Gastronomic Tips

The typical Tumbes cuisine is famous for dishes based on sea bass, grouper, sole, swordfish, as well as mollusks and shellfish from the ocean and the mangroves such as black scallops, crabs, oysters, lobsters, and prawns. The dishes that must be tried are:

1. Cebiches de conchas: scallops with lime, onion, and aji limo (hot pepper).
2. Aji de langostinos: prawns in a bread crumb and aji amarillo (hot pepper) sauce.
3. Chupe de cangrejo: crab chowder.
4. Majarisco: mashed green bananas with a shellfish sauce.
5. Sango de plátano verde: made from black scallops and green bananas.
6. Caldo de bolas: stuffed banana balls

Some typical desserts are:

1. Antecoco: coconut dessert.
2. Antepapaya: paw-paw dessert.
3. Dulce de grosella: gooseberry dessert.
4. Mazamorra: purple corn pudding

The chinguirito is a typical drink made from coconut juice.