Food, Food, and Pick-up Lines

Today, Katie, Erin, Mari and I went to Mistura. Mistura is this huge festival in Lima where chefs, restaurants, and food stands from all over the country come and set up stands in a park. Basically, it is food heaven. They showcase everything from traditional dishes that they cook over a fire in the ground to disgustingly huge hamburgers with fries on them. Needless to say, we spent the entire day eating here.

List of Foods We Ate:

1) Chicken in some sauce with rice and beans. I can't remember the name, but this was quite good.

2) Anticuchos- Cow heart. That's right. I ate grilled cow heart. It was pretty good, but I don't really like steak so that probably was my problem with it.

3) Tamales- They were alright, we've found better ones on the street.

4) Cebiche- This is raw fish they cook with the acid of limes. It basically takes like the citrus from the limes, and I really liked it! It is one of Peru's most famous dishes, and I can see why.

5) Lamb with Potatoes- I don't remember the Peruvian name for this, but it was a type of lamb cooked over a fire in a big wrapped thing. We had two kinds of potatoes with it, one I liked and one I didn't.

6) Chocolate Samples and Chocolate Covered Fruit- There was a tent of chocolates. Let me repeat that, THERE WAS A TENT OF CHOCOLATE. I could have spent the whole day here. We walked around getting samples from all of them, and then also bought some chocolate covered fresh fruit. It was the best thing.

7) Pinneaple Drink- This was pineapple with possibly some condensed milk, in this icy awesome drink.

8) The Largest Hamburger Ever- This is what was on my hambuger: A humongous bun, lettuce, tomato, hamburger, an egg mixed with sausage, a fried egg, little fry like things, ketchup, mustard, aji, and 3 more unidentifiable sauces. I couldn't finish the last couple bites. I'll post a picture later so you can see just how crazy this thing was.

After eating all this, we stumbled to a cab and back to the house to groan about how full we are.

What I also want to talk about in this entry are the "pick-up" lines so frequently used on us. And by frequent I mean we get hollered at every day. The reason I am thinking about this is because today while we were sitting eating at the fair, an older man came up to us and started talking. He asked us where we were from, and if we liked the food. And then proceeded to tell us many times how pretty we were. Following this awkward exchanged he shook our hands, AND RUFFLED MY HAIR. What? Did that just happen? And that's not even THAT weird here. 

Types of Hollering:

1) The Blatant Yell: They yell things like "Hola", "Bonita"(beautiful), "Gringa (Tourist)", "Tienes un novio? (do you have a boyfriend), etc.

2) The Whistle: They just whistle several times to let you know you've been seen.

3) The Honk: Similar to the whistle, but they're in a car and have a different way of making noise.

4) Kissing Noises: This is my least favorite. They making kissing noises at you as you walk past, sometimes also coming off slightly like hissing.

5) The Whisper: This is where they say what others might yell, but instead say it quietly as they walk by you. Not as disconcerting as the Kissing Noise, but slightly more creepy.

These are the most common types, but can be combined to create new variations. There are also always those that surprise you, like the head pat today. I'm starting to get more used to them, or maybe just better at ignoring people?