sneaky latin-asian fusion

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yet another boring day, but this one was even less impactful (that's a word right) on the academics front, and far more so on the gastronomic front.

class was as normal, all be it a little slow, but we are all now comfortable with each other and the teacher so it is pretty fun. after class we were released to work on our projects, so of coarse, i went to go eat than be proactive and work on something ahead of time. me and a buddy went to the Peruvian place i have walked by nearly everyday on the way to the bus/subte into the city. the place was called Cocoroco, which is the onomatopoeia of the sound Spanish chickens make (cause animals make different noises). anyways i orders the Chaufa Mixto, and Chicha, not knowing what either of those things were. before our food was done came my Chicha ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicha#Peru ) which was far better than i ever could have hoped, apparently it is made of purple maize, and the stuff i had tasted like cinnamon, it was not overly sweet, or overly cinnamon-y but delicious and perfect. also we got some toasted corn, which is apparently called cancha, its like three quarter popped pop giant kernel corn with some kind of sour cream like sauce or green spicy sauce.

with the chicha coming out and being surprisingly delicious i was excited for my chaufa, it came out and it immediately reminded me of fried rice, and then i tasted it, and it was definitely a Latin American version of fried rice, which is fine, because fried rice is awesome. i proceeded to eat all of it, feel full and satisfied for the first time in a while. evan had basically a bunch of fried chicken, which im sure was delicious, but after my food i was unable to eat any of his, anyways, afterwords we parted ways, i went home and proceeded to nap.

after the nap i cleaned up my blog, and subsequently posted the Day 2 of Central Europe (apparently i had never actually posted it, its a good post, go back and read it), and then started digging up info on the Falklands Crises/Guerra de las Malvinas.

pictured below: my chicha