Eating Peruvian shaved ice cream at Cremoladas Curich in Lima, Peru

If it seems like we've been on a non-stop sugar high since arriving in Lima, Peru, it's because it's true. Continuing on with the theme of our Peruvian dessert rampage, we stopped at Cremoladas Curich to indulge our taste buds with local flavors. What exactly is a Cremolada? The best way to explain it would be to imagine something in-between an ice cream and slushie. This icy cold refreshing dessert is basically finely shaved ice, blended fruit and a healthy dose of syrup. What we found out was that some flavors are much better than others. Highly recommended is cremolada de lúcuma; not recommended is Chicha Morada. The former being a delicious creamy concoction whereas the latter was watered down. Some local Helado flavours worth considering include as follows:
lucuma, camu camu, guanaba, aguaymanto, chirimoya, carambola or aguaje.
To visit this famous Cremoladas shop, running since 1942, head to Jr. Bolognesi 755, Miraflores, Lima, Peru.
Eating Peruvian shaved ice at Cremolada Curich in Lima, Peru travel video transcript:

So this afternoon we're at a place called Cremoladas Curich. Yep, got the name right and we're trying a kind of like icy cold dessert called Cremolada. And basically this is shaved ice, finely shaved ice and then it is topped with like a juice or a syrup that has like a tropical fruit flavor. So I've chosen Chicha Morada which is a purple corn.
And Sam over here has chosen Lucuma. So we're going to being try these. Very local flavours. Oh, yeah. Very much so.
Just mixing it around. Ice cold. Purple goodness. Ready for my first bite. This is purple corn. Mmmm. It tastes. It doesn't taste like corn. It tastes more like syrup. Purple syrup? I mean, like what would you call this back at home? It that like a kind of a slushie. A slushie! There you go. It's a slushie. So I'm having a purple corn slushie. Do you actually like it? So, so? Yeah, I mean it is ice. Flavored ice. It's okay. What can I say.
So I've got something called lúcuma. And it is a local fruit which I've kind of fallen in love with since being in Peru. I mean you can't really describe what a fruit tastes like. A mango tastes like a mango, a peach tastes like a peach, and a lucuma tastes like a lucuma.
So let's try it here.
It is definitely sweet. It has that sweet tropical taste, so I can say that. This one seems really thick. I really like that. I have a feeling that mine is quite a bit thicker than yours. If you just look down at it here you can see that it is really thick. And you can really taste the fruit. It has definitely been sweetened but it is not overpowering. The fruit tastes really comes out so I'm actually really enjoying this right now.
So it is nothing out of the ordinary but if you're in Lima on a really hot day this is definitely a very refreshing little slushie drink and in terms of costs. Those buses! In terms of costs it was five Soles and seventy cents which is less than two dollars. So not a bad deal.
It is actually kind of getting chilly here so I'm cold eating this. I can't believe you're wearing a sweater. I'm wearing a t-shirt and shorts and I think this is perfect weather.
So it is time to get back home before Audrey suffers from hypothermia. You know it is only like twenty-five degrees outside or something. Pish posh. It must be like eighteen and I'm freezing.
This is part of our Travel in Peru series. We're making a series of videos showcasing Peruvian culture, Peruvian arts, Peruvian foods, Peruvian religion, Peruvian cuisine and Peruvian people. All things Peruano.
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All photos and video taken by Samuel Jeffery (Nomadic Samuel) and Audrey Bergner (That Backpacker).
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