In Cusco, MIL was one of the restaurants we had to try. It is run by chef Virgilio Martinez, husband to our Lima favourite Kjolle chef Pia Leon and has been featured prominently in the press as an “audacious culinary, biological and socio-cultural experiment”. On the way, we stopped by the Maras salt mines – […]
Food in Peru
Les p’tits gastronomes in… Peru
During our stay in Peru not only we were spoiled with magnificent meals, but we also discovered many new fruits (and veggies!). Turns out that Peru has the amazing advantage of calling 70 of the world’s 120 microclimates their own, and between the 3 key climates – the coast, the Sierra and the Selva (or […]
Arequipa: Peru’s beautiful white city
After almost missing our connection in Lima to Arequipa late on Monday, Sept 9th, we arrive around 10pm in our cute little hotel (Casona de Asia) in the heart of the city. We skip dinner and quickly crawl into bed. At 5:30am we suddenly hear – right in front of our window – a loud, […]
Epicurean heaven in Lima
According to pretty much every travel and gourmet magazine, Lima is the culinary capital of the world. Well, we can only second that and more. 2 days, 7 meals and they were ALL above expectations. Granted, we ate two nights in what are known as amongst the top 5 within the world and which would […]