Greetings YouTube from Lima Peru! Today two Americans me and Abby are going to try some
Peruvian snacks.
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so one of our local guides here in Peru named Gabby not to be confused with Abby
gave us a list of local Peruvian snacks and candy to try so that's what we're
gonna do today we're gonna try these snacks and candies and give you our
impression of them so the first thing we're gonna try is Inca Cola so we have
something to wash the food down if it's like tastes really bad so Inca Cola is
the most popular drink here in Peru it was so popular that Coca Cola actually
bought Inca Cola because it was out selling Coca Cola we're go ahead and try
this now in the Midwest we call this pop Cheers
well so what do you think it's really sweet it's really sweet
it has ready yeah that's like a bubble gum I think it's like drinking juicy
fruit yeah I'm getting drinking juicy fruit right here yeah if you had a cream
soda that was juicy fruit flavored that's what this taste that's what this
tastes like it's actually not too bad though that I'm sure it's like a million
colors so the first snack we're gonna try is called Inca corn and if you go to
any Peruvian restaurants they always have this dish out when you get there
called Conchita and I think this is like a fried version of that and so that's
what we're gonna try to do have you
good yeah they are pretty good they're like really salty so if you like salty
treats they're good they're like corn nuts but way larger then the US is corn
nuts yeah they taste kind of like corn nuts maybe a little different yeah I
think the u.s. is are different cuz we're all about the flavors you have so
many flavors of corn nuts and these are giant kernels so a little different that
way yeah it's not too bad I give that one a thumbs up me too
so the next thing we're gonna try our Peruvian nachos so a couple of our
snacks have this purple corn in it that I believe is called chica and that's
what these tortillas are made from not a salties the corn we just had yeah pretty
much like your regular tortilla chip a little different though yeah a little
different not as crispy maybe they're good I would eat them again Oh howdy
yeah they'd be good like dipped in some queso or some salsa or something like
that yeah I'm gonna do thumbs up yeah I'm not sure if Peruvians dip their
tortilla chips and salsa or any kind of queso so if you're peruvian and you have
an answer to that please comment below so the next snack we're gonna try is
called chi plays which i believe is like plantains that are fried so forgive
these tres they're made by corinto so I'm not sure
if that's a popular Peruvian brand or not hmm
I can taste the plantain there's a little banana taste but not like a
banana chip yeah little bit it's closer to a potato chip but with a little bit
of banana taste I agree it wouldn't be my first choice I'm picking a snack I'd
probably pick the corn of the chips over those but they're an
and I was on a snacking theme I would definitely try this I think one thumbs
up or thumbs up it's good definitely try it I just like other snacks better so
the next dish we're gonna try is called donut Peppa and it's a Peruvian desert
so I'm pretty excited about this one it kind of reminds me of a pop tart maybe
we needed spoons and not Forks yeah so this is the donut Peppa huh it's very
dry very dry I'm not really sure what's in it it's not too sweet
I mean it's there's some sweetness to it because I think that's syrup on top you
know and sprinkles on top when I was looking at it I thought it would be much
softer cake more yeah and much sweeter I thought I was gonna be really sweet the
inner layers really dense and very dry when you're eating it it is very very
hard yeah I was very ready to put our fork said oh yeah that's a witness let
me try another yeah there's like multiple layers of it I'm not sure if
it's caramel that's in there or what so again if you're Peruvian and you know
please comment below what is in this dish I thought yeah I probably wouldn't
order this now but I'm not gonna give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down because I
know what it's like to be raised with something and enjoy it because you just
had it your whole life in Missouri we eat a lot of toasted ravioli and some
people just think that's so in Iowa there's been this big like chili
cinnamon roll dispute all over Facebook I've seen and
grew up eating that every time it cinnamon rolls at school at home
wherever so a lot of people are like what the heck that's super weird so you
eat chili cinnamon rolls together together yeah that's that's pretty weird
so see every place has their thing that they eat that they may love that other
people might not think that's great all right so lastly we're gonna try a
very popular Peruvian candy called chicha Morada so it's also made from the
purple Peruvian corn that is in a lot of drinks and a lot of dishes here in Peru
you owe me you owe me a piece of candy this one has definition I'm the winner -
tastes like a spicy taste it and then put it in my mouth it doesn't taste like
corn like some more cinnamon tea I'm getting a hint a little bit fireball
here me and fireball not friends I'm okay with what's going on because
there's like a sweetness but then there's some kind of like some kind of
pepper but it's not super hot not hot yeah I'm not really sure I'm not like
tasting corn I'm getting fireball maybe it's like in indeed it's not hot
for me yet but well there's like a lot of stuff going on
okay I'm gonna bite into it it's hard all the way through you know like the
gooey part yeah so now I'm getting like something in there that's kind of spicy
but it's not like overwhelming it's not like hot spicy just like like a kid
could eat this yeah yeah I'm not sure what I really think of these I let me go
middle the road don't hate it don't know if I need it again yeah yeah I'm not
really sure there's there's kind of a strange aftertaste I don't know if my
tongue is purple is your tongue purple no so what we're gonna do now is rank
them by which ones our favorite so we'll see if our favorites are the same so
what was your number one favorite of the all of these number one I deal with the
corn okay like this salty crunchy that's right up my alley yeah I would say this
is probably the most good thing that we ate a lot like
cornets so I can see why it might be the favorite I'm gonna go I'm gonna go a
little bit different I'm gonna say these Peruvian nachos were my favorite but
this was a close second for me so now you know what my second is this is my
second like I said I said the crunchy salty girl so that would run my alley
as well so the two things closest to American snacks were top two here
surprise surprise I would say number three for me is the Inca Cola I actually
kind of dig this I'm not sure if I'm drinking all the time because I'm sure
there's 100 million calories in this thing but I like I like sweet drinks and
it's pretty sweet so my number three I'm gonna go with again surprise crunchy
salty the plantain chips can't go wrong with that yeah so that would be the
plantain chips would be my number four I'm having a hard time deciding I wasn't
crazy about the cola this cake thing or the hard candies you can just make them
always yeah they're all last like I don't think I could ever drink this
again it's just like drinking juicy fruit and it's just super sweet so I can
tell it like hurt my stomach is just really sweet this it was good but really
dry it was okay and then since I got the hint of the fireball from the candies I
don't want to put myself through that pain yeah I think my last two would be
these two I would probably piss before I would eat this I'm not a big fan of this
sorry Caribbeans I know this is probably the most Peruvian thing we have but no
sorry so like I mentioned before me and Abby are both on remote year there's
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