High level of innovativeness in presentation and garnishes

Food presentation is a technique that Peruvians have mastered. The Cayetana Peruvian Cuisine hotel has perfected food presentation skills, which more often than not influence whether a customer will enjoy the food or not.  The Peruvians express vibrant and artistic techniques in serving their cuisines and often go as far as utilizing colourful garnishes. 

Cayetana restaurant gets its presentation skills from the traditional techniques practised by the Peruvian community a long time ago. The garnishing communicates of the colourful past which fuses with contemporary Peru. 

Rich soups and stews

The Peruvian cuisine does not miss soups and stews, which are rich in flavour and help to enhance one’s energy levels. Examples of such richly seasoned stews include shrimp chowder. Soups are often consumed at the start of a meal. And are often served with scones. You will get soup any time of the meal, and every soup is prepared specially to communicate a given taste, distinct from others.

The rich soup flavours can be enjoyed by both the young and the old. Knowing that the ingredients are all natural and locally sourced, the soup helps nourish the health of the old and the young. If you are feeling unwell, the Cayetana’s rich soup and stews can help to nourish you back to good health.  

Unique home-grown ingredients

To achieve a distinct Peruvian Flavour, Cayetana utilizes ingredients like the yellow chilli paper, together with the spicy red pepper, and the Peruvian black mint. All these three ingredients conglomerate to form a unique Peruvian taste. Home-grown ingredients are the best because they have their flavours intact. Introducing a foreign ingredient to a Peruvian dish distorts its flavour and makes it lose its originality. 

Also, home-grown ingredients help to uphold the traditions of the Peruvians. Knowing that the food and flavours you are devouring are from home gives a satisfactory feeling, which connects you to your roots. Cayetana is committed to preserving the culture and traditions of the Peruvians while still ensuring that they are at par with the changing technology.   

Cayetana is committed to providing more than just the plate’s experience. The restaurant is welcoming and has an ambience that takes you to the centre of Peru, evoking a desire to travel and discover. The food at Cayetana will leave you craving for more, whether you are a foodie or not. The taste of flavours will leave you craving more of the distinct tastes. The tastes will stir the desire to know the origin and want to connect with that origin.    

Conclusion

Cayetana’s cookery success is not only in the choice of ingredients, but it is also in the reliance on the traditional cooking methods. As the old saying goes, old is gold. Cayetana’s cuisines borrow a lot from traditional Peruvian cooking skills. That way, the hotel is able to sustain the originality of the Peruvian dishes, even with the introduction of creative cooking methods. The traditional and novel flavours fuse to create new cooking artistry. Cayetana Peruvian Cuisines continue to live on as the hotel ensures that it intertwine tradition with modernization in cooking.

Ceviche

Ceviche is a dish, and at the same time is a common feature of the Cayetana’s Peruvian Cuisine. It is an important dish in the Peruvian community’s cuisine, consisting of raw fish soaked in citrus juices. That illustrates the freshness and delicateness of Peruvian’s cuisine ingredients. 

Potatoes and corn

Potatoes in the Peru region are the order of the day. Here you will find various multi-coloured tubers. The Peruvians also boast of corn, which they consume through culinary like Tamales and Chicha Morada. The corn is a staple food for the Peruvians and the tubers play a major role in the making of various culinary.  

Sauces and marinades

Effervescent sauces and marinades are the common highlights of Peruvian cookeries. These sauces add complex tastes to a dish and are often crafted from home-grown food components such as Aji Amarrilo peppers. 

A meal is incomplete without the presence of sauces and marinades. Hotel Cayetana recognizes this, which explains the presence of a sauce or marinade on the menu. The sauces and marinades are healthy, and natural, and communicate a lot about the cultural heritage of the Peruvians.    

Has assorted meats and sea foods

The Peruvian cuisine is a dive of various proteins, including the juicy baked meat such as the rotisserie chicken and grilled skewers all crafted from beef heart. The other common source of protein is the seafood. Given that Peru enjoys the coastline and access to the Pacific Ocean, they can source seafood anytime and make it a part of the daily delicacy.

The Pacific Ocean serves as a great and massive source of all seafood and fish. Most of these foods are meat. That makes the largest portion of Peruvian cuisine protein. That means that even the salads will contain protein, which is great for the body. The Peruvians have the expansive Pacific Ocean to thank for most of their tantalizing cuisines.  

It is a blend of various cultures

The impact of capricious cultures in Peru can be observed in the Peruvian Cookeries. You will find foods with a blend of Chinese traditions such as the Chufa and the common Nikkei gastronomy, which is a mixture of Peru’s and Japan’s flavours. 

The influence of the African, Asian and Spanish immigrants on the Peruvian culture lives on. That is seen mostly through the various Peruvian cuisines which take into account all cultures in Peru. Hotel Cayetana recognizes the diverse cultural heritages within Peru and ensures that it has taken into account all the traditional cultural ways of cooking. Hence, Cayetana’s cuisines are a representation of the entire culture within Peru.

Cayetana’s Peruvian Cuisine includes the various foods that you will find served at the Cayetana Restaurant. The cuisine at Cayetana draws its major influence from the culture of the Peru community’s cooking, which boasts of varied and savoury traditions.

The flavours you will find at Cayetana is a blend of Peru’s rich indigenous roots and the expatriate history of Spanish, African and Asian immigrations. Every community has a traditional flavour they originated with from where they came from. Cayetana has taken up all the flavours and fused them together to create a unique flavour that pays homage to the Peruvian traditional techniques of cooking. 

Every food you find at Cayetana speaks volumes of the quality and genuineness of the Peruvian Cuisines. That is because of Cayetana’s entire reliance on natural and fresh ingredients, mainly sourced locally. Cayetana’s menu is purely Peruvian dishes, with every dish explaining something about Peru, the community, history, and various regions. The Cayetana Restaurant’s cuisine gives a glimpse of Peru’s cooking background. The menu is mainly Peru. 

Dishes Featured in Cayetana Cuisine

Cayetana’s cuisine consists of numerous dishes that exemplify Peru’s cooking diversity. The dishes speak highly of Peru’s traditions and include the following.

Lomo Saltado 

This combo showcases Peru’s culinary art as it consists of a stir-fried saucer consisting of dowsed beef strips, doused with onions, tomatoes plus French fries. The Lomo Saltado is often accompanied with rice, that way you enjoy the meal better.  

Causa

The core ingredient in this dish is the mashed sweet yellow potatoes. Additional ingredients are lime, oil, with chilli. The dish is coated with chicken, Tuna or Avocado.

Ceviche

 The ceviche happens to be the most popular Peruvian dish created from fresh seafood, dowsed in the juice of a lime. The Ceviche is often served with accompaniments of onions and cilantro. 

Anticuchos

This is a product of a grilled beef heart. To achieve the best results in making it, the beef heart is first infused, and for sheer enjoyment, the dish is served with Rocoto. 

Other dishes include Aji de Gallina, Rocotto Releno, Arroz Con Mariscos, Causa Rellena, and Chicha Morada. All these dishes are rich in culture as they embrace Peruvian traditions. However, you must realize that even as Cayetana sticks to Peru’s traditional dishes, it tries as much as possible to incorporate innovative ways of cooking that abide by Peru’s cooking traditions.  

Features of the Cayetana’s Peruvian Cuisine

Cayetana’s Peruvian gastronomy has the following salient features. These features show in the offering made by Cayetana and include the following.  

It is a cuisine of diverse flavours

Multiple Indigenous ingredients are combined to arrive at the diverse flavours that you will get in Peruvian Cooking. Spanish effects together with Asian and African gastronomic methods go towards enhancing the flavours of the Peruvian cuisine. The final taste of the blend is savoury, spicy, tangy and sweet.  

Utilizes fresh ingredients sourced locally

The secret to cooking an original dish is in relying on fresh ingredients and using those sourced from within the region. For genuine Peruvian cuisine, Cayetana emphasizes using fresh ingredients found locally. That ensures that the dishes maintain their natural Peruvian tastes. For instance, most of the seafood, which is present in most if not all of Indian cuisines, are sourced locally from the Pacific Ocean.