Peru - foods of diversity
Today one of my coworkers has a birthday. And this is the reason why we all went to a restaurant, that serves very typical food from southern part of Peru – from Arequipa. This is typical even for Limaños.
The food served is among others: pig’s feet, cow’s udder, bull’s testicles (very tasty indeed), and my personal favorite, the cuy. I won’t tell you what is it, you will have to find out. But I must admit, it’s very tasty.
And drinks – one typical drink from that region (specially Cusco and Andes) is Chicha de jora, which is made from maize. And after food you can drink anis. It’s stronger drink, similar to Turkish rakı or Greek ouzo. And the way you drink it – you get a small bottle (approx. 10 cl) that is circling at the table. And it should be finished with the last person. If not the bottle is not finished, or gets empty earlier, you need to order another round.
And of course the most typical one – pisco sour. But let me write about it another time.
OK, and what would be the most "exotic" and strange food you have ever tasted? Share that in comments.Or tell me if you have figured out, what cuy is.
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5 Comments:
When I was little, in Iran, I really liked to eat pork brain (which is not a commen dish in Serbia).
But Olo, have you eaten the poor hamster from the picture?
Now, that's not a hamster, girl! Have a good look at it.
Of course its a hamster (on German: Meerschweinchen)... so its a hamster from Peru...
my top disgusting food was in bulgaria. it is called boza and i guess some eastern european people will know it. they told me its a speciality - and yes, it was.
it looks like dirt with water and surprisingly it tastes like dirt with water. you can even find it in wikipedia.
another one would be "pansen", which i have no english word for it.
OK, I will be explicit. Hamster - is a hamster. But this thing on a plate was cuy, which in English would be guinea pig (yes, it's Meerschweinchen), which is, ironically neither from Guinea, nor pig.
It was not disguisting at all. Honestly, tastes good, something between chicken and wild. And you eat it like a chicken - with your hands, because of many small bones.
So I have no idea why on "Lonely Planet" they gave it TOP 1 on things-you-would-never-want-to-eat.
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