Gastronomic tips

The usual places to try food from Cusco are the traditional restaurants called chicherias and picanterias where you can eat typical dishes like:

• Kapchi: lima bean or mushroom soup with potatoes, milk, eggs, and cheese.
• Chicharrón con mote: pork rinds fried in their own fat, served with hominy or individual kernels of sweet corn.
• Humita: a sweet or salty tamale, served without sauce.
• Tamal: a sweet or salty tamale, served without sauce.
• Saralawa: soup of fresh corn, lima beans, dry aji Amarillo (yellow hot pepper), and huacatay (native herb).
• Chuño cola: beef soup with rice, garbanzo beans, and dehydrated potatoes.
• Adobo: pork marinated in chicha and spices and cooked in a clay pot.
• Olluco con carne: Olluco stew with jerky or llama meat