well hello and welcome back to our channel as you can see Sam's got a blue
t-shirt on picked us up at the airport we are still talking about Peru today
and yeah we got this at the airport when we relieving when her flight was
canceled and we're still talking about Peruvian foods in fact it does so much
travel and Peru over the years that we've come up with 25 must try a
Peruvian foods that you can have when you're traveling input yes and these are
dishes from all over the country so we have dishes from the jungle from the
coast you have mountains so let's get started so in no particular order number
one ceviche ceviche so this is the national dish Suroosh super popular
along the coast but surprisingly we've also had ceviche up in the mountains
which is really not where you're supposed to be eating it so basically
it's raw fish that have been cut up into chunks and it's cured in either lime or
lemon juice and it's just so sour so sweevo full and they serve it with
white corn and sweet potato and onions so you can get it at a cevicheria which
is a restaurant specializing in the dish you can also find any grocery stores and
sometimes you can even find it as street food number two did I'd eat though
didn't eat though so this is kind of like a variation of the ceviche and it's
quite similar to sashimi so basically you've got raw fish again and it's being
sliced very finely very thinly except that they're putting a heat on it uh
yeah Modena which is like this spicy yellow pepper sauce yes so it is very
good typically we order it whenever we have ceviche that's also like a side
dish yeah yeah I absolutely love this dish I haven't had it as much as I've
had ceviche but it's one of those dishes that's really growing on me over the
years number three bapak I love one guy inna mm-hmm okay so this is a potato
dish and it's a yellow potato that's sliced quite thickly actually and then
it has the one kareena sauce on top yeah and this is a creamy
and rich yellow sauce with a he's so creamy and rich I could practically just
drink it on itself I love it's my favorite Peruvian so it's definitely
addition we recommend highly yeah so this dish is always served with
hard-boiled egg cut down the middle and black olives can't be missing those
number four I eat the guy inna yes so a he the guy Nina is made with chicken
breast and it's a shredded chicken breast ready chicken breast yeah and
again it's in a very rich thick sauce yes he of course you one ingredient we
keep it also it also often has peanuts in it as well yes and the heating Edina
can be served with boiled potatoes or with rice or sometimes with both and
yeah I know they're super yeah we've actually had it with both ones before
and that's it yes a super popular dish is also something we've had a lot of
your answers and your mom sometimes makes it too yeah which is very
labor-intensive I will say but it's delicious well worth the effort I'd say
number five honey honey is a dish that we had when we were in the jungle your
heater is on yes yeah so basically how do I even explain this you've got like
this ball of rice with chicken and olives and like all these different
ingredients and they wrap it in a massive green leaf that looks like a
banana leaf but apparently it's called bee house like that and then once it's
wrapped in the leaf they tie a knot and they put it in a pot and it boils in a
little bit of water so it's really fascinating to unwrap it because it just
dominated in the green color yeah open it up it's like a present oh not exactly
oh yeah it's really good we have that a few times when we're in the Amazon
very tasty number six focaccia Issa Cena okay this is my personal favorite dish
from the jungle basically the Doc Ock show is green plantain yep they take it
and they like mash it down yep and then they shape it into a ball
yes and then this is Cena its pork meat the dried and smoked and it can be
served separately or sometimes to take the pork meat and they put it inside
that bowl of plantain it's so so good it's a very salty dish it's also a very
filling dish so if you're hungry yeah it's something to consider for sure
number seven rocket Orion yo yes this is Sam's favorite dish I would say I love
it and it comes from the city of Arequipa yeah been there we need to go
move in there that's the white city I believe it's
something it's a dish that's just beautiful so colorful it's basically
you've got your pepper and inside it's filled with all these different
ingredients often rice mince meat different all kinds of different
ingredients it's yeah so tasty so delicious I love it
number nine Lomo saltado oh yes this is another super popular dish in Peru
basically it's like these strips of beef yeah and they are cooked in a frying pan
or a wok so this is a dish that actually has influences from Chinese cuisine yes
like yeah I know Chifa influences in it yes it's cooked in the frying pan with a
bit of soy sauce and tomatoes and onions and some Peruvian spices yeah it's
really delicious it's really colorful with all the peppers and it's also
really tasty it's a combination of like salty and savory but it's also really
juicy because of the knackers I love it basically like a stir-fry and
you can usually get it with french fries or you can get it with rice yeah I
prefer with french fries yes me too number nine Gaza Gaza this is another
dish I love oh so much I usually get it as an appetizer so basically you it's
kind of like a shepherd's pie in a way a cold shepherd's pie so they take yellow
potato and they matched it they make like a puree yeah and then in the middle
you can have different fillings so it can be like shredded chicken with the
video sauce or you can get seafood I usually do a chicken one it has avocado
in it as well I think the chicken one is the most common and it's really
beautiful all the different layers and I didn't know this
apparently in the like yellow potato mash they put a little bit of lemon
juice and a little bit of a nice you get some of that citric yeah a little spice
little spice is that yeah I didn't know that ten anticuchos anticuchos yes so
we've had this a few times and like we mentioned this is really popular street
food although you can also get it at restaurants now but basically it's the
cow's heart I'm just here on a skewer up on us here cooked over fire with some
spices very good in terms of like watching it being prepared it is the
coolest dish that you can see you live like just the flames and wow the way
they like put sauce on and everything it's so cool it's so tasty it doesn't
taste like what I think heart would taste like it tastes like really nice
tender meat yeah and usually get that with chocolate which is corn and some
boiled potatoes 11m Buju I love Barraza yes and if there's one place to try this
it's Pardo's again it's like a chain of franchise it's everywhere almost on
every single corner and Vanessa it's kind of like a rotisserie chicken
mystery chicken prepare it so well like the meat is usually so tender and juicy
and the outside is like crisp a little greasy I like the skin in the sauce the
most and it's just it's a very filling meal yeah it's like if I was if I went
for a long jog or something and then hit some protein I would go for her there
you go yeah number twelve pastel de choclo
another new favorite dish for me I feel like I've been raving about this one for
a while basically I'm also gonna compare this one to shepherd's pie except
instead of mashed potato you have a creamy corn paste
yeah so it's like two layers of the corn and in the middle of you have like this
chopped beef yeah onions and garlic and raisins
it's so good so good and how it differs from Gaza too is that it's a warm dish
yeah warm casserole yeah I'm very very tasty
I love the reason isn't it number 13 pisco sour mm-hmm
drink national drew yeah one of the best drinks in the whole world let's be
serious okay I love it yeah basically the key ingredient there is pisco which
you can buy in the town of peace go into Peru
it's a white grape brandy yeah yeah and the other ingredients let's see we have
egg whites or bitters bitter also some lemon as well yeah of course
which gives it the sour taste yeah this is dress it's really good it's really
good it's so refreshing especially on a hot afternoon have one of those in your
hand with some ice cubes oh yeah that's good stuff number fourteen and I have a
hard time pronouncing this the Spiro I love the mean yeah there you go oh here
is a little love what do you mean yet yeah yeah so this is a dessert that
originated in Lima that's how it gets its name and basically it has my kind of
line goal good but I can eat from the jar yeah you guys they do and on top of
that you have this meringue and the marina has a slightly purple color and I
was always like why is it purple what's the mystery ingredient its port wine oh
they put port wine in the meringue so that's why it's purple but yeah it's
very good I'm learning a lot from this video yeah 15 be cut on this mm-hmm
so this is another popular street food dish you can usually buy it at the park
and yeah we've had a lot tried it a la we actually often pick it up at Parque
Kennedy which is a park in the miraflores area and we usually get it
after we've had a nice meal but we're not quite satisfied with what's
available for dessert yeah it's really tasty so basically they're kind of like
these deep fried dough rings they don't get in oil and it can either be made
with sweet potato or with pumpkin yeah and then once it comes out from the oil
they pour a honey over it yeah and yeah it's very tasty that's the best part you
got a Duncan it's very very sweet 16 Kui Kui this is
a bit of a controversial one because it's a pet a mascot for a lot of people
but it's a very popular dish in the Sierras like in the mountains especially
and you see it at almost every single restaurant when you go to Cusco so it's
a guinea pig it is a guinea pig we've tried it before
yes it tastes a little bit like chicken but it's a little tougher and a little
easier on the outside if that makes sense
yeah it's actually pretty tasty to be on this yeah yeah and this is something
that has been consumed for centuries because it has low fat but high protein
yeah so yeah if you're in the mood for guinea pig who skills a good place
exactly that's your best bet to try it 17 l fours yes oh yes so this is kind of
like a dessert but also a little sweet snack deep is any time a day yeah and
basically it's like a cookie sandwich except the cookies are made with corn
starch flour yeah so yeah it's just kind of like crumbly and in the middle it has
mine kind of Lango and then they put a dusting of icing sugar on top so so so
so good yeah and there's one really good place to buy these in Peru it's called
like a so little foghorn yeah and also it's a chain that just specializes in
Anacortes yeah they'll make them for you and also give you kids where you can
make them yourself yeah you can assemble it at home it brings like all the
different parts and you just have like put the caramel it's actually quite fun
to do that yeah 18 chicha Morada my favorite drink same here
so this is kind of like a juice made with purple corn and I saw being
prepared at my grandma's house and basically they boil the purple corn in
the water and they also add pineapple peel there was quince there was there's
other choices sometimes cinnamon cinnamon I've tasted of fo the cloves
yeah it tastes really good I think it's the most refreshing drink yeah I'm in
Peru and it's really cool because every different place you go to there's a
slightly different recipe so it always tastes a little bit different
where you happen yeah and I forgot to mention once it cools down then you can
add a little bit of line a little bit of sugar
number 19 go meet Annie gay yes so this isn't one particular dish but rather a
type of cuisine so like we've mentioned in the past Nikkei is fusion food
between Japanese and Peruvian cuisine so when you go to a Nikkei restaurant you
can order a lot of Japanese dishes but you'll notice that they have Peruvian
spices that's right being ingredient so a really good example of this is a CV
chavo which is basically sushi Maki rolls number 20 arroz con leche Madame
ora Mirada tongue twister for sure I'm super here yeah okay so this is actually
two desserts combined into one so I will score niche is a rice pudding
it's your rice pudding so it's yeah rice cinnamon raisins and the mazza more
Mirada is basically the purple corn dessert so you mix them together and it
just tastes of it it's like the ultimate mix of two different puddings and again
you can buy it on the street or in parks popular street food dessert is very much
as number 21 Oh Coppa oh okay so this dish is super similar to Papa Don Juan
Guyana yes so this green is basically a different sauce it's made with what
kadai yeah and it also has cream cheese cream cheese fresh cheese's as a base
and some peanuts so it's really tasty they also serve it on top of oiled
potatoes and you can't be missing those black olives that hard-boiled egg it's
always there well it's so good it's one of our favorites yeah 22 empanadas yes
and you can find empanada all over South America but empanada in Peru you know
have their own twist yes so basically with the fillings you can get stuff like
beef and chicken fish whatever you're craving but you can also get them
stuffed with Lomo saltado yeah as a Korean dish and with my healing
which is another Peruvian oh I'd love to try the ones with it yeah Oh another
thing that's also unique about proving empanada is that they usually have a
light dusting of icing sugar on the exterior and they serve it to you with a
bit of lemon or lime and squeeze that and you get some acidity and some
sweetness with your filling they're so good guys you've just gotta you've got
to try them for here 23 a real Saturday composure and this is one of your
favorite dishes yes it is I love it it's basically chicken with green writes
mm-hmm it's so good again it's one of those meals that you have when you're
really hungry because it's usually served as a big portion yes and the
secret ingredients for the green rice are cilantro and spinach and I love
cilantro so I usually love agreeing right it's really good number 24 salty
Papa okay this is a very popular street food and also kind of like a young
person snack oh yeah it's a total teenager foods yeah
so basically it gets its name said she Papa from sanchita in a Bob Bob which
would be like hot dogs and potato or your eyes so basically you get some
sausage or hot dogs they like slice it up mix it with french fries you have
some cheese maybe an egg and then you get different sauces like ketchup
ketchup mayo sometimes - he can't missing one of those dishes where you
should just put lots of sauce on it that's how it tastes best in my opinion
and last but not least 25 can cheetah can cheetah and this isn't actually a
proper meal no it's like a snack it's a snack that's all yes served as a small
appetizer before even your real appetizers and your mains come it's yeah
it's brought right to your table right away yeah so basically it's a toasted
corn a large corn because corn in Peru is like massive so they have to heat
these kernels at very low heat so they don't start popping I like the popcorn
but yeah it basically looks like corn kernels that have been toasted they're
kind of like crunchy they're salted and it's a nice
they're really tasty they're kind of addictive like you see if it comes in a
bowl there's a lot I always empty the bowl it brings and they have to bring
seconds sometimes even thirds that's how yeah they are and there you have it that
was basically 25 dishes to try when you come to Peru this list is by no means
complete there are way more Peruvian dishes to try and like just sitting here
I think I don't we didn't really talk about California or no father this or
that so yeah if you go to Peru there's a lot to eat there's a lot to try these
are just some ideas to get you started exactly and we'd also like to know what
are some of your favorite Peruvian foods and what are some things that you
recommend for others to try for their first visit to Peru good one so that's
it for now we'll say farewell and we'll see you in the next video