The food in Peru deserves some serious recognition. Despite the fact that Peru was our first stop and we had no idea how glorious our dinners were at the time (or before we got to Bolivia…) Peruvian cuisine tops the charts in South America and is finally starting to receive the world-renowned attention it deserves. With a deeply rooted indigenous Inca culture, immigrant influence, fertile soil, and potatoes for days, Peruvians have managed to create delectable dishes with lots of flavor, unlike a few of their Latin American neighbors.

However, how does a traveler know what to order when staring at a Spanish menu and playing eney-meeny-miny-moe? Here are the top 25 food and drink in Peru as well as a little about eating-in and typical costs. …Keep Reading!