These are scenes from our neighborhood pasteleria. It was conveniently located blocks from school. We sampled pastries filled with fruit, chocolate, and creams. Our favorite was a huge croissant covered in chocolate. A great snack to share!
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| Holding tank for the poor victims. |
After being in Cusco for alomst a month we mustered up the courage to try a local favorite; cuy (guinea pig fried up real nice like). We decided it would be safest to get a local`s recommendation on where to partake of this delight, so we went to Kyra`s new friend from the art museum. Tula recommended a great place where we were the only gringas and the only other table there was full of people and covered in Cusqueña bottles and empty plates. Liz dug right in to the lil' guy, exclaiming it tasted like fried chicken. Kyra was a bit more cautious and picked around the hairs still present on the leathery skin.
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| Choclo con queso- more typical Peruvian fare. |
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| Antes. |
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| Despues. |
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| Kyra wasn't a huge fan. |
After being in Cusco for a month we had certain places we liked to frequent for food. Breakfast and chocolate are two of our favorite food groups, so of course we found these spots quickly. Within the first week we were asking our Spanish teacher where the best chocolate in town was located. After much searching high and low, we found a place that sold truffles! Liz bravely tried a truffle with local Andean fruit, but we both agree plain old chocolate hits the spot best.
Jack's became our go-to breaksfast place when craving huge Western-style breakfasts. We went there one of our first mornings in Cusco and were sure to make it our last meal there as well (for now...).
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| Liz happily munches on a chocolate truffle in the one good chocolate shop we found while in Cusco. |
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| Piles of delicious food from our favorite breaksfast hang out. All in all we went to Jack's three times while in Cusco, always splitting something sweet and something savory. |
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