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RE: Travel Pro Eats #13: Civiche de Conchas Negras on the Streets of Mancora Peru! (Video and photos!)
The civiche looks authentic. We've had it 'recently' (like two months' ago) at a Mexican restaurant. The lime 'cooking' the seafood ensures that the bacteria is killed. This is what the chef/owner told us, but we were not that afraid of eating raw seafood (depends on the seafood). For example, we love sushi, but we have come accustomed to eating decent sushi after a string of bad, cheap and tasteless sushi.
Thanks for giving us a 'taste' of Peruvian cuisine. Roasted Guinea Pig next?
You guys and I have a lot in common including food we like. I have not tried the ginue pig. I heard many foreigners who have tried say it's not very good and very boney. Have you tried it?
Yes we do have a lot in common!
Sam has tried the Guinea Pig - two ways - roasted and on a pizza. He had it in Cusco with his friends before trekking to Macchu Picchu. He didn't like it. Very tough and quite strong in flavour!
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EXACTLY! That's what everyone says! So I've never tried. If everyone said it tasted good, like civiche I'd certainly try it. What about Alpaca Steaks? Have you guys tried that?
Nope we haven't tried Alpaca steak. We missed that one out. How was it? Chewy? Tasty? Furry?
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The Alpaca is like my new favorite! It's like a cross between steak and pork. It's tender, tasty, not so furry! lol
So, you can have it done your way or is it straight out cooked?
We're glad it wasn't so furry, but a few hairs here and there didn't hurt anyone. lol
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Haha. Each restaurant does it their own way. Higher end restaurants do a western style thick steak. Lower end do a thin cut. But it's all good! Going to get more tonight! Peru has great food. I'm impressed.
We guess you went low end restaurant and authentic style steak? If you love it then why not get some more. Enjoy! 😋
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