Menu to Taste

MIL Centro

Altitude-Based Peruvian · Cusco · Chef Luis Valderrama

Ranked No. 49 on Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants list, MIL Centro in Cusco is led by head chef Luis Valderrama. Overseen by Virgilio Martínez and Pía León, the high-altitude Andean concept serves an eight-course tasting menu overlooking the Moray archaeological ruins at 3,500 meters above sea level.

Moray, Sacred Valley, Cusco, Peru, Cusco

  • #49 Latin America's 50 Best 2025
  • #75 World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025

Menu

Dishes

  • Preservation — Freeze-dried potato chuno, corn, wild uchucuta and oca using ancient preservation techniques
  • Plateau — Cabuya nectar, lamb, kanihua grain and white quinoa from the high plateau
  • Corn — Native corn varieties presented in multiple preparations and textures
  • Central Andes — Potatoes, stems, chaco clay and wild chincho aromatic herb
  • Diversity — Final course celebrating Peru's biodiversity with cacao, fruits and native plants
  • Chicha Morada — Traditional purple corn drink infused with cinnamon and clove
  • Quinoa Bread — Bread made with ancient quinoa varieties from the Sacred Valley
  • Cacao and Lucuma — Peruvian cacao with lucuma fruit, a dessert celebrating Amazon-Andes connection
  • Tarwi and Muna — Lupinus bean with muna mint, native high-altitude ingredients
  • Frozen Cordillera — High-altitude herbs, ice crystals and extreme-altitude ingredients

Tasting Menu

  • Altitude-Based Tasting Experience — Multi-course journey exploring Andean ecosystems at different altitudes
  • 8-Course Altitude Tasting (360) — Altitude-based Peruvian tasting — Chef Virgilio Martínez, 3,568m elevation, Moray
  • 8-Course Tasting Menu (Lunch only) (360)
  • MIL Immersion (Full-day experience + tasting menu) (620)

Cocktails

  • 8-Course Tasting Menu (Lunch) (360)
  • Full Immersion Experience (620)
  • 8-Course Tasting Menu (Lunch) (360)

The Experience

In a historic setting. The meal is structured around a tasting menu.

  • Format: Tasting menu
  • Setting: Historic

Phone: +51 84 774 999

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