The Best Restaurant in the World? It’s the Peruvian-Japanese Maido in Lima

The annual ranking of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants was announced recently at Lingotto Fiere in Turin, Italy.

The restaurant scene in Lima, Peru, got a boost with the announcement of the annual ranking of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. The top pick is a 16-year-old restaurant, Maido, in Lima, led by chef Mitsuharu Tsumura. It specializes in a singular style of Nikkei cuisine, the combination of Peruvian and Japanese flavors and influences. Dreamstime/TNS

By Kate Krader Bloomberg News

Drumroll, please, for the best restaurant in the world: It’s Maido, in Lima, Peru.