MIL - Food Lab and Interpretation Center
Restaurant · Urubamba
Vía a Moray, Maras 08655, Peru
"Perched at about 11,700 feet beside the Inca ruins at Moray in the Sacred Valley, this high‑altitude restaurant is a research-driven kitchen where on‑staff anthropologists collaborate with Indigenous communities to recover rare ingredients and ancestral techniques. Tasting menus map micro-ecosystems across altitude zones and feature ingredients like alpaca, tree tomato, many tuber varieties and chaco (edible clay); for travelers who want to go deeper, an Immersion program includes a guided ruins tour, walks through surrounding farmlands, foraging for medicinal plants, and tastings of ferments and spirits made from tubers, legumes, cereals and roots." - Nicholas DeRenzo
"Rank: #90 "High up in the Sacred Valley – alongside the mysterious Incan ruins 3,600 metres above sea level – Mil fosters a microcosmic ecosystem that solely feeds the restaurant."
"Rank: #35 "The epitome of destination dining, to reach Mil requires a 70-minute flight from Lima to Cusco, then a 45-minute winding drive up to an elevation of 3,500 metres above sea level. It’s worth the journey: Mil is situated in the Sacred Valley, with breath-taking views of the Moray agricultural ruins."
"Located high in the Andes of Peru, this restaurant wraps diners in blue-gray throws made of impossibly soft baby alpaca woven by local artisans; the blankets are exceptionally warm and are sold to support the restaurant’s research team." - ByAlex Beggs
"A pioneer of Andean ingredients, his latest restaurant, Mil, in Peru, is located 11,500 feet above sea level."
