Nemo was visiting Lima mostly to try out authentic Peruvian food. That got me to thinking which were my favorites.

Arroz con pollo - (Literally rice and chicken). There are a lot of versions of this. The Peruvian one comes out as green rice because it's a heavy cilantro (coriander) sauce. It's great fresh and unfortunately not that great once you refrigerate it and reheat it.

Milanesa de pollo y tallarines verdes - Chicken breast beaten flat then breaded and pan fried so it comes out crispy, served with green spaghetti (the sauce is more spinach than basil and not oily like pesto). Unlike arroz con pollo this tastes great even cold.

Seco de carne - Beef stew with potatoes and peas and carrots. It's another cilantro-based sauce though the sauce comes out more orange. Good with rice.

Aji de gallina - Yellow curry stew with chicken. With potatoes and rice it's really good.

Chupe de camarones - The previous four my dad makes regularly and always good. Dad sometimes makes chupe but it was never my favorite. Later I tried restaurant chupe and it's really good and the soup has more flavor than how dad makes it. Big shrimp; corn and other vegetables; potatoes, noodles, or rice. The soup by itself is what's really good. Again this is quite edible cold or re-heated.