yesterday morning i walked into the living room and the tv program said it was peru's day of independence. i didn't bother looking up if it was true, but i decided to get some sort of peruvian food that day. last time i had peruvian was in buenos aires on my birthday. or a day before/after. but it was a birthday meal for all intents. had some sort of rabbit i think. various fish and mariscos as well. tried leche de tigre, which the instructor that was treating us to dinner said din't contain lime, though it had that taste. maybe he said it doesnt traditionally contain lime, cause all the recipes i see online call for it. remember trying to explaion leche de tigre to my friends ex, who's parents are peruvian, but i kept calling it 'ojo de tigre' which was wrong. thats an orange and black stone. realized after i googled it
travelled about twenty-five minutes to get to the nearest peruvian food place. it was small. didn't recognize anything on the menu. had gone with the intention to get ceviche but i opted to try something new. ordered a pasta huaincana con lomo and to drink a cup of chicha morada. the chica had a similar look to agua de jamaica, but tasted sweeter, more fruity. probably due to the apple in it. i liked it. the pasta, i'm not sure how peruvian it was. it didn't look all that special but who knows. it was good still. may go again
before heading home i stopped by the argentine place that was a few doors down. after deliberating over which empanadas to get, a decision made harder by having just ate, i got a meat and a cheese/onion. saw that there was fugazzeta on the menu, which i had been wanting to have again for a while. maybe next time, but glad to know i don't have to make it myself