🛫🌎🇵🇪 I flew to Lima, Peru, to dine at the #1 restaurant on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.
⭐️ Central sits on a large compound, and hides behind imposing iron doors and privacy walls. The walk to the front door took our party through the lush chef’s garden from which the team sources daily. We were welcomed with a quick tour of the seasonal ingredients that would be featured during our meal.
🤯 I now understand the reason why Central is named #1. Central is Peru. Peru is Central. There is no one without the other. There is purpose and intention in everything at Central. Nothing is left up to chance, from the textures, to the natural color palettes, and mind-blowing artisanship on display. But it’s not a show, although it’s easy for it to feel like it.
🍴 Chef Virgilio Martinez has successfully created an immersive experience at his restaurant by passionately undertaking and achieving the task of showcasing the different Peruvian ecosystems, its terroir, its waterways, and sharing the country’s multifaceted culture-one with heart and an obvious obsessiveness for perfection. The tasting menu, the main event, delivers on flavors. Some expected. Others foreign. All exceptional.
Central is unlike anything I have ever experienced. Bravo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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30 авг 2023
