Peru, gastronomic capital of something. I've had the good fortune of having eaten a lot of good food in a lot of places and Peru is definitely near the top. I had earlier written that I had never before eaten as well as I was eating in Buenos Aires and the still holds true...at least as far quality is concerned; ingredients there were top-notch. But Peru is a place where street-food reigns. Street food ingredients are not, let's say, sushi-grade but the flavors are blowing my mind. And the options are astounding.
My motto for Lima is "Eat Little and Eat Often." There are few things worse than being full and wanting a bite of ten more things; that was me yesterday and I seriously considered experimenting with bulimia. You think I joke but I'm totally cereal. Totally. Cereal.
The title refers to the first thing I ate in Peru (in the city of Arequipa). It was meat, it was on a stick, it was over a charcoal grill on the sidewalk: I could say nothing other than "One please." I had no idea what it was but it looked heavenly.
It was actually terrible.
I ate one heart then went around the corner and tried giving the other to a street dog but even he refused. But I continued and ate very well in that city, something I'm continuing in Lima.SL
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