Our Peruvian pals in Lima had recommended the restaurant Cicciolina in Cuzco and the guidebooks also mentioned it, so we figured it would be a good bet for something a little different but a nice meal. It's supposed to be Peruvian/Italian/tapas, as far as I can tell. Anyway, the food was definitely pretty good, I liked it and I think Derik did too. I don't have the menu and it isn't online, so unfortunately I cannot post the names of our dishes.
The one notable item here is that we tried guinea pig, aka cuy! It was cooked as confit, and served in a dish called a causa (a Peruvian dish which has something to do with mashed potatoes). I thought it was tasty - rich and kind of gamey, it tasted like rabbit. I would have it again, although I'm not too interested in going to a place where they serve it whole.. I find that a little too disconcerting. Anyway, without further ado, the pics! Oh, also notable is that I actually had a salad for the first time since coming to Peru. I don't know why they hate fresh vegetables here so much, but I was really missing them and when a salad went by from the kitchen I knew I had to have one!
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| duck prosciutto on toast and.. something else I forgot. all pretty tasty though. |
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| The guinea pig dish!! |
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| a little too much dressing but.. hey, veggies! |
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| some shrimps.. Derik ate these. |
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