Peruvian Cuisine

Peruvian food highlights. Includes exploring Peruvian cuisine in Lima, and Peruvian specialties such as ceviche, tiradito, causa, rocoto relleno, and the Mistura Gastronomy Festival. Read: Peruvian Food: More Than Just Ceviche

Conchitas a la Parmesana - Lima, Peru
A decadent starter of conchitas a la parmesana (paremesan covered scallops) at our favorite restaurant in Barranco (Lima, Peru) called El Muelle. Read: Peruvian Food: More Than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Queen of Shellfish - Lima, Peru
A friendly shellfish vendor at Surquillo Market in Lima, Peru. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Full Tray of Rocotos Rellenos - Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru
One of the restaurants at the Mistura Gastronomy Festival - El Rinconcito Arequipeno - specializes in food from the region around Arequipa, Peru. Rocoto relleno is one of those specialties - a hot pepper stuffed with diced beef, a tomato sauce, raisins, cheese and other spices. Quite delicious. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Causa with Shrimp and Crab - Lima, Peru
A heart-shaped causa (mashed potatoes filed with avacado, shrimp and crab covered with a cocktail sauce) at our favorite restaurant in Barranco, Lima (Peru) - El Muelle. So rich and good. Read: Peruvian Food: More Than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
In Artichoke Heaven at Surquillo Market - Lima, Peru
Audrey does a jig when she finds this artichoke stand at Surquillo Market selling three meaty artichokes for 2 soles ($0.66). Read: Peruvian Food: More Than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
One Week in Lima, Peru: A Food Mosaic
Eating our way through Lima, Peru: tiradito (thinly sliced raw fish in lime juice), ceviche (raw fish in lime juice with onions and aji), tequenos (Peruvian style spring rolls with crab), chaufa (Peruvian-Chinese style fried rice), conchitas a la parmesana (scallops cooked with parmesan cheese), causa (mashed potatoes stuffed with avacado and crab/shrimp) and more. Read: Peruvian Food: More Than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Rocotos Rellenos - Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru
Cooks get to work at preparing hundreds, if not thousands of rocoto relleno (stuffed hot pepper) at the restaurant El Rinconcito Arequipeno. Taken at the 2009 Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Cachito de Cabra - Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru
A colorful basket of fresh cachito de cabra (goat chilies?) at a chili stand at the 2009 Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
A Twist on Ceviche - Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru
A delicate dish served at Cala restaurant at the 2009 Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru: ceviche olaya lenguda y pulpo en crema de culantro y limon (ceviche of lenguda fish and octopus in cream of cilantro and lemon sauce). Very rich and tasty. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Chili Pepper Galore - Lima, Peru
A chili pepper (aji) stand exhibits every kind of chili in Peru at the Mistura Food Festival in Lima. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Calamar al Sillau - Mistura Food Festival in Lima, Peru
Our first meal at the 2nd Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru was almost Asian in nature - tender squid cooked in a soy and sweet sauce with sauteed vegetables from El Atlantico restaurant. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Chicharron as a Prize? Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru
Gaston Arcurio is the founder of the Mistura Food Festival and the man responsible for bringing Peruvian food to the world's stage. Here, he throws out bits of chicharron (pork rinds) for the audience. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Chilies of Every Color - Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru
A colorful basket of spicy chili peppers at the 2009 Mistura Food Festival in Lima, Peru. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Simple Tiradito in Lima, Peru
Tiradito is a Peruvian dish similar to ceviche in that raw fish is "cooked" by lime juice, but is served without onions and the fish is thinly sliced and has ginger and a little aji (pepper). Delicous. Eaten at El Muelle restaruant in the Barranco neighborhood of Lima, Peru. Read: Peruvian Food: More Than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Special Kind of Potato - Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru
Peru boasts 91 species and 2,800 varieties of potatoes (out of 3,900 varieties that exist in the world). Unfortunately, most of what we found in restaurants were the regular, white kind instead of purple and cool-looking potatoes like this. Taken at the 2009 Mistura Food Festival in Lima, Peru. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Cocktails at Tanta - Lima, Peru
A Cholopolitan (a Peruvian twist on a cosmopolitan made with pisco) and Chilca Coctel (creamy cocktail made with lucuma, pisco and other goodies) at Tanta, one of Gaston Acurio's restaurants in the Miraflores neighborhood of Lima, Peru. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Tiradito with Aji and Rocoto Sauces - Lima, Peru
Tiradito (thinly sliced raw fish "cooked" in lime juice) served with rocoto (red hot pepper) and aji (yellow hot pepper) cream sauces. Oh so good. Taken at El Muelle restaurant in Barranco, Lima (Peru). Read: Peruvian Food: More Than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Creamy Otto Kunz Cheeses - Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru
Two delicious combinations: chunks of gouda cheese with yellow chili sauce (aji de amarillo) and eidam topped with passion fruit sauce. Taken at the Otto Kunz stand at the 2009 Mistura Food Festival in Lima, Peru. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Conchitas a la Parmesana
Scallops baked with parmesan cheese - a delicious starter at our favorite restaurant - El Muelle - in the Barranco neighborhood of Lima, Peru. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
The Best Pisco Sours? Lima, Peru
Huaringas bar in the neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, Peru serves up a mean pisco sour. It even has a whole menu dedicated to pisco variations - the maracuya (passionfruit) is the best. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Leche Asada - Lima, Peru
Leche asada - it translates as roasted milk in Spanish, but it's really baked. Essentially, it's like a custard made of evaporated milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Taken at a cafe in the Barranco neighborhood of Lima, Peru. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Aji Panca Seco - Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru
A display of dried panca chilies (aji panca seco) at the 2009 Mistura Food Festival in Lima, Peru. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Ceviche For Lunch - Lima, Peru
A round of fish ceviche at our favorite restaurant - El Muelle in Barranco - in Lima, Peru. A large dish that was filling for two people was $6. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Flambeed Sushi Rolls - Lima, Peru
An incredible night of sushi at Edo in Miraflores in Lima,Peru. We sat at the bar and were treated to a show by the sushi chefs with flambeed salty and sweet rolls. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Enjoying a Rich Plate of Aji de Langoustina - Mistura Gastronomy Festival in Lima, Peru
You can usually find aji de gallina (piece of chicken cooked in a sauce from yellow chilies), but at the Mistura food festival we found aji de langoustina at Trattoria dei Pratti. The result? Rich with subtle flavors. Read: Peruvian Food: More than Just Ceviche © www.uncorneredmarket.com