Peru has one of the most exquisite and varied cuisines
of the world. The chefs have succeeded in adapting
different varieties of native ingredients while keeping
open the possibility of influences from the outside
food. The cuisine of Peru is an invitation to discover
flavors and fragrant smells which are as authentic and
old.
Andean cuisine, heated in a wood oven, the clay of the
highlands meet the odors and flavors associated with
this. Meat, tubers, grains and herbs are used in a
variety of simple but delicious dishes.
The entries include the Andean cheese corn, salad
chochos (tarwi), pork with corn or maize cooked over
fried pork, cancha (toasted corn), "tamales (ground
corn, wrapped in its own baking sheets)," Andean
Potatoes (boiled potato wedges with hot pepper and cream
cheese) and "inchik uchu (boiled cassava with peanut
sauce yellow pepper and cilantro).
Cusco is one of the best cuisines in the Peruvian Andes
where the prevailing use of potato (potato) and corn. It
is recalled that the pope is of Peruvian origin was well
developed from the Incas, the current production have a
variety of more than 3,000 types. Peru also highlights
the different varieties of coffee, which have achieved
global gourmet category in Cusco Quillabamba coffee
stands.
Recommendation: For tourists who arrive to Cusco (3,399
meters) you should avoid, at least the first day, eating
spicy foods, as it may be a factor of feeling the
altitude sickness or mountain sickness. " It is also
recommended to drink only bottled water. Cusco's top
restaurants can prepare typical foods or traditional
low-fat condiments and, at the request of the tourists.
Given the height of the city, the digestion of food may
take longer than normal.
Coca: It's an infusion of coca leaves, which have
medicinal and digestive properties. This drink avoid the
discomforts of altitude sickness, and is usually
available in all hotels to the arrival of their guests.
Pisco Sour: Clear, crystalline, bright and colorless. As
if it were a diamond, the pisco requires the same
characteristics of quality and beauty to receive honors
his name. Task of science and art is, therefore, do well
know pisco drink. This is a pure distillate of grape
juice, 6 to 7 kilos to one liter, which does not include
another ingredient that newly fermented juice of
different varieties of grapes from our shores. The
result: pure pisco. Peruvian pisco pure delight the
palate and the heart of the world. Cheers
Among the variety of liquors manufactured in Peru, pisco
is considered the national drink. Comes from local
grapes, distilled to obtain and produce this
world-famous pisco sour.
Typical food of Cusco
The usual places when it comes to food from Cusco are
traditional restaurants and picanterías called chicha
where you can eat dishes like:
"Timpo" (Quechua language timpu: boil), delicious soup,
stew prepared with the fervor of a piece of beef
brisket, head of lamb, pork, plus cabbage, potatoes,
Moray, chickpeas, rice, yams, peaches, pears and yuccas.
The broth is served separately from other things, which
are covered on a plate with cabbage leaves.
"Chuño Cola" stew of Inca origin. Delicious soup made
from boiling beef broth, rice, sausage, chickpeas,
potatoes and cornstarch. This dish is eaten with a
wooden spoon, called huisilla. The potato flour, potato
is dried.
"Cheese Kapche" (Kapche Cheese), soup of choice in the
months of November and December, made with green beans,
potatoes, milk, eggs, cheese, and chili, with a garnish
of onion, garlic and butter. Serve with rice.
"Pepián of Cuy or Rabbit" dish prepared with pieces of
pig (or rabbit) deep-fried, accompanied with a seasoning
of onion, red pepper, and peanuts. Serve with rice and
potatoes salcocho.
"Chicharrón with nickname" pork fried in its own fat,
served with grits or sweet corn ..
"Humita" sweet and savory tamales served without sauce.
"Tamal" sweet and savory tamales served without sauce.
"Adobo" in chicha spiced pork and spices and cooked in a
clay pot.
"Olluco meat, stew or beef jerky Olluco with flame.
More information about Peruvian Food
Restaurants in Cusco
In Cusco you will find restaurants of great variety of
cuisine, from Cusco, chifas (Peruvian-style Chinese
food), meat, chicken, fast food and international food.
There are restaurants of different categories and for
all budgets. The best restaurants are located in 5 star
hotels in the city and around the Plaza de Armas. Some
restaurants offer live music and folkloric dances in
vivo.
Restaurants:
Inka Grill: Portal de Panes N º 115, Plaza de Armas
El Truco: plaza regocijo square
Kusikuy Street No. 348 Silversmiths
La Cicciolina: Triunfo Street N ° 393
Fallen Angel: square Nazarenas No. 221
Cafes
Café Ayllu: Portal de Carnes No. 208, Plaza de Armas.
Trotamundos: Portal No. 177, second floor.
Café Varayoc: Espaderos N° 142
La Yunta: Portal de Carnes No. 214, Plaza de Armas.
