Chinese food...in Peru

Gralon's blog post, specifically his reference to Chinese food, reminded me about one of the most important Peruvian foods of all! I can't believe that I missed it in my last blog post.



Chifa: Means "to eat" in Chinese and is also the name of a special mixture of Chinese traditional cooking and Peruvian traditional cooking. Chifa restaurants here are like Starbucks in Seattle, one on every corner. And you always know it's a Chifa restaurant, because all Chifa restaurants are called "Chifa." Have a said that it's delicious? It's delicious!

The picture above is a kind of like sweet and sour chicken except with spices specific to Peruvian food and limes. Limes are grown all over Peru so they are in everything. The side dish is Arroz Chaufa, fried rice with chicken, egg, and green onions.

I am definetly going to have to hit up my Senora for some Chifa recipes.