Peru:

Never an advocate of niche, in-depth tours, I'm here to give you a list of

Peru

Spanish Fritters Churros

Peru

is a mecca for sweets, but not the Nestlé or Cadbury's sweet treats that you're thinking of. Spanish fritters are long and crispy, fried in oil and sprinkled with sugar.

Sweet and refreshing pineapple and watermelon

Healthy, refreshing and convenient, this is street fruit. You can buy them for two dollars at the corner of an alley or at a small store, saving you the time and effort of packing fruit before you leave the house.

A hot breakfast of quinoa, maca and kiwicha

Most hostel breakfasts consist of bread and jam. Why not head out into the streets and try

Peru

The traditional street breakfast. Quinoa, a nutritious plant native to the Andes of South America, is a staple traditional food of the Inca indigenous people; maca, a plant root found mainly in the Andes of South America and Lijiang in China's Yunnan province, has elliptical leaves and a rhizome shaped like a small round radish; and tailed amaranth (Kiwicha) is eaten both in its leafy form and in its planting. Each ingredient is served in a cup for two RMB a cup.

Also, you can have a fried egg, cheese and avocado sandwich. Such a morning meal is a generous portion, full of nutrient fluids, and also allows you to step out onto the streets of

Peru

and explore the local culture.

Hot tea on a cold day: emoliente

In

Peru

there's a type of tea you can't buy in restaurants and stores called emoliente, which can be purchased for as little as two bucks from street food carts (ambulante). On cold nights, local

Peruvians

often line up to buy it. Drinking this is the only way to make the most of the cold nights in

Cusco

Wave!

The Andes are home to some of the most popular dishes: habas (fried fava beans), platano (sweet bananas)

Dulce (fried bananas), and canchitas (kernels of corn grilled on a salt grill).

After you've eaten, how can you forget the snacks? Especially after a long day of hiking and city tours, it's important to refuel. When it comes to snacks, sweet, salty and spicy are easy to find in

Peru

.

The most famous are, naturally, fried fava beans (habas), fried sweet bananas (Platano

Dulce), and canchitas beans. They're great with a beer or

Peruvian

pisco

sour.