Peruvian cuisine is one of the most sought after across restaurants in cities like London, Paris and New York. Peruvian cuisine is growing very popular all over the world and there is no better place than Peru to try some of its most well known delicacies. In fact, the Andean nation’s cuisine is so versatile that it could make many larger countries hang their heads in shame when it comes to showing off the variety in their respective cuisines. When you actually visit Peru, what is the most ‘Peruvian’ dish of the all? It has to be the disquieting cuy, which is relished all over this Andean nation. Cuy, or the guinea pig is cooked in a unique manner and is almost always presented without cutting off any body parts. [Continue reading...]

Something I find absolutely wonderful about Peru is the availability of fresh food from meat to cheese to fruits and veggies. You can also find art, flowers, fruit juice stands, lunch, and hardware shop stuff in markets at a very good price. I find that most people here do not shop in one fell swoop like they do in the States. [Continue reading...]

This Sunday we ate lunch in the Huaca Pucllana restaurant, which overlooks the pre-Incan Huaca Pucllana archaeological site, right in the middle of the city! [Continue reading...]

The evening after Stu and I first rocked up at the Karikuy headquarters last week, fresh (ha!) off a 16-hour bus journey, we were whisked off into Lima by Julio and his friends to enjoy a night on the town. It was Saturday night, and there was no time to waste! [Continue reading...]

For the past two weeks we have made the neighbourhood of Planeta our home. It really is unlike any other I’ve lived in. It’s certainly different to my home city of Brighton, on the south coast of England. I feel like we’re getting the chance to see the real Peru, you know? [Continue reading...]