We ate many incredible meals while visiting Peru to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. We also ate very interesting local delights including alpaca and guinea pig. Alpaca is delicious. We were exploring Miraflores, a touristy area in Lima, on our last night in the country. We happened upon Mercado San Ramon – a very cool food court-style setup with many restaurants. Of course I saw this restaurant and had to see what Peruvian pizza was all about.
Pepperoni
I didn’t have high expectations for this pizza, and it wasn’t bad! Peru isn’t well known for their pizza, but it was surprisingly everywhere.
The dough was very thick and bready. The sauce barely made an appearance. Was there even sauce on this pie? The oregano sprinkled on top was a nice touch, basically covered the pie to ensure that flavor was present.
I went with the pepperoni because they didn’t have a marg, and the ‘American’ pizza had ham, which I’m not into. I grew up eating pepperoni pizza, and this was pretty well done.
International pizza is a must when it’s available on my travels – this was borderline obligatory. I’m happy I got to try!