Street Food in Peru - ULTIMATE 14-HOUR PERUVIAN FOOD + Market Tour in Lima!
Street Food in Peru - ULTIMATE 14-HOUR PERUVIAN FOOD + Market Tour in Lima!
Notable moments
- 01:11 Exploring La Parada Wholesale Market
Mark and his host walk through La Parada wholesale market in Lima, viewing stalls of produce, giant choclo corn, maca roots, and native herbs. They sample a street snack of boiled broad beans (habas) topped with fresh green huacatay ají sauce.
La Parada Market, Lima, Peru - 04:58 Caldo de Gallina at Caldo Cesar
The hosts visit Caldo Cesar, a bustling street food tent and restaurant famous for its traditional chicken hen soup. They enjoy large bowls of noodle broth served with a hard-boiled unpeeled egg, accompanied by a plate of tender, long-boiled free-range hen and glasses of chicha morada.
Caldo Cesar, Lima, Peru - 10:43 Fresh Peruvian Ceviche at Market Stall
At a vibrant market stall, a vendor prepares fresh ceviche by tossing raw fish chunks with lime juice, chilies, cilantro, and a splash of milk to make fresh leche de tigre. It is served garnished with sweet potato, large choclo corn, and toasted cancha corn kernels.
La Parada Market, Lima, Peru - 15:42 Exotic Fruit Tasting at Mercado de Frutas
Mark visits Lima's giant wholesale fruit market to sample a wide array of native Peruvian fruits. He tastes yellow pitaya dragon fruit, sweet granadilla, sour guanábana, tart cocona, cactus sanky fruit, and creamy lucuma.
Mercado Mayorista de Frutas, Lima, Peru - 20:21 Crispy Papa Rellena Street Snack
A street vendor deep-fries stuffed mashed potato balls until golden and crispy outside. He splits open the potato to expose the savory minced beef and raisin interior before topping it generously with onion salsa and spicy ají sauces.
Mercado Mayorista de Frutas, Lima, Peru - 22:16 Trying Fermented Potato Tocosh
Mark and his friends try tocosh, an Incan traditional medicine made from naturally fermented potato pulp. They sample it both as a gelatinous warm pudding porridge and as a concentrated shot.
Mercado Mayorista de Frutas, Lima, Peru - 28:49 Historic Plaza de Armas of Lima
Aerial and street-level views showcase the grand architecture surrounding Plaza de Armas in historic central Lima. Visitors stroll across the grand cobblestone plaza framed by the Cathedral of Lima and historic colonial buildings.
Plaza Mayor de Lima, Peru - 29:19 Chicharrón Sandwich at Sanguchería El Chinito
Inside a iconic Lima sandwich shop, Mark digs into a famous Sanguche de Chicharrón piled high with thick cuts of crispy fried pork belly and fried sweet potato slices. He tops the sandwich with pickled red onion salsa and pairs it with Inca Kola, tamales, and arroz chaufa.
Sanguchería El Chinito, Lima, Peru - 33:56 Peruvian Rotisserie Chicken at Don Tito
At Don Tito, dozens of whole chickens rotate on large spits over flaming charcoal in a custom rotisserie oven. The group shares a whole juicy Pollo a la Brasa featuring crispy spiced skin, served alongside french fries and creamy yellow ají dip.
Don Tito, Lima, Peru - 38:16 Beef Heart Anticuchos at Anticuchos Manuela
At an evening food stall in Miraflores, a street cook grills marinated beef heart skewers over an open charcoal flame, brushing them with seasoned oil using a corn husk. Mark enjoys the tender, smoky beef heart anticuchos served hot on wooden skewers with boiled potato and red pepper salsa.
Anticuchos Manuela, Lima, Peru - 43:34 Fresh Picarones at Kennedy Park
Vendors at a night stall in Kennedy Park spin sweet potato and pumpkin batter into ring shapes and deep-fry them in hot oil using long wooden skewers. Mark and Timor enjoy the hot, crispy picarones donuts drizzled with dark, spiced chancaca molasses syrup.
Kennedy Park, Lima, Peru
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