Lima

31 Rathbone Pl, London

Eat at Lima and you’ll soon see why Peruvian food is hailed as the gourmet cuisine of the Americas. It’s not just about pisco sours here (though admittedly, they are excellent) – you’ll sample exotic ingredients such as jumbo corn, yellow ají pepper, blue potatoes and white kiwicha in the artfully prepared plates. Executive chef Virgilio Martinez heads up the acclaimed Central restaurant in Peru, so you can expect only the best from the zippy, fresh tiradtios and ceviches, impossibly tender lamb shoulder with mosto verde and ‘crazy pea’, and the suckling pig. AM. 020 3002 2640