Micah finally got here

One of the first places I took Micah to when he got here was this Civecheria that I've known about for a long time but never had a good enough reason to spend so much money. It's in Cayma, a bit nicer part of Arequipa right next to Yanahuara where we live. Actually we live in one of the richest parts of the city but that just speaks to how nice Cayma is. They have a lot of upscale restaurants back on the little residential side streets that we're going to eventually try. :) That's one of the good things about living in a place so long is that eventually we can try them all.

Civeche w/the giant Peruvian corn

We ordered a spicy civeche, we had to because that's what they're known for and the reason why we went, and a tacutacu dish with fried fish in a soy sauce. And we got a pitcher of Chicha morada to go with it.

Tacutacu

Civeche is one of those typical Peruvian dishes that you need to try when you come to Peru. It's thinly sliced fish cooked in the acid from lime juice and mixed with onions and peppers for heat. Chicha is a really typical juice, you can find it every where and most places don't charge you for it, it usually comes with the meal. The way my family here makes it is by boiling purple corn, pineapple rinds and sugar to make the juice. It's not what you expect when you first taste it because it looks like wine, but it's definitely not. 

All in all we spent about $25, which is nothing in the States but a lot of money here. But this Civecheria turned out to be well worth the money.