In Peru, singular culinary experiences at the opposite ends of the spectrum
(WorldNews Mexico)

SACRED VALLEY, Peru - The road up the mountain was empty and rough. It seemed impossible that one of Peru´s most exclusive restaurants, perched next to an eerie, lesser-known Inca ruin, would appear at the end of the red dirt path. To get there, our driver navigated a wooden bridge barely wide enough for his car and honked his horn before every bend. We bumped along past mud brick houses and girls with bowl-shaped baskets tied to their heads as we climbed so high that the snow-capped peaks in the distance reached our eye level. We were headed in February to Mil, a restaurant a 90-minute drive from Cuzco opened last year by Peruvian chef Virgilio Martínez. It aims to celebrate the...