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Food in Peru - Peruvian Specialities - There are a lot!!

10/4/2016

As I’ve mentioned in other posts, food in Peru is very complex, delicious, and diverse region to region. I am going to compile a list of the best foods that I’ve had in the coastal, high Andean, northern, and desert regions of the country.

Coastal - Lima, north and south of Lima - coast

Ceviche - lime acid cooked raw fish served with onion, sweet potato, and boiled and roast corn
Leche de Tigre - left over concentrated runoff of marinade from ceviche - eaten like a soup or taken like a shot (like tequila)
Arroz con Pollo - moist beer and coriander flavoured rice with flavourful chicken
Aji de Gallina - a creamy chicken stew with a yellow based egg, hot pepper, and peanut sauce - someone kindly made this for me without the peanuts
Tacu Tacu - a mix of beans and rice, or tarwi (Peruvian legume) and rice served with fried meat and an onion, tomato, and coriander salsa
Cau Cau - cow parts stew with turmeric, onion, potato, and muna (Peruvian mint)
Causa - a beautifully layered dish of mashed potatoes seasoned with lime and Peruvian yellow hot pepper, tuna or chicken, avocado, and mayo
Chupe de Camarones - a luscious soup of shrimp, cream, and egg traditionally served with boiled corn and Andean white cheese
Pollo a la Brasa - a juicy Peruvian marinated rotisserie chicken usually served with fries
Chicharrones - fried pork in pork fat, one can also have chicken or seafood chicharrones - for those who do not eat pork
Comida Chifa - Peruvian Chinese food - the Tipa Kay, Tallarin Saltado, and Pollo Enrolled are great!! (For descriptions of these foods see blog on Peruvian Chinese food)
Sushi - Peruvian style - using Peruvian ingredients
Fresh juices at the market - cactus fruit (tuna) with pineapple is incredible
Suspiro a la Limena - dessert with a lemon cream at the bottom topped with a merengue - often wine flavoured - very sweet but delicious
Picarones - a squash and sweet potato doughnut swimming in a sweet molasses syrup - delicious, though very rich

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Food in Peru - Peruvian Chinese Food

10/3/2016

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In Peru there can be found on every street corner and in many restaurants, Comida Chifa or Peruvian Chinese Food. Like back home as is typical this food is greasy, fattening, and of course, incredibly tasty.

Chinese peoples came to Peru starting around 1890 where they settled on the coast of Peru namely in and around Lima. Of course, they brought their culinary traditions and ideas with them, along with specialty ingredients and seeds. Soon many restaurants had opened and were flourishing. And... more continued to do so as the Peruvian peoples loved the unique and delicious dishes.

Just like the Chinese foods we are used to in North America, one will find Chinese fried rice, egg drop soup, sweet and sour sauce, and fried wantons.

Some of the typical dishes found in Peruvian Chinese food are Arroz Chaufa - Peruvian style fried rice, Tipa Kay - Chicken with rice, pineapple, and sweet and sour sauce, Sopa Wantan - wonton soup, Pollo Enrolled - chicken rolled with vegetables, and sometimes also bacon, and a breaded fried outside served with either a sweet and sour or a salty sauce, Tallarin Saltado - Peruvian style Chow Mein, and Aeropuerto - a mix of tallarin saltado and arroz chaufa.

If you do happen to be in Peru, or Bolivia, or Columbia, Peruvian Chinese food is definitely worth a try - as a plus its quite cheap and a good meal with a soup and a main will run about 3-5 dollars American.

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Food in Peru - Peruvian Chinese Food

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