Food of Peru
Food is big in Peru. People love food and there's a huge variety of food to choose from. Each province of Peru have their own typical food that they are proud of and each is as varied and different from each other.
The most common ingredient in a lot of the food though is fish, potatoes (Peru has like maybe 100 different types of Potatoes) and fresh chili sauce served with any meal. Peruvians love their food hot and chili sauce is not something you usually ask. It's a basic condiment.
Amongst the different other types of cuisine in Peru, the common cuisine was Chinese Cuisine. It's called Chifa food in Peru and is a varietal of the common Chinese food that we typically know. It's a fusion between Chinese food and Peruvian Food. You can definitely taste the chinese in it, but at the same time find local Peruvian flavor to it.
In each region, the speciality is different such as in Cusco, the main typical dish is Cuy - Guinea Pig, in Arequipa Rocotto Relleno and Chupa de Camarones and in Lima, Cebiche. I tried all of these except for Cuy. It did not look too appetizing to me and I heard it's only bones and skin basically.
Food is also very cheap in Peru. Every day for lunch or dinner, they have fixed menus including in most cases an appetizer, a soup, a main dish, a desert and a drink. While in Cusco, I paid as cheap as 3 soles(USD $1) for a set meal, in Lima, it was around 10 soles (USD $2.5).
Apart from the traditional peruvian food, Lima is much polluted by American chain food - Mc Donalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Chilis, TGIF, KFC, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks etc..
Now that I am in Argentina where food choices are basically limited to Beef, Pasta and Pizza, I am really missing all that great variety of food I had in Peru.
