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>> eric: yeah, i like it too, yeah. >> anthony: yeah. medical medicinal herbs with supposed magical properties, and stuff for this shaman dude to bless us and our cacao crop. [ eric speaking spanish ] >> eric: this one is amazing. it smells really good and it supposedly purify the house. yeah. >> anthony: mm, smells like hippie. >> eric: no, but it's interesting. the shamans are very, very well respected in their inca culture and the region. they cure everything. they do ceremonies. >> anthony: good. >> eric: yeah, i think we're good. >> anthony: our journey continues by road as we leave chicl...

Stand up to the spices and acids. first up, an octopus and flounder ceviche. >> eric: i don't know what to tell you, man. it's damn good. >> anthony: mm. oh, that is good. >> eric: is this one very spicy, or no? >> anthony: you ever been spanked in your life and enjoyed it? yeah, me neither. i don't like pain. >> eric: except -- >> anthony: except -- >> eric: if you're spanked with a pepper. >> anthony: brutalized with a pepper, i like. >> eric: oh, that's -- that's really hot. >> anthony: tiradito of flounder, dressed with pecans, lime, aji limon, and sesame oil, which, clearly, eric likes. >...

>> anthony: i'm in peru with this guy, eric ripert. >> eric: the guy was looking at us. he went into the tree. >> anthony: that's funny. chef of the world-famous restaurant le bernardin in new york, to look at where chocolate comes from, particularly our chocolate, the very expensive, limited-run, designer chocolate bar business that eric got me into last year. so that's why we're in peru. but before we get all indiana jones, we're spending some time in lima, as we like the capital city just fine. and we have, both of us, from previous trips, friends here. lima is the cultural hub and culinary...

The larco herrera museum in lima has a massive collection of pre-columbian artifacts. and, looking at them, you get an idea of what these ancient peoples were like, how they lived. wow. i mean, this is like the real stuff. >> eric: i think so. >> anthony: wow. >> eric: right, i mean, it's the real deal, yeah. >> anthony: gold necklaces. >> eric: that's gold, yes. >> anthony: you see why the spanish just freaked out when they came here, turned into like, maniacal greed heads. but history does not have to be boring. it can be sexy. i don't know whether you knew this, but i am an aficionado of ...

You have, like, the indians welcome you -- >> man: right. >> eric: -- with the little, uh, pssh -- >> anthony: oh, the blow darts? >> eric: yeah. >> anthony: but before we get too deep into the mountains, we're stopping off to meet our shaman. [ eric speaking spanish ] [ francisco speaking spanish ] >> eric: anthony. >> francisco: anthony. >> eric: he's going to teach us how to do the bath for the plants. >> anthony: mm-hmm. >> eric: and for us. >> anthony: okay. >> francisco: okay. [ eric speaking spanish ] [ francisco speaking spanish ] >> eric: it's a meteor stone. >> anthony: wow. [ franci...