Peruvian food

Before going to Peru we had heard that Peruvian food was supposed to be very good. The Peruvian cuisine was called South America's answer to French cuisine. So we were looking forward to trying it, and we found that it was absolutely delicious! Below are a few pictures of some of the dishes we enjoyed. 

Alpaca is used to make clothes, such as sweaters, hats, scarves, blankets and so on. The Peruvians also use the meat to create delicious dishes.

Guinea pig (cuy) is another Peruvian speciality. They can be served whole with all the bones, with all the bones removed or something in between, as in the picture above. The taste is somewhat similar to duck. One drawback is that it's not very much meat on a guinea pig. Both alpaca and guinea pigs are very popular in the Andes.

There are many yummy soups that you can get for a very low price.

After having traveled with Ryanair, Webjet and Easyjet many times, it was a delight to see that even the food on the airplanes was much better than average.

A very typical beverage in Peru is the lovely Inca Kola. It tastes a bit like bubblegum and is really good. The strong yellow artificial colour also makes it a bit funnier.

They have loads of different kinds of corn. It is not sweet as the sweet corn we typically have in Europe, but still very good and also very large, as you can see in the picture.

One evening when it was a bit cold we went to a tea house in order to warm up. Many of the different beverages came together with a shot of strong alcohol (pisco) that you were supposed to put in the tea. Let's say that it had an interesting taste.

As all over the world, you could also find many pizza restaurants together with the restaurants more inspired by local traditional food. It is also true that most prices go up (not necessarily the quality though) in very touristic places, but I don't think I have ever seen "tourist food" proudly displayed on adverts before.

We saw many kids running around drinking fluids with funny colours from plastic bags. Of course we had to try it as well, but it was not one of the better examples of Peruvian cuisine.

It seems to be easy to get a PHD in Peru...