Day 4, also known as Spatula Day, was the first day we got to eat one of my favorite Peruvian foods, known as Papa ala Huancaina. Papa refers to potato, and Huancaina refers to Huancayo, the town where the dish originated. The sauce is a creamy, spicy sauce which is generously applied to the smoothest, tastiest potatos which I've ever been affiliated with. I'm not sure how they make potatos so smooth and suave. I imagine that anyone from Idaho who visits Peru and has these papas is rendered a little embarrassed and uncomfortable by the experience. In our excitement to devour them, we forgot to take a proper picture, but we found one on the internet to give you the idea.
Also, we bought a spatula.
Maltry went a little Huancaina crazy on Day 4--had Huancaina in 2 different restaurants...but he took his lactaid pill, so it's cool.
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ReplyDeleteman, i can't believe no one has commented on this blog at all! i mean, besides the two authors themselves...
ReplyDeleteanyway the huancaina looks fuckin delicious. or, in keeping with your blog, 'delicioso'.
have you tried pisco liquor yet?
Yep. I´ve had Pisco. Let´s leave it at that.
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