There is something about fried food that reminds me of the good ole US of A. Luckily Peruvians love fried food just as much as Americans. The photo above is of a fried dough called Yuquita and it is sold on the streets all over Lima. Nothing says cardiac arrest better than the semi-sweet taste of fried dough.

The flavor is very similar if not the same as the elephant ears I love to eat in the States, without the cinnamon and sugar of course. At S./1.4o (soles), yuquita being a street sold food is a little spendy than other snacks sold. Heck you can get a Churro for about S./.50 and its pretty much the same thing only in a more phallic form complete with its warm cream filling...come to think about it there is probably a good reason why I don't eat much of those.

Yuquita might not be considered the gastronomic representative of Peruvian food but when on the move and in need of boosting blood sugar levels it sure does the trick.