Cuy

Tonight, I finally found a restaurant selling guinea pig and tried it. I must point out, before I get banned from all the pet shops at home, that guinea pigs are a lot like wild rabbits in the British countryside and are very common in the wild here. They are a local delicacy in Peru which means lots of local people eat them (Like wild rabbit in some parts of the UK).

I bet you are wondering; How did it taste? I have to say that I wasn't that keen, I probably won't have it again. The taste is hard to describe but the texture was just like dark chicken meat. I also had a piece of alpaca on my plate which is the Peruvian equivalent of eating lamb (They use alpacas for their wool and meat too) and that was delicious. It was less stringy and more steak-like than lamb but tasted quite similar.

Did You Know?: The Peruvian word for guinea pig is 'cuy' pronounced "coo-oy".