A restaurant in Lima, Peru has been named the best restaurant in the world by more than 1,000 restaurant industry experts, including food writers and chefs, in this year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants rankings.
Central, located in Lima’s Barranco District, was opened in 2008 by married chefs Virgilio Martínez and Pia León who had a “vision to create a fine dining experience rooted in Peruvian ingredients and cooking techniques,” according to a press release.
The menu takes diners through “15 different Peruvian ecosystems, categorized by altitude – from 15 meters under the Pacific Ocean to 4,200 meters up in the Andes,” according to the release, which notes that each of the dishes served at the restaurants reflects the origins of its ingredients….