Restaurants: Casa Gangotena in Quito, Ecuador
By Max Nathanson
Casa Gangotena
Bolivar Oe6-41 and Cuenca, Quito
tel 2.400.8000
open seven days a week for lunch and dinner
average meal, including a drink, main, and dessert, $35; seven-course tasting menu, with wine pairings, $105
Peanut ceviche: not ceviche with whole peanuts in it, but instead Jipijapa-style fresh white pargo river fish soaking in an earthy peanut sauce …