The world's most remote fine dining restaurants is deep in the Andes, Peru

MIL, Cusco, Peru | World’s 50 Best - Latin America
The Inca Empire, aka Tawantinsuyu (meaning four quarters in Quechua), is one of the greatest Empires in American history. They were known for their architecture, agriculture and religion.
Despite being conquered by the Spanish, it has many cultural legacies passed on. Especially when it comes to food. However, people are mostly unaware of those legacies.
MIL Centro is a restaurant that aims to bring those legacies to light. Run by famous Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez, featured in Chef’s Table documentary by Netflix. He is known for his use of applying modern cooking techniques to indigenous Peruvian ingredients. His flagship Lima restaurant Central took on the 6th place of the World’s 50 Best List of 2019 and landed him in the international spotlight. MIL is his latest brainchild and a sister restaurant of Lima Central.
The restaurant highlights “ancestral cuisines” and the food are unfamiliar to most: the kitchen’s focus turns toward its surrounding Andean landscape and the techniques of the past.
Mil has a menu inspired by the altitude at which the ingredients grow. In this case, it specifically focuses on what can grow at the towering height of its own setting - 3,500 m (11,500 feet) above sea level, some extreme cases even up to 5,200 m (17,060 feet). The name Mil is another reference to the altitude, as in thousands in Spanish.
The epitome of destination dining, Mil requires a 70-minute flight from Lima to Cusco, then a 45-minute winding drive up to an elevation of 3,500 meters above sea level. It’s worth the journey - Mil is situated in the Sacred Valley, with breathtaking views of the Moray agricultural ruins, a site of ancient Inca terraces believed to be served as agricultural laboratories, as evidence showed different soil samples had been brought here for cultivation.
It is deep inside the sacred valley and hard to get to. But once you get there, you get to experience a meal of a lifetime.
MIL Centro
Vía a Moray, Maras 08655, Peru
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[@gavinoescobal7343]

Bro this video was really awesome. I'm from Peru, I can see all the information that probably you had to research to make this video. You really deserve more views and subscribers if you are making this kind of videos.

[@sweetangelchick10]

I just want to appreciate how much you've grown into a more confident person compared to your older videos

[@nicklim9299]

Really enjoyed this video..I love the fact u include a short history of Peru and the Incas..I can't imagine travelling to such a remote place to eat haha...too used to the conveniences of "city food"..really off the beaten tracks..nicely done this video. Thanks for showing us the different cuisines of the world, we able to watch from the comfort of our homes.

[@EVANH18]

One of your best videos to date; hope you enjoyed Peru, looks beautiful there!

[@Tinf0iI]

man this guy is living the life

[@fernandorm5317]

Virgilio es un genio.

[@ptjzmemory]

This is my favorite video of yours so far

[@claudiozuniga913]

Thank you for your visiting the Andes, you are the well read and educate tourist in visiting that aerea. I follow as well, you really good taste and do not bragging about. Again thank you, I love your experience with the restaurants with Michelin starts.

[@amorca4653]

I just completed my time in that region of Peru and I'm glad I got to experience MIL through you :) The diversity of ingredients they produce are truly astounding for food lovers. I appreciate the great respect and curiosity you have of the culture and place and it was a joy watching this video.

[@crssurf]

Wow q imaginativo es ese menu, hay varios ingredientes q normalmente se comen distinto aca en peru como el tarwi q se come hervido sazonado con sal y hierbas y con un poco de limon y rocoto al gusto. Y en mil lo usan para crear un pastelillo muy sabroso . Simplemente un apasionado x la cocina virgilio martinez . Y gracias al señor fufski por su visita espero le haya encantado su estancia en peru

[@Fufski]

Me encantaba mucho!

[@michaelbenenson]

Yes, one of your best contributions, a most eloquent and even balletic documentary, modestly but lucidly hosted by you, Fufski. Special TA!

[@muloalado3559]

Maravilloso Perú

[@oskarobit]

I loved this video not just for the food but also for the historical tips. Well done!

[@cthomas2872]

I've been watching your videos for a few years now. You are one of my two or three favorite fine dining guides on KZbin and I think this video is your best work. God Bless you and I hope you continue sharing your enjoyment of different restaurants across the globe with us.

[@jorgelombardi5796]

Thank you sir for the best documental of my country that I have ever seen. Congratulations

[@margamoreno6860]

I am pretty impressed with your trip to Courses Peruvian Andes Cuisine. It added, such great history and facts. 🧐🤩🇵🇪❤️

[@fireballs1000]

Best video yet. Good one bro. We have visited the area and Central many times but have yet to see Mil. Thanks for the experience. Respect!

[@grantfaith]

always enjoy your honest comments and conclusion, always comes from the heart!

[@Fufski]

Thanks! I appreciate that!

[@laurazb7314]

Love Perú 🇵🇪

[@veetour]

Wow, this is a pleasure to watch. Just a couple minutes in and the commentary and videography, tie together beautifully, and draws the viewer in.

[@gammakap]

This was excellence beyond. Thank you.

[@nick_y1011]

Omg, this very video has so much information besides food and restaurant!! And it is visually elaborated with different scenaries of ancient monumental sites! Great job man! Much cheers from Korea! And as i majored in chinese lit, your subtitle helps me to hold tight with the language that keeps slipping away. Haha Anyway appreciate your work! 希望你能够坚持着么美好的创造活动！而且你值得获得更多subscribers！ 像我一样，人家也会喜欢、享受你的视频，加油！

[@stottme1]

We have just returned from Peru andtneSacred Valley. We went to Moray but missed this restaurant. The food education is out of this world. Well done.

[@andycastle4603]

Amazing

[@xkoningx]

great video, must have been an incredible experience.

[@metbum7928]

One of the best Videos I’ve watched yet!

[@deaner6944]

Amazing video.. Great and hard work. Thx so much... I wish this channel all the best.

[@bodyandsoulinconstanttrans9190]

You have developed your self very much for the better! great work bro

[@RandolphSouth]

Amazing. Thank you for the education.

[@adolfobriceno1635]

Very interesting. Thanks for the explamation

[@patriciafigueroa2938]

I miss Peruvian food ❤

[@jorgenyc5]

Hello from New York City, I came across your amazing video through the social media page of MAZ Tokyo (Virgilio Martinez Two Michelin Starred Restaurant). I must confess, this is the first time I watch a video in detail of the dining experience at MIL, Cusco. You really did an amazing job, starting with the opening scene talking about our Peruvian history and the conquest, incredible narration, and attention to detail. I am traveling to Cusco this upcoming August, and it will be my fourth time . Thanks to your video I will be making reservations at MIL , fascinating video. Thank you so much for sharing the love and our Peruvian Gastronomy and rich history. 👏👏🙏🙏🇵🇪❤️

[@Fufski]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@jameshaddan8538]

Wonderful video - thank you. I’ll be in Peru in May, but won’t have time to go to MIL. Thankfully, I’ll at least be having one of the tasting menus at Central.

[@anthonybombaci5266]

Excellent work here Fufski

[@origin_g666]

Bro thx for the vid, u re one of few channels I ve found recently that are going to be big soon, keep it up!

[@Fufski]

Thanks! I hope so 😂

[@Relikvien]

A mastercraft of a video! When did you visit?

[@Fufski]

I visited on 2019 Nov

[@noahsmith9396]

Here before the channel blows up.

[@markogaudiosi5243]

Keep waiting homie.

[@user-nt9yz7ph3f]

What a great video! Feel like I’m looking lonely planet or National geography channel. 真是质量爆炸的一期！

[@verralife]

Maybe ex-mining land will be more useful if it is converted into oil palm plantations like in Indonesia

[@berritoto10]

Love your videos

[@user-zx6kc7pl2h]

你鐵定會紅 這部影片真的很厲害！加油💪🏻支持

[@thre4087]

Ayy another fufski upload lets go, and did you really have to do that to those alpakas lmao 5:00

[@Chefazimkitchen]

❤️

[@PATORRES1]

Amazing video

[@mrednblack6]

Loooove this vid a lot as I love ancient history, and first learned about Inca when I was 9 by watching my favorite Cities Of Gold cartoon back in the 80s. However, I will never eat/try: algae/kale/seaweed as that is ruined 4 me after watching Creepshow when I was a kid. Lol

[@eduardochaisa3730]

Que lindo video ❤

[@ianedwardmusic379]

You need your own NatGeo show

[@NikaBoyce]

Perhaps you meant cocoa leaves? Coca leaves (also used by high altitude native peoples) is bitter (the base botanical for the production of cocaine)

[@Fufski]

Yes that’s what I mean

[@yoriisoet]

it's both coca leaf and cacao according to the menu on their website

[@jameswang4880]

From Bilibili

[@S3Lifestyle]

We’re going to Peru in February!! How was Mil? Would you recommend? Any other high-end awesome spots in Peru you’d recommend? We’re of course doing Central and Maido!

[@Fufski]

Hi there! Yes, I would recommend this place that's why I made this video 😂 the process of going there itself is a journey, especially if you are going to Moray (which you can't miss), then dropping by there will be a great experience. This one is a bit more experimental than the other places you will be going tho.

[@S3Lifestyle]

@@Fufski Hey Fufski! Haha, fair.. sometimes we produce videos of places that we wouldn't necessarily recommend but would still like to share the experience of being there, and that's why I asked :) Sounds great, thanks for sharing and thanks for the video!! Keep up all your great videos!

[@Fufski]

@@S3Lifestyle Yes, sometimes I also produce videos of restaurants that I don't really like after visiting, and I roast them all the time 😂 but for this particular one it is good. Keep up the good work on your videos too! Let me know if you ever visit New York again!

[@S3Lifestyle]

@@Fufski Hahha okay awesome!! Thanks :) and sounds good, we will!

[@jrf10]

brabo

[@zhantoyin5454]

我一定要去这里！

[@svithez]

According to wiki it did not exceed the area of Ottoman empire at its prime, furthermore, Ming dynasty also existed around the same time so the claim for the biggest empire in the world of its time was way off.

[@Fufski]

These informations are taken from the book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

[@michaelhutchinson1713]

Wow... I loved this one

[@alflazz2443]

“Esto es una versión mejorada de una ensalada”….??

[@CiaoBello21]

I like you video but how can you afford all of these travels and expensive foods? Were you a computer programmer that sold your company? Or you just live off of your parents wealth back in China? 😂

[@Fufski]

😂😂😂

[@kayflip2233]

lmao, doesn't take that much to go to Michelin restaurants and travel. You can afford all of that on just $150k a year.

[@NeilKasselman]

IT's really not remote AT ALL. a short, 4km drive up a dirt road along one of the most HEAVILY TOURISTED regions on earth..you need to understand the meaning of the word remote.

[@ants08031236414]

This treasure of documentary made me a subscriptor. Great piece of work.