General Information
- Category: Half day tours
- Modality: Landing tours
- Duration: 4.30 hrs approx
- Departure time: 8.30 hrs. and 13.30 hrs
- Tour guide: Yes
- Children are allowed: Yes
- Languages spoken: Spanish and English
Program Details
PERUVIAN COOKING LESSONS, LOCAL MARKET TOUR & EXOTIC FRUIT TASTING FOOD TOUR
Peruvian Cooking: This class is for people who love traditional foods and want to make it at home! You'll love the relaxed atmosphere with no dull demo's, because we believe in the hands-on approach. You will make an authentic Peruvian dish to tantalize your taste buds and later enjoy your achievements.
To cook, we use ceramic pots, the same as our ancestors did. This way we will keep all the flavour as natural as they are.
Carefully and after a long work together with chefs, cooks, gourmets and local food lovers we choose 4 different great options to teach to cook then you have to choose among these tasty dishes:
Option 1 FISH: the Peruvian dish we choose to cook with fish is:"Pescado a la Chorrillana" (Main Course), Fried onions, tomatoes, chili pepper and bay leaf, add fish broth and then a Fish fillet in low heat and its ready to eat, as starter we will cook together our Peruvian National dish called "Ceviche!" the most popular dish among Peruvians! It is about small pieces of raw fish marinated in fresh aromatic lime juice tender onions, boiled sweet potatoes mixed with or without Andean hot chilis.
Option 2 CHICKEN: for chicken we cook: "Aji de Pollo" in English chili chicken (Main Course but is not spicy), consists of thin strips of chicken served with a creamy yellow and spicy sauce, made with ají amarillo (non spicy yellow chilis), cheese, milk, crunchy bread. As starter, we will teach you to prepare the "Causa Limeña" Mashed organic yellow potatoes seasoned with lime and aji (hot pepper), and filled with fresh seasonal local veggies (it's a mild dish).
Option 3 MEAT: our delicious"Lomo saltado" (Main Course), Beef tenderloin slices, sautéed with onions, tomatoes, aji (hot peppers but not spicy), and more spices. It is served with French fries and rice, for starter we have our super delicious "Papa Rellena" Little balls made of mashed potatos filled with either meat or vegetables or Quinua. Once it's close and fried, it is served with "salsa criolla "
Option 4 VEGETARIAN: "Pimento Relleno" (Main Course) ; which is a stuffed capsicum, filled up with fresh organic vegetables, Quinua and aromatic herbs from the north of the country, for starter we will together made"Solterito" in English "Single men" with green peas, faba beans, Quinua! and olive oil, delicious.
Includes:
- Pick up from your hotel.
- Peruvian local market tour
- Chicha Morada
- Cooking lessons
- Professional cook.
- Local tapas
- fruit tasting
- Lunch or dinner
- Tolls.
- Parking.
- Return transport
TIPS: We recommend: To wear comfortable clothes and shoes, sunglasses, sunscreen and a hat, take a bottle of water with you and spare battery for your camera. Note: - We recommend you do not eat much before your tour, because you will try many types of food, snacks and drinks. - If you have any dietary restrictions, please let us know when you book your tour with us. - You will then be dropped-off back at your hotel. - We go to tour with a maximum group size of 6 people. In very special occasions only, there will be 7 people but NEVER more than 7 (this is ONLY for clients which tours start at a hotel or Apartment of Lima city) It is very important for us that any special medical condition in our client's health and physical condition that may affect their participation in any tour is an advice that allows us to evaluate if our client is fit for the tour. In case of not informing us about the medical conditions before the tour and if there are medical and/or evacuation expenses, these will be covered by our client.
TOUR PICK UP:
- All our prices included pick up and drop off to your hotel only when it is in: Miraflores, San Isidro, Barranco. Outside these places, you have to pay a small fee for your pick up/drop off remember fuel is one of the 2 most expensive things in our country together with water.
EQUIPMENT
- Our clients are responsible for the equipment provided by Haku Tour (our local supplier) or external service providers for the entire duration of the tour. Our clients agree to pay the costs of repair and replacement of the equipment in case of breakage due to their responsibility.
CANCELLATION POLICY 3 days before the start of the tour: 50% No Show & Cancellation 24 hours before the start of the tour: 100%