Last weekend was all about food (as it should be in Lima!)
First I started out at El Pichito, a restaurant that serves food from the jungle with a couple of my students.
The girls are eating juane, seasoned rice mixed with chicken that is wrapped in a banana leaf before cooking. I'm eating patacones y cecina, fried plantain slices and ham. We also had a similar version, tacacho, where the plantains are mashed and mixed with ham before being fried, for an appetizer. I think I enjoyed the tacacho the best. We also tried a couple of different juices and, for dessert, an ice cream made from a fruit that is supposed to make you curvy like an Amazonian woman. (We'll see about that!)
Later I was off to Mistura, a famous food festival here in Peru.
You can find anything and everything related to Peruvian cuisine and culture here:
All in all I had a great time, but if I went back again, I'd have to take someone who knows where the best places are to eat, because the amount of options is a bit overwhelming. Mistura 2015, though, would be a great activity for someone considering visiting me here (hint, hint!)
First I started out at El Pichito, a restaurant that serves food from the jungle with a couple of my students.
The girls are eating juane, seasoned rice mixed with chicken that is wrapped in a banana leaf before cooking. I'm eating patacones y cecina, fried plantain slices and ham. We also had a similar version, tacacho, where the plantains are mashed and mixed with ham before being fried, for an appetizer. I think I enjoyed the tacacho the best. We also tried a couple of different juices and, for dessert, an ice cream made from a fruit that is supposed to make you curvy like an Amazonian woman. (We'll see about that!)
Later I was off to Mistura, a famous food festival here in Peru.
You can find anything and everything related to Peruvian cuisine and culture here:
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| Mundo del pan (World of bread) |
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| Mundo de las Brasas (World of the Grill): What's a food festival without grilled meat? |
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| A traditional cooking technique |
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| Mundo cervecero (World of Beer): Now THIS is a beer tent! |
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| It even had a museum about the history of brewing |
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| Each brand had their own themed 'room' in the tent |
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| And in the center, a booth where you could learn all about tasting beers |
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| Round 2: Some fancy causa and pisco |
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| Some traditional dancers |
All in all I had a great time, but if I went back again, I'd have to take someone who knows where the best places are to eat, because the amount of options is a bit overwhelming. Mistura 2015, though, would be a great activity for someone considering visiting me here (hint, hint!)
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