I arrived in Lima late at night, ready to leave already since I am not a fan of the big city. All my bus rides from La Paz up to Lima have been with Peru Hop, a tourist bus service. The leg from Arequipa to Lima was with the same guides who kindly agreed to bring us to eat the best ceviche at a place unknown to tourists for lunch. It was definitely one of the best ceviches I’ve had during my trip!
After lunch, we headed to the beach in the other affluent neighbourhood of Lima. It was Easter weekend and the streets were full of families. The main square had so many vendors with balloons, I felt a bit like was in Disneyland. We enjoyed the beautiful sunset at the beach before heading to another delicious restaurant to try anticuchos, translation: cow heart, our guide’s favourite dish so we had to have some. The cow heart is cut into medallion sized pieces, about 2cm thick and put on a skewer to grill. The texture of the meat is unlike anything I’ve had because it is all muscle and the flavoring was delicious. Definitely worth trying! All of us who tried it thoroughly enjoyed it.
Lima is known as the food capital of South America, with many Michelin star restaurants all over the city and this small food tour was a great way to spend the day in Lima before passing out in the bus headed to the trekking town of Huaraz.