Suspiro de Limeña, or Lima Woman’s Sigh, is a parfait made of condensed milk, eggs, and sweet-red-wine meringue. It’s served
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Papa a la Huancaina is an appetizer of boiled potato covered in a mildly spicy, cheesy cream sauce. As indicated
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A wildly popular staple, albeit lesser known on the world stage, is the Lima-style fried-pork sandwich (often spelled “sanguch” in
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Anticuchos, the typical late-night food in Lima, are barbecued beef hearts served with boiled or fried potatoes. Don’t be afraid,
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You can’t go far in Lima without passing a Chifa restaurant. In Barrio Chino and parts of Lince, you will
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Sangrecita is a blood sausage similar to black pudding in Europe, or “morcilla” elsewhere in Latin America. Cooked chicken blood
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The signature Afro-Peruvian dish, Carapulcra, is a pork stew from Chincha Alta, the historic Afro-Peruvian city in the department of
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Seco de Cordero is lamb stewed in a cilantro-onion-garlic sauce served with rice and garbanzo beans. Seco de Res uses
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