de Peruvian Cusine

Not pretending to be an exhaustive guide to peruvian tastes... Just a short info of things we have tried or at least seen around here:

Prizes and orientation:
You can get a menu (soup plus second dish plus drink) from 1,5-2,5 soles (less than 1 euro).
If you want something more fancy you can spend 4 or 5 soles (1, 2 euros).
If you want to be a tourist and go to the wrong place then you ll pay more than 15-20-100 soles (more than you should).

Food
Seco.. Very good, Carlos made it for us once. It has meat and rice. Somewhow rice here is everywhere, reminding a bit of chinese food...
Caldo de Gallina: Gallina (chicken female, you know what I mean, gives lot of energy)
Aji: I don t remember exactly what it was
Pollo a la Brasa: mmh... simple, fast, good
Cebiche: Lima s greatest, unfortunately I only tried it in Cusco and should be done near the sea (fish dish)
Cuy: Guineapig (seen it only in the market...)
Fruit fruit fruit

Drinks
Pisco: Hard alcohol, clear, quite good (typical from coast region, Pisco is also a town)
Inca Cola: people here drink it more than CocaCola; unfortunately I didn t like it so much; and unfortunately CocaCola bought it.
Chicha mora: ask Angelito s mama, she did a great one
Fruit fruit fruit juices: Natural ones, find them in many places
Mate (including mate de coca): certainly special

Bon appetit...

Chef Sergio

PS: Daniel, traduce eso al papa pa que le de envidia...