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The food in Peru - probably the thing this country is best known for other than the Incas. Home to several of the world's best restaurants (for you Chef's Table fans, I walked past Central but didn't have the balls to eat there on my own), it has a great variety of local and national dishes depending on which region you're in. The coast has a lot more seafood dishes, especially the famous ceviche and tirradito, which is more thinly sliced fish, similar to sashimi but with light seasoning. Corn is used everywhere; roasted as bar snacks, fried or boiled as a side dish, mashed and sweetened as a drink (Chiche Morada is a popular drink made from purple corn, like a lighter Ribena) or ground as flour. Goat, chicken and duck are also popular, with specialities such as river trout and cuy (guinea pig) in the mountains. Sweet stuff is big here, with sugary snacks including jam and majar blanco (a creamier dulce de leche) everywhere, my favourites being a filled churro or tres leches cake 😍 I also drank a fair few Pisco Sours (classic and flavoured with a variety of tropical fruits which grow here including passion fruit and physalis, and some I'd never heard of like Lúcuma), glad I did a Pisco tasting too as it's the national drink and due to being distilled from grapes has a wide range of flavours depending on the grape and the region they were grown in. You can eat well for a pittance in Peru, and the food is generally quite mild in terms of spice (they're happy to dollop some chilli sauce or fresh chilli on for you though!). . . . #peru #perufood #peruvianfood #lima #limafood #eatlima #perucomida #limaperu #peruvian #peruanas

Peru was amazing, from the dusty desserts of Lambayeque with my family to the mountains around Cajamarca, beach at Pimentel and the dramatic cliffs and historic buildings of Lima. Shame I didn't get to do Cuzco or Machu Pichu on this visit, but if there's one thing I've learnt over the past 3 weeks it's that there is a ridiculous amount to see in Peru. Not only do they have sites and artefacts from over 8000 years of civilisation, but the terrain varies massively from the coast to the Andes and even the Amazonian jungle! I've put my stories in a highlight on my profile in case you're interested - food pics incoming... . . . #peru #lima #cajamarca #pimentel #cumbemayo #latinamerica #southamerica #perutravel #visitperu #visitlima

Decided to give the new lunch deal at @patanegrabristol a go - bocadillo, tomato salad or patatas bravas and a homemade lemonade for £7.50. I was absolutely stuffed (although I did choose to get the sandwich with the salad then share a portion of bravas, so my own fault really), the sobrasada with roasted peppers was lush and I maintain that the tomato salad is in my top 3 things on their menu. Plus, the crispy poached egg with sobrasada is back on the main menu, praise be! 🙌 . . . #bristol #bristolfood #bristolfoodie #eatbristol #foodgram #patanegra #patanegrabristol #bristollunch #wrigglebristol #visitbristol #hellobristol #bristol247 #crumbssnaps #crumbsmag #bestofbristol #bristollife #bristollove #bristolindies

All aboard for the #WokyTour! 🚂 I get to do some cool stuff as part of working for Visit Bristol half of the week, and this time I got to embark on a tour of all four Woky Ko locations in the city, not bad for a Wednesday afternoon! First up we had baos at the original Woky in @wappingwharf, which serves up a simple menu of noodles and those pillowy buns, while a few doors away the slick older sister Woky Ko Kaiju is all about the rich and flavoursome ramens and small plates. We then went on to the stall at @stnicksmarket (my first visit) which has a straightforward selection of a couple of meat/veg options which you can have with a choice of 2 different sauces (red thai curry or katsu on the day we went) and rice or curry noodles. I really enjoyed the food we had there - the fried cauliflower with katsu sauce was so comforting on a cold day, and the portions were huge for £6! Last up we went to the new Woky Ko Xing Ju (formerly Kauto) on the Triangle, which specialises in roasted meats such as Peking duck, roasted pork belly and char sui pork. We had a mini portion of the 'Three treasures' which was the three meats above with some rice, pickles and a selection of sauces, so good! The meats were ridiculously tender with gorgeous marinades. The dipping sauces were great too, especially the honey mustard which had the proper kick of English mustard! . Have you been to any/all of the Wokys, and do you have a fave? . . . #bristol #bristolfood #wokyko #visitbristol #bestofbristol #bristol247 #hellobristol #crumbssnaps #crumbsmag #bristolindies

Last week's roast at @punchbowlbristol. Woooooof. . . . #bristol #bristolfood #bristolfoodie #eatbristol #foodgram #roastdinner #sundayroast #sundaylunch #bristolroast #bristollunch #britishfood #englishfood #ukfood #bristollife #bristollove #bristolindies #visitbristol #hellobristol #bristol247 #crumbssnaps #crumbsmag #bestofbristol #oldmarket #bristolpubs

[Complimentary meal] I was beyond chuffed to be invited by @bar44bristol to their brandy dinner with the legendary @grupo_osborne, who have been making tasty booze since 1772 in Spain (you'll probably recognise their black bull logo from various bottles in Spanish bars). I didn't know much about brandy, but as a keen rum drinker and with a new appreciation of whisky and sherry, I thought it my duty to go along and find out more (plus, who says no to a four-course dinner?). We got to try a range of their brandies and wines, all of which were fantastic (I was a bit obsessed with their white Rioja), especially the Carlos I 1520, which had all the deliciousness and depth of a premium dark rum. I can genuinely say I'd consider a neat brandy at the end of an evening where I'd usually opt for one of my favourite rums (maybe not the Carlos I though, it retails at over £100 per bottle 😬). Bar 44 are doing a range of wine and spirit paired dinners over the coming weeks (I've got my eye on their Rioja dinner), and I can't recommend them enough; the food is fantastic, the team are lovely and I learnt a lot too. ¡Salud! 🍷 . . . #bar44 #bristol #bristolfood #bristolfoodie #eatbristol #clifton #osborne #rioja #bristolfoodies #visitbristol #bestofbristol #bristol247 #hellobristol #crumbssnaps

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