The Best Restaurant in the World? It’s the Peruvian-Japanese Maido in Lima
If you had asked ChatGPT you would not have gotten that answer.
Peruvian Nikkei chef Mitsuharu Tsumura runs Maido in Peru, just named the world’s best restaurant
Photographer: CRIS BOURONCLE/AFPDrumroll, please, for the best restaurant in the world: It’s Maido, in Lima, Peru.
The annual ranking of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants was announced this evening at Lingotto Fiere in Turin. The top pick is a 16-year-old restaurant led by chef Mitsuharu Tsumura that specializes in a singular style of Nikkei cuisine, the combination of Peruvian and Japanese flavors and influences. Tsumura’s menu prioritizes seafood, with dishes like raw razor clams in a ponzu emulsion with truffle oil and tuna nirigi with shoyu-infused cured egg yolks and toasted quinoa. The Maido experience starts at 1190 Peruvian sols, or around $331.