Typical Peruvian Starter & Appetizer

Ceviche, also spelled Cebiche, is not only one of the most popular dishes in Peru and the pride and joy of all Peruvians, but as well the Peruvian National Dish with its very own National Day. A refreshing and light must-eat full of Peruvian flavor!

It hardly gets any more Peruvian on the dining table than enjoying the simplicity and fresh local flavors of Papas a la Huancaina.

Tequeños are known in all Latin America. In Peru they are very popular as starter, light lunch or small snack in the evening at a bar accompanying a Pisco or beer. You find them on every menu in restaurants and no party goes without them.

Foodwise it doesn’t get any more Peruvian than eating Anticuchos on the street. The spicy skewers - traditionally prepared with beef hearts - marinated in a mixture of aji panca, lime juice and / or vinegar, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper and grilled over open fire are deeply engraved in the culinary soul of every Peruvian and part of Peru’s gas...

Without the traditional Causa, summer in Lima is not the same. For Limeños there is no other food on a hot summer day more popular and refreshing than Causa.

Empanadas are probably most associated with Argentine or Colombia rather than Peru. However, the baked or fried pastries filled with savory or sweet fillings are so popular in Peru and prepared with the special Peruvian touch that they just belong here.

Peruvian Tiradito, one of the most popular and characteristic Japanese-Peruvian fusion dishes, represents like no other the unique combination of different cultures, traditions and flavors that is so characteristic for today’s Peruvian cuisine.

Juanes are a typical dish from the Peruvian jungle regions. Traditionally prepared by cooking yuca (cassava), local fish species and wild bird eggs wrapped in bijao leaves, with the arrival of the Spaniards in Peru, European ingredients such as chicken and olives were included; later Chinese immigrants brought rice to Peru and the Juanes we know...

Tamales are a very traditional Latin American dish. They are made of starchy dough, often corn- or potatoes based, to which meats (pork or chicken), cheese, chilies, vegetables, garlic and other spices are added. This mixture is wrapped in banana leafs, properly tied and cooked in boiling water.