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Eating in Peru
The food in Peru is as diverse as are its different climates and cities, and eating out can be an adventure in itself.
• In the Costa(Typical Food: Ceviche)
• In the Selva(Typical Food: Juanes) and
• In the Sierra(Typical Food: Lechon, Rocoto Relleno).
Peru is famous for potatos (papas), with more 5000 varieties. Potatos come from the mountains (Sierra: Huancayo, Cusco, Arequipa), including sweet potatoes which are a must, cooked and served cold with ceviche.
Also from the sierra, cuy (Guinea pig) is cut up and cooked in stews or gutted, flattened and cooked barbecue style on the grill. Rabbit dishes are popular, and even llama can be found on the menu in Cusco(Tipon). The travellers also can visit the ruins of tipon
Restaurant: In several cities of Peru there's usually a few chifas(chinese) places, also fair number of vegetarian restaurants. Most restaurants open to week around of 11am to 11pm.
The price is around $1 to $3, these most commonly consist of three courses: soup, a main dish, and a cup of tea or coffee to follow.
Drinks: Wines, Beers(Cusqueña, Brahma, Pilsen) and spirits are served in almost every bar, café or restaurant at any time, but there is a deposit on taking beer bottles out (canned beer is one of the worst inventions to hit Peru this century - some of the finest beaches are littered with empty cans).
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