Foodie walking tour

I had another broken night because of all the noise in the street outside our window! After breakfast, Mark, Trudi, and I joined the foodie walking tour from the hostel.  We retraced our route to the historic centre that we took yesterday.  Thankfully, being Sunday, it was much quieter than yesterday.

We headed straight for Lima's main market where our guide, Wendy, explained all about the different meats (including guinea pig and baby goat (identified by their tails still being attached to the carcass)) and fish on sale.  Peruvians waste nothing from any animal that is butchered for food.  Beef heart is a delicacy, as is tripe and oxtail.

The first thing we tried was local olives stuffed with chestnuts and spicy peppers.  I'm not an olive fan, but Mark loved them.  We bought some for him to have on the truck tomorrow.Read more