Cuy is a local delicacy in Peru, that we were keen to taste in our time here. I was initially apprehensive due largely to the fact that ´cuy´ is guinea pig. After a recommendation from our Spanish school, Amauta School in Cusco, we went to a great little restaurant ´Kusi Cuy´ and ordered the house special - roast cuy. It took 45min to prepare, and was then delivered to our table in all the grandeur you see above. They then whisked it away, and returned it in more attackable pieces with the advice ¨Cuy is best eaten with your hands¨. And the verdict? Muy rico (very delicious). The meat (what there was of it) was juicy and tender. It tasted and looked a bit like a cross between rabbit and chicken, not really light but not really dark meat. It has been stuffed with selection of herbs which added a subtle flavour to the meat. It was really, really good, and served with tamale (cornmeal steamed in a corn husk) and some sort other fried treat that was doughy on the outside and stuffed with meat, spices and vegetables, a little like a Peruvian version of the pork bun perhaps.
We didn´t stop there and, as we were sharing the cuy, we also ordered a serve of the alpaca kebabs, which came as skewered slices of alpaca marinated in something amazing and cooked to perfection, slightly oink and really tender. All round a completely pleasant surprise.
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