Peru’s flagship cocktail is  Pisco Sour, a wonder for the palate and the mood. The most famous cocktail of Peru’s cuisine is, without a doubt, the Pisco Sour.  This delicious drink is created through a deft  combination of pisco, lemon juice, egg whites, gum syrup and Angostura bitters.  Its consumption is extensive throughout all of Peru  ...[+]

Chinese food in Peru is very different to international Chinese food.  It is popularly known as Chifa (name by which the restaurants that offer this food are also known by), voice that comes as an interpretation of the phrase the chinese traditionally use to say when food is ready: Chi and Fan (“eat” and “rice” ...[+]

  The flag beverage of Peru , the noble Pisco, has many ways it can be consumed. Traditionally, the Pisco Sour is the most populat cocktail and it is diffused as much inside as outside of the country, nevertheless, there is another pisco native preparation that has many followers: the Chilcano.  The Chilcano of Pisco is ...[+]

If you want to take advantage of summer in the north of Peru, a dish you cannot miss is fish. It is the most common food in the seaside resorts of the North due to the variety and exquisiteness with which it is prepared and afterwards brought to the table for all to enjoy. The secret ...[+]

If we have arrived at Peru to get to know one of the most exquisite cuisines in the world, we should find out where each of the dishes that we are eating come from.  For that we must keep in mind that Peru is the result of a mixture of races and cultures that utilize ...[+]

Currently Peru is characterized by the great gastronomic diversity that exists in each of its most important cities.  The Arequipenan cuisine distinguishes itself among the others by the colorfulness of its dishes and its generous use of capsicum fruit. The manner in which food is served in Arequipa is a ritual that is imperceptible among the ...[+]

In the bygone days of Lima, where housewives upheld ancient traditions in the preparation of meals, it was common to taste the famed Peruvian Sancochado, a dish that consists of various meats, boiled corn on the cob, different types of potatoes, yucca and yams, seasoned with seasonal fruits and the perennial hot pepper. Its origin comes ...[+]