Food · Peru —The crown. Lima’s Maido currently holds the title of the world’s best restaurant. —The depth. Four Lima kitchens sit among the world’s fifty best, a concentration few cities can match. —The style. Maido serves Nikkei food, a fusion of Japanese technique and Peruvian ingredients. —The chef. It is led by Mitsuharu Tsumura, who has built the place since two thousand nine. —The pantry. Lima draws on the coast, the Andes and the Amazon for a vast range of ingredients. —The payoff.