The big read: Why Lima in Peru is the world’s best food city

Lima, the capital of Peru, is currently the best place in the world to eat the highest-ranking restaurant cooking. Howard Chua-Eoan samples its delights.

Fans of Peruvian food like to tell this story: George Auguste Escoffier, the chef who wrote the rules of contemporary French cooking, once decided to rank the world’s top cuisines.

In his eyes, the best was, of course, French, followed by Chinese, and, in third place, Peruvian. Italian? Spanish? Not even mentioned.