Warning before you read this post. It contains drastic food porn, and should definitely not be viewed when hungry. ;-)
When browsing on TripAdvisor for places to eat in Lima, we found
Central which was the number one rated restaurant in town. We had no trouble reserving a table for 8pm on a Saturday night (that's because, it turned out, nobody really eats that early but since it was one seating per table it didn't matter) and couldn't wait to try their amazing ten course tasting menu of local and regional ingredients which looked amazing and was reasonably priced.
Although you can't really compare the two, the concept reminded me of Noma in Copenhagen, sourcing unusual local ingredients and the freshest of the season to come up with something that was fine dining, but at the same time local and unique. We were seriously excited!
When we arrived at 8pm, they asked if we'd like to sit now or have a drink in the bar, and we took the hint and went to the bar for a pisco first. This turned out to be a good plan, since the restaurant hadn't really kicked into gear yet and it was a bit early to eat. The drinks came, and were definitely the best ones we had on the entire trip!
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