Invita Perú Food Fair 2015 to Recreate Colonial Lima this June

Invita Perú Food Fair 2015 to Recreate Colonial Lima this June

invita_peru_food_fair_lima_12From June 20th through 29th, Lima’s Parque de la Exposición will host the fifth annual Invita Perú Food Fair, which will recreate the first decades of the 1800s through food, barkers, and a space decorated with colonial details. In erstwhile times, with a surprising punctuality for an era with no watches, colorful characters such as the milkmaid, the cake man, or the sweets man went through the streets selling different goods and dishes while yelling their advantages. Each June, it happens anew in the center of one of the most modern districts in Lima, and this year 120 thousand are expected to attend over the course of the fair.

For the entrance price of 10 nuevos soles invita_peru_food_fair_lima_10(approx. US$3.20), you’ll get access to delicious, heavily discounted food and general entertainment, including open-air concerts. Among all that cooking, selling, and eating, there will also be dance and music groups from different regions of the country, as well as concerts from national artists in the evening.

The fair will begin with a colorful ritual offering to the Pachamama (the Andean earth mother deity). Participants include local cooking schools, restaurants, and individual cooks and food sellers who want to compete in different categories. Producers of Peru’s vast variety of native potatoes will also be present to host an exhibition.

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The fair will have six food areas:

  • In the restaurants area, you’ll find Creole food from the desert coast of Peru, Amazonian food, and fish and seafood, among other regional cuisines.
  • Carts, where you’ll find traditional Peruvian streetfood from pork sandwiches to smoky anticucho skewered beef heart.

    • In the charcoal area, you’ll notice the unmistakeable scent of guinea pig and suckling pig, meat cooked slowly in cylinders, and moreIn the pisco corredor, visitors will find Peru’s most famous export, Peruvian grape brandy, both in its pure form and in cocktails, alongside home-fermented corn beers known as chicha de joraOther drinks, primarily fresh juices, can be found in the refreshments sectionIn the desserts zone, all of the country’s well-known colonial treats can be found, including standards such as mazamorra, rice with milk, picarones fritters.

There will also be a market with produce and food-related products.

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In the restaurants, you’ll find dishes around 10-12 nuevos soles (around US$4), in the grill area around 15 soles, in the sweets area, they’ll cost between 3, 4, and 9 soles, and in the carts, dishes will cost around 8 and 10 nuevos soles.

Asimismo, Invita Perú ofrecerá un paquete invita_peru_food_fair_lima_11promocional destinado a los colegios inscritos que, por el precio de 17 soles, cubrirá transporte de ida y vuelta, entrada al evento, vale de consumo por 12 soles  y un tour por los diferentes espacios de la feria. Las entradas están disponibles en Teleticket de Wong y Metro, y durante los diez días de feria, en las boleterías del Parque de la Exposición.

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