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- João Wengorovius added a new meal Dinner at Ricard Camarena at Ricard Camarena
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- João Wengorovius added a new meal Dinner at at Central
Virgilio Martinez’s CENTRAL being crowned the new Nº 1 at the @theworlds50best this year, signals not just a remarkable performance of Peru (@centralrest , @mitsuharu_maido , @kjollerest , @maytalima ) but also a much-deserved spotlight of Latin America in the world’s gastronomy.
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Virgilio Martinez’s CENTRAL being crowned the new Nº 1 at the @theworlds50best this year, signals not just a remarkable performance of Peru (@centralrest , @mitsuharu_maido , @kjollerest , @maytalima ) but also a much-deserved spotlight of Latin America in the world’s gastronomy.
The region had 12 restaurants on the list plus “The World’s Best Female Chef 2023” which this year was awarded to elena_reygadas from @restauranterosetta in Mexico City by the hands of Leonor Espinosa @leoescocina from @leorestaurantcol in Bogotá (last year’s winner) and “The World’s Best Pastry Chef 2023”, which was given to @piasalazarort from @nuema_restaurante in Quito.
In the pics, six dishes from @centralrest that stayed with me since last February, Elena Reygadas, Leonor Espinosa and Pía Salazar:
“Murike grouper, Razor clams, Vongole”
“Sea urchin”
“Mil Lab, “Native potatoes, Cushuro, egg yolk, beef”
“Lobster, Aji Amarillo”
“Amazonian Water: Pacu, watermelon, Coca Leaf”
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- João Wengorovius added a new meal Dinner at Ricard Camarena at Ricard Camarena
Red prawns with garlic, bobby beans and egg yolk. Consommé from their heads. @ricardcamarena
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- João Wengorovius added a new meal Dinner at Ricard Camarena at Ricard Camarena
Cold “Carabassot”soup, frozen yoghurt powder and fresh herbs @ricardcamarena
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- João Wengorovius added a new meal Dinner at Ricard Camarena at Ricard Camarena
“White asparagus, almonds and mussels”. A hard to beat combination @ricardcamarena
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- João Wengorovius added a new meal Dinner at Mérito Restaurante at Mérito
Mucho merit @meritorest no doubt. Congrats @juan_luismt_ 1. Razor clams, Leche de tigre, green tomato, huacatay and cheese 2. Tostadas acevichadas 3. Choclo a la brasa 4. Pickled yacon and butter 5. Glazed Pork belly with arepas
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- João Wengorovius added a new meal Dinner at MIL Restaurant - Moray at MIL
The amazing chuño, also called tunta or moraya, is a freeze-dried potato from the Andes that is virtually weightless and lasts a long, long time.
“It can be stored for over twenty years, it will never go bad it will never rot”, says Jan Brack Faura, Mater’s Director of Projects. “And It has more calcium and iron than rice and wheat.”
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The amazing chuño, also called tunta or moraya, is a freeze-dried potato from the Andes that is virtually weightless and lasts a long, long time.
“It can be stored for over twenty years, it will never go bad it will never rot”, says Jan Brack Faura, Mater’s Director of Projects. “And It has more calcium and iron than rice and wheat.”
It is a natural process, at high altitudes (above 3.800 m), which involves a combination of freezing the product and lowering pressure, removing the ice by sublimation. At night these varieties are exposed to very low temperatures, during the day they absorb the intense sunlight and at night they freeze again, for about a week.
The colour difference is that the white (Moraya, using usually the more bitter potatoes) is shielded from the sun during the day and washed at the end.
“This is very important. It has been a year of great lack of rain, of scarcity, and this is what will save us and sustain us“, reminds Cleto Cusipaucar,
partner farmer of the Kajllaraccay community.
“To eat it, you just make a soup and rehydrate it, or you can also grate it.” Or you make a cracker of it like at
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- João Wengorovius added a new meal Dinner at Central Restaurante at Central
1. It's not caviar. It's Cushuro. A cyanobacteria (Nostoc sphaericum) that grows in lagoons and wetlands in the Andes above 3.000m.
Specialists say it contains more protein than meat and more calcium than milk.
2. A dish at Central “MIL Lab - 3.750 m. Native Potatoes, Cushuro, Egg yolk, Beef”.
3. At the market in Cusco, you can also find it
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- João Wengorovius added a new meal Dinner at MIL Restaurant - Moray at MIL
Fermentations, distillates and infusions at @milcentro made with botanicals, herbs and roots collected in the region. Led by @mc.mater , a specialist in drinks and craft cocktails. This one in particular is made entirely from cactus, using the fleshy leaves and seeds.
He extracts the leaves from the cactus, removes the thorns and... More
Fermentations, distillates and infusions at @milcentro made with botanicals, herbs and roots collected in the region. Led by @mc.mater , a specialist in drinks and craft cocktails. This one in particular is made entirely from cactus, using the fleshy leaves and seeds.
He extracts the leaves from the cactus, removes the thorns and bark. Then he blends it to extract the silky and viscous texture.
For the colour, he collects the fruits of the cactus, removes the bark, blends and strains. Very unfamiliar but very good.
Next is a piece of fermented and dehydrated yacón, which again has a very peculiar but pleasant taste and texture. Good things come to those who explore the unfamiliar or as they say at @mater.in “There’s more outside” Less
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- João Wengorovius added a new meal Dinner at MIL Restaurant - Moray at MIL
One plant and its many uses.
Kjolle (Buddleja coriacea) with its bright yellow-orange blossoms.
Alpaca wool dyed with this and other wild plants collected around @milcentro , by the women from the neighbouring community of Kacllaraccay, applying traditional dyeing knowledge and techniques.
Dish at MIL: Kjolle in jelly, yoghurt, muña (Minthostachys... More
One plant and its many uses.
Kjolle (Buddleja coriacea) with its bright yellow-orange blossoms.
Alpaca wool dyed with this and other wild plants collected around @milcentro , by the women from the neighbouring community of Kacllaraccay, applying traditional dyeing knowledge and techniques.
Dish at MIL: Kjolle in jelly, yoghurt, muña (Minthostachys mollis), pampa anis (Tagetes pusilla Kh) and Kunuka (Xenophyllum dactylophyllum) Less