Lima Day 11: Porks, Ducks, and Live Turkeys

Monday, December 23

Time is running short this trip. I am conflicted between eating all that I can and slowing down because I don't want to explode.

I started the day with a walk to Surquillo to get a Chicharron Sandwich. I went to the first place (the one I liked the best) of the ones from last week.

They had a sale: Two Sandwiches and a coffee for about $5. So much for slowing down.

Exploding did seem to come into play. I was only able to eat the Pork off of most of the second sandwich.

I wanted to try a couple of new places, so I hit up a Cebicheria that was also in Surquillo, La Granizada. I had peeked in earlier in the week, and the place looked OK.

It was pretty good. I kept it simple, having just a Leche de Tigre, and an order of Tacu Tacu with Duck.

Yeah, I ate it all.

Walking back home from the restaurant, I passed a Turkey tent.

So, you get to pick your own and take it home. Probably not to keep as a pet. I passed.

Amazingly, I was pretty full, so I didn't eat much for Dinner. Cimaru met me at 9:00 pm, and we went to Punto Azul for a bite. We shared an order of Fried Langostinos.

In case you had doubts, we liked them. She ate more than half.

It was still early after we ate, so we stopped at a bar called La Emolienteria. Cimaru had something or other to drink, and I had my first Emoliente.

According to the Internet, Emoliente is Emoliente is kind of an herbal tea. Sold by street vendors around the country at corners, bus stops or parks and plazas, it is part of Peruvian lifestyle and believed to have healing and protective powers. No wonder, because emoliente is made of numerous Peruvian medicinal plants, herbs and seeds.

That's what the internet says. I told Cimaru that I've seen it sold hot on street corners, and it was summer. She had a whole discussion with the waiter, and mine came out cold.

It was tasty, not at all medicinal-seeming. I would have it again, even though I think it might be sugar-laden.

That was it for the day.