Street Food in Peru - ULTIMATE 14-HOUR PERUVIAN FOOD + Market Tour in Lima!

2019-07-14 13:00:02

by Mark Wiens

2016

Street food in Lima Peru Lima Peru PeruvianFood streetfoodPeruvian food is one of the world s great cuisines and I was thrilled to have a chance to visit Peru to learn about and taste the food In this video get ready for an ultimate 14 hour straight Peruvian street food tour of Lima Here s everything included in this food tour La Parada Market If you love vegetable markets I don t think anywhere else in Lima is as colorful energetic and vibrant This is the beating heart of Lima s food supply and I fully enjoyed walking around and seeing the diversity of ingredients from around Peru all in one busy wholesale Market Caldo Cesar Elias navigated us to Caldo Cesar a restaurant that was incredibly packed and specializes in some of Lima s best caldo de gallina chicken hen soup It was one of the best chicken soups I ve ever had in my life Total Price 52 PEN 15 71 for 4Ceviche Cart One of the national dishes and most beloved dishes of Peru is ceviche raw fish in lime juice and we walked over to the section of the market where they sell fish and seasonings for ceviche and had a plate of fresh Peruvian ceviche It was delicious Price 8 PEN 2 42 Fruit Tasting This was pretty unplanned we just walked around the fruit market and tasted about a dozen types of fruit My favorite fruits were the Sanky Fruit produced by a cactus Camu camu Native to the Amazon rainforest and Lucuma Gold of the Incas Papa rellena This is one of the most common of all Peru street foods a papa rellena or a Peruvian stuffed potato I was impressed one of the best fried potatoes maybe I ve ever had in my life Tocosh This fermented potato pulp was invented by the Incas and it s not for the faint of heart I thought it was unique and pretty delicious and fun to eat and it contains natural penicillin Papa con huevo This was ok but just basic a potato with egg on top and doused in sauces This is again a classic part of Peruvian street food especially enjoyed by children Sanguchería El Chinito I practically moved to Peru just for this sandwich Timour Ghoneim That says it all about this legendary chicharrón Peruvian sandwich located at Plaza de Armas And he was right you would move to Lima for this sandwich Don Tito Pollos a la Brasa If you ask Peruvians what is one of their comfort foods I m guessing pollo a la brasa would be a common answer Pollo a la brasa is Pervuian rotisserie chicken but somehow they just do it better in Peru Total Price 84 PEN 25 39 Anticuchos Manuela Without a doubt this was one of my favorite parts of this entire Peru street food tour of Lima anticuchos or grilled cow hearts They are truly majestic so juicy and flavorful you won t believe it Price 10 PEN 3 02 Picarones Finally to end this ultimate street food in Peru tour of Lima we ordered some picarones donuts made from sweet potato and pumpkin They are addictively delicious and should be eaten when you re in Lima Price 6 PEN 1 81 per boxAgain a huge thank you to Timour and Elias for showing us amazing street food in Peru MUSIC Bailamos Te Quiero Verdad Banana Chips are available now Get t shirts and caps Camera gear I use FOLLOW