Signs claiming "the pope ate here" have popped up around Chiclayo since the northern Peruvian city's former bishop was elected to be the next pope. The workers at Las Americas, next to the cathedral, say his favorite dish was their was fried chicken with a secret green sauce. "I had the opportunity to serve him, he told me stories, he gave me advice, so that's why I'm happy, right? Because, as I said, I knew him, I had that opportunity," says manager Rodrigo Couto. Nearby at Trebol, waiter Carlos Lopez says his favorite thing to eat was "frito Chiclayano," a traditional dish of pork served with yuca and Peruvian sweet potatoes, camote. "He was a very quiet person when he spoke, a very humble personality," says waiter Carlos Lopez. Leo XIV first set foot in Peru some four decades ago as a missionary, before becoming bishop of the diocese of Chiclayo in the northwest of the country and gaining citizenship in 2015. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES