TYPICAL DISHES AND BEVERAGES
The typical dishes in Loreto are very similar to those of other
places in the Amazon region. It is not strange then to see that
they consider the motelo or turtle meat soup or the juanes (rice
tamales with chicken or fish) as typical Loreto dishes. However,
what is strange to see is that vendors in the local markets
offer fried or steamed monkey or lizard meat that, according
to the local people, are exquisite.
Other typical dishes include, cecina (pork, dried and smoked),
the tacacho (coal cooked bananas, pork, and chopped onions),
the chonta salad and the palometa (fish soup).
To drink they serve the mazato, natural fruit juices, such as
aguaje, maracuyá, cocona, or a refreshing aguaje ice
cream.
