Here are the Peruvian foods I like the most:
1) Lucuma anything! (surprise, right?)
2) Canchita- like corn nuts
3) Sweet Potato anything (called camote here)
4) Ceviche
5) Habas (fried dried beans)
On a day-to-day basis, I eat a ton of rice and meat dishes (generally at cheap little restaurants where I happen to be) and I really think that's what most Peruvians eat. Chicken and rice overload. If not rice, then it's potatoes. As per usual, the meats don't really do it for me. I tried a bite of anticuchos (grilled beef hearts) and they were ok, but not my fave. I also tried mondongo italiano, which looked like an Italian pasta dish with French fries. Problem was, the "pasta" was cow intestine. Too chewy- ick.
On my list to try is this little fellow below:
He is called a cuy, or guinea pig. He is a delicacy in the Andes. When I taste him, he will definitely need to be cut-up into tiny little pieces so that I cannot recognize his rodent body form. I hear he tastes best slow-roasted on a spit. I'm waiting until I'm actually in the Andes for this taste treat. :-)
I commented yesterday, while at lunch with the folks from work, that no one had an identifiable vegetable on their plate. Ají de gallina, pictured below, is a big favorite for lunch. If there is a vegetable on your place, it is solely for garnish or color. And, I repeat, potatoes are not vegetables. I am taking my multi-vitamin everyday for good reason.
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