As mentioned, I recently took a trip to Peru, visiting the Amazon area, Cusco, and Machu Picchu/Aguas Calientes… follow along as I show you everything I ate on my amazing trip!
Our first day walking around Cusco had led us past this storefront, which amused us so much we took a picture of it. During our bus ride from the train back to Cusco, we overheard these annoying and giggly girls (that we then kept running into… ick) saying how awesome and cheap this place was for fruit shakes/smoothies, and how the drinks were so huge the three of them had to share one… so after saying goodbye to the guys, who had an earlier flight than we did, we decided to walk over and get a drink.
I had to take this picture of the menu because… well, look at 29, 30 and 31. Tuna in your drink? Really? I was tempted to ask questions, but the place was clearly filled with locals and my Spanish simply isn’t good enough to ask “What do you mean, there’s tuna in this drink?” The prices weren’t bad – a little over $2. Despite hearing the girls say the drinks were huge, looking around at other people’s drinks, they didn’t seem so large, so we opted to each get one.
HB went with mango/strawberry and really enjoyed her drink. She noted that she tasted way more strawberry than mango, however, which is neither a good nor bad thing, just what it is.
I went with mango/melon, wondering what kind of melon and was rewarded with honeydew, one of my favorites. The melon flavor shone through, while mango seemed to act more as just a thickener. And yes, HB and I both finished our respective drinks, before wandering off to get lunch. These were not HUGE – they weren’t small, but the giggly girls were clearly anorexic or stupid. 🙂
And on our way to get lunch before our flight, we saw this teeny tiny lamb in a square. So I ninja-photo’d it because I was still mad that a woman in similar traditional garb ripped BF and I off for a photo of him with an alpaca our first day there (I didn’t even want to take a picture with it, but he wanted it, and … long story short, she kept telling us we didn’t give her enough until I said flatly “no mas!” and stomped off.) (Not to say that all of them were alike, just because one ripped us off doesn’t mean they all will, but rather, I just didn’t want to deal with the hassle.)
Nommy! There are a few locations of Yajuu around Cusco, and I recommend seeking one out for deliciously fresh juices if you like that sort of thing. Inexpensive and quite tasty, they also had a few desserts that looked super yum (a HUGE bowl of fruit, yogurt, and honey, for example)… but we were on our way to lunch, so I had to opt out. 🙂
Nicholas says
You saw drinks with tuna… and you didn’t feel compelled to try it? WTF, that’s not feisty at all!
T.C. says
MmMm Chum Shake. ;P
I don’t know if I would do an entire fishy shake. A sip or two to try is fine but maybe not purchase a whole without sampling.
Lucuma might’ve been worth considering too. Whatever that fruit is.
joe says
I am pretty sure that tuna in Spanish actually refers to cactus fruit….”atu’n” is Spanish for tuna…but it is weird that they translated most of the fruits in the list, and didn’t do this one (they also didn’t translate guanabana…but I guess they figured that the English term “soursop” wouldn’t be any more helpful for most English speakers).
Your site is great…this is bringing back some great memories of my own trip to Cuzco/Machu Picchu…and my own terror at climbing some of the stairs at those Incan ruins!
Feisty Foodie says
Thanks Joe! I actually knew ‘atun’ is tuna in Spanish, but didn’t know tuna is also a word in Spanish that refers to a fruit. Plus, as you said, since the rest of the menu is mostly translated, it seemed an interesting word to not translate.
Those stairs were pretty crazy, huh? Haha, you saw my pictures, you know how terrified and agitated I was 🙂
Thaks for explaining that! 🙂
PAU says
Actually tuna is a peruvian food. I know in english it’s the name of a fish, but you have to know that ina place where everythin’s named in spanish tuna isn’t necesary the same. So, before making fun of it you sould had asked….. you lost the opportunity to try a great juice!
PAU says
*peruavian fruit sorry
PAU says
soooorrryyyy i’ve just read someone told u thios before haha well if you go back TRY IT