If given the choice, would you choose Central or Mil?
We’ll be down in Peru this summer so need to decide soon to make reservations.
Thanks.
Just to complicate your choice:
I haven’t been to MIL Centro, but found Central to use amazing ingredients I’d never even heard of before, but to serve them in an “overcomplicated” manner with multiple garnishes that looked very pretty but were either inedible, or added little (if anything) to the dish. I particularly recall the 'Percebes dish (I LOVE Percebes) which had a small portion of minced Percebes meat (and some local spices) which was ‘garnished’ with a large ice ‘ball’ of frozen Percebes in the shell (strictly for presentation - you weren’t supposed to even attempt to eat that).
I MUCH preferred Kjolle (also part of the same ownership group, and at the same address as Central) where each course followed a theme , presenting local ingredients in a much more co-ordinated manner.
Of course, Kjolle hasn’t (yet) received the recognition that Central has earned.
here’s my shorthand version of my menu at Kjolle:
AMAZONIAN COLORS:Seabass, cacao, taperiba
SCALLOPS & SEEDS: Pacae (ice-cream bean), lime extract, ginger
TUBERS: Oca root (oxalis tubers), Olluco (potato-like), Potato
CURED DUCK: W Squid-onion, Kaniwa (Goosefoot grain, similar to Quinoa)
VEGETAL DIVERSITY: Yacon (tuber from daisy); Coffee broth, Chonta (spiralized hearts of palm), Artichoke
BEF 7 CORN: w Burnt corn, Macambo (bean), Paico (tea made from wormseed)
FROZEN PURPLE MASHWA (Medicinal Tuber– dampens libido):Pitanaya (dragon-fruit), Muna (Andean mint)
CACAO FROM MIL: Chirimoya (Custard apple), Amazonian Honey
COCA LEAF COOKIE
