se puede. 🇵🇪

📍 3850 Main St, suite B, Culver City

Los Angeles

08/25/2026

A review said the steak came out dry.

It hurt. Because it was true.

It wasn’t the meat. It was the rush. A hundred saltados in an hour, one wok with a single portion cooks different than a wok packed with two. Swap steak for chicken, the timing changes again. When the timing drifts, a dry one goes out the door.

I trained the team to memorize every cook time. It worked, until the rush hit. Nobody holds that in their head with forty orders flying.

So I built this.

Now tell me, has a restaurant ever ruined a good cut of meat on you? I want to hear it. Because we’re fighting here so it doesn’t happen again.

Sí se puede. 🇵🇪

📍 3850 Main St, Culver City

08/25/2026

A review said the steak came out dry.

It hurt. Because it was true.

It wasn’t the meat. It was the rush. A hundred saltados in an hour, one wok with a single portion cooks different than a wok packed with two. Swap steak for chicken, the timing changes again. When the timing drifts, a dry one goes out the door.

I trained the team to memorize every cook time. It worked, until the rush hit. Nobody holds that in their head with forty orders flying.

So I built this.

Now tell me — has a restaurant ever ruined a good cut of meat on you? I want to hear it. Because we’re fighting here so it doesn’t happen again.

Sí se puede. 🇵🇪

📍 3850 Main St, Culver City

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3850 Main Street Ste. B
Culver City, CA
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