Peru Going Out
Food and Drink
National specialities:
• Ceviche (uncooked fish marinated in lemon or lime juice and hot chilli pepper).
• Chupe de camarones (chowder-type soup made with shrimps, milk, eggs, potatoes and peppers).
• Causa relleña (potato cakes with chicken in the centre, but also cooked with avocado or crabmeat).
• Tamales (boiled corn dumplings filled with meat and wrapped in a banana leaf).
• Mazamorra morada (purple maize and sweet potato starch jelly cooked with lemons, dried fruits, cinnamon and cloves).
National drinks:
• Pisco sour (bittersweet cocktail made from a potent grape brandy).
• Other pisco-based drinks are algarrobina (pisco and carob syrup), chilcano (pisco and ginger ale) and capitán (pisco and vermouth).
• Chicha de jora (fermented corn juice) and chicha morada (non-alcoholic purple corn juice) are popular drinks dating from Inca times.
• Peruvian beers and wines are good.
Legal drinking age: 18.
Tipping: Service charges of 10% are added to bills. Additional tips of 5-10% are expected in better restaurants, while rounding up the bill or adding a few Soles is appreciated in small restaurants.
Nightlife
Shopping
Shopping hours: Hours vary significantly, but the standard is Mon-Sat 1000-1300 and 1600-2000.
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