Lima Cooking Class: 1/2 Day
Peru is home to the cold Andean highlands, the hot coastal region and the humid Amazon rainforest. Each region offers a variety of indigenous culinary meats, fruits, and vegetables to their menus providing diversity within Peruvian Cuisine. Its variety of culturally diverse cooking techniques, make Peru one of the most outstanding culinary hotspots in the world!
On our Culinary Experience Tour you will have the opportunity to learn the magic of Peruvian food preparation, aswell as the art of its famous cocktail the ‘Pisco Sour’.
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Itinerary
- Cooking Class 1/2 Day
The tour will begin with pick up in private transport from your hotel in Lima.
Before arriving at the cooking class, you will be accompanied around a local fresh food market to purchase all the ingredients you are going to need to prepare traditional Peruvian food.
Afterwhich, you will be transported to an apartment in the city, which has beautiful views of the Pacific Ocean. Here our Chef Dina, will take you on a culinary journey, teaching you how to prepare and try the finest local cuisine. In addition to food, you will also discover the art of preparing and tasting the emblematic Peruvian cocktail ‘Pisco Sour’.
At the end of the tour, you will be taken back to your hotel in Lima.
Starters:
- Papa a la Huancaína (potatoes covered with Peruvian cream sauce)
- Fish Ceviche (fish marinated with lemon juice)
- Stuffed Cause (mashed potatoes)
Main courses:
- Lomo saltado (slices of beef, potatoes, onion and tomato)
- Rice with chicken (Peruvian style chicken and rice)
- Chicken chili (chicken, yellow pepper, milk and French bread)
Drinks:
- Chicha Morada (purple corn drink)
- Pisco Sour (Peruvian national cocktail)
If you are a vegetarian, you will prepare typical meatless food, in the style of Peruvian cuisine.
What’s Included?
Included
- Pick up from the Hotel in Lima
- Private transport around Lima and fresh food market
- Professional English/Spanish speaking tour guide
- Cooking class including ingredients purchased
- Lunch prepared alongside the chef
- 1 glass of purple Chica per person
- 1 bottle of water per person
- 1 Pisco sour cocktail per person
- Permanent Assistance throughout
- Private transport back to hotel in Lima at the end
Not Included
- Tips and Gratuities
Recommendations to bring
- Original passport – expiration date no less than 7 months
- Walking shoes or light shoes or tennis shoes
- Canteen water bottle as you should drink plenty of fluid on the tour
- Raincoat or long poncho during the rainy season
- Long sleeve shirts
- Long pants
- Insect repellent
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses
- Medicines and / or personal effects
- A light backpack or briefcase
- Camera or phone camera
- Cash/coins – small denominations – soles & dollars
- Face mask and face shield (if preferred)
Additional Information
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- The groups are in a private service.
- For the reservation of this tour a minimum of 02 people is required.
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