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Toronto Sun
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
The best restaurant in the world? It's the Peruvian-Japanese Maido in Lima
Published Jun 25, 2025 • 4 minute read Picture of the facade of the Maido high-cuisine restaurant in Lima, taken on June 19, 2025. The Lima restaurant Maido, emblem of the fusion of Japanese and Peruvian cuisine, is the best restaurant in the world in 2025, as announced by the 50 Best list of the British magazine Restaurant. Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP via Getty Images Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Drumroll, please, for the best restaurant in the world: It's Maido, in Lima, Peru. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The top pick in the annual ranking of the World's 50 Best Restaurants is a 16-year-old restaurant led by chef Mitsuharu Tsumura that specializes in a singular style of Nikkei cuisine, the combination of Peruvian and Japanese flavours and influences. Tsumura's menu prioritizes seafood, with dishes like raw razor clams in a ponzu emulsion with truffle oil and tuna nirigi with shoyu-infused cured egg yolks and toasted quinoa. The Maido experience starts at 1190 Peruvian sols, or around US$331. In an exclusive first interview with Tsumura, the chef said: 'This is not for me, this is for the country, this is for Peru, this is for the Peruvian restaurants, This is for Latin America, and this is also for the whole industry.' He also paid tribute to the influence of the organizers on the culinary community. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Before 50 Best, the community of chefs didn't get together as they do right now. And this is important because from there, we have built together many, many beautiful connections and this should be an example for all the industries in the world. There is competition, this is like a football game, but when you finish, you shake hands, you have a beer. There's so much differences in the world right now. We don't agree in so many things. Maybe food will be there, the tool to fix [it].' Nikkei dishes at Maido in Lima are presented in creative ways such as this crispy chicken in ginger sauce. TED RATH/POSTMEDIA NETWORK Maido stands in sharp contrast to last year's No. 1 spot, the fantastical Disfrutar in Barcelona, where dishes have names like Fear: The Prawn. Spain was the big winner in 2024: Three of the top five restaurants on the list were located there. This year, it was Italy's turn. It had five restaurants in the top 50. The city of Bangkok did even better: It had six. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The No. 2 spot on the 2025 list went to Asador Etxebarri in Spain's Basque country, where chef-owner Victor Arguinzoniz uses custom-made grills to prepare seemingly simple, yet outrageously flavorful dishes like grilled baby squid and ink with caramelized onions and pan-fried white truffles. The tasting menu goes for 280 euros ($321). If you'd asked ChatGPT what the winners would be, you would have gotten a very different answer. Atomix (No. 12) came out as their pick for top recommendation; the platform also saw top contenders in Table by Bruno Verjus (No. 8) and the Alchemist in Copenhagen (No. 5). Atomix was the top-ranked US dining room, and fell 6 spots from last year. It was also the only American restaurant to appear on the top 50 list. (It's based in New York.) This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The UK had two spots in the top 50: The forward-thinking Mexican restaurant Kol at No. 49, which prioritizes local ingredients over imported ones, even avocados, and the dynamic Ikoyi, which, at No. 15, won the title of 'highest climber' moving up 27 spots from last year's spot. The 50 Best awards are owned and operated by the UK-based William Reed media company, which also publishes regional restaurant rankings in as well as ones for bars and hotels. The ranking is based on the votes of 1120 panelists around the world. The 50 Best also doles out special awards. They included the World's Best Pastry Chef award went to Maxime Frédéric, from Plénitude. The Best Female Chef in the World is Pichaya Soontornyanakij, known as Pam, runs the modern Thai-Chinese dining room Potong in Bangkok; it was also the highest new entry on the list, at No. 13. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. (Last year's rankings are listed in parentheses; restaurants that are new to the list this year are marked with an asterisk(*).) 1. Maido, Lima (5) 2. Asador Etxebarri, Axpe, Spain (2) 3. Quintonil, Mexico City, Mexico (7) 4. Diverxo, Madrid, Spain (4) 5. Alchemist, Copenhagen, Denmark (8) 6. Gaggan, Bangkok (9) 7. Sézanne, Tokyo (15) 8. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris (3) 9. Kjolle, Lima, Peru (16) 10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires (10) 11. Wing, Hong Kong (20) 12. Atomix, New York (6) 13. Potong, Bangkok * 14. Plénitude, Paris (18) 15. Ikoyi, London (42) 16. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy (12) 17. Sorn, Bangkok (38) 18. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy (19) 19. The Chairman, Hong Kong (26) 20. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, Brunico, Italy * This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 21. Narisawa, Tokyo (re-entry) 22. Sühring, Bangkok (23) 23. Boragó, Santiago, Chile (29) 24. Elkano, Getaria, Spain (28) 25. Odette, Singapore (24) 26. Mérito, Lima* 27. Trèsind Studio, Dubai (13) 28. Lasai, Rio de Janiero* 29. Mingles, Seoul (44) 30. Le Du, Bangkok (40) 31. Le Calandre, Rubano (re-entry) 32. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy (39) 33. Steirereck, Vienna (22) 34. Enigma, Barcelona* 35. Nusara, Bangkok * 36. Florilège, Tokyo (21) 37. Orfali Bros., Dubai (re-entry) 38. Frantzén, Stockholm (35) 39. Mayta, Lima (41) 40. Septime, Paris (11) 41. Kadeau, Copenhagen* 42. Belcanto, Lisbon (31) 43. Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy (50) 44. La Cime, Osaka (re-entry) 45. Arpege (45) 46. Rosetta, Mexico City (34) 47. Vyn, Skillinge* 48. Celele, Cartagena * 49. Kol, London (17) 50, Restaurant Jan, Munich * Toronto Blue Jays Sunshine Girls Relationships Sunshine Girls Toronto & GTA
Japan Today
22-06-2025
- Business
- Japan Today
Japanese-Peruvian fusion restaurant in Lima named world's best
A restaurant in Peru's capital owned by a chef of Japanese descent has topped the list of the world's 50 best restaurants for 2025, the ranking's publisher said, praising the Peruvian-Japanese fusion cuisine for incorporating Amazonian flavors. Named after a Japanese phrase used to greet people, "Maido," the restaurant operated by head chef and owner Mitsuharu "Micha" Tsumura, is "a masterclass in Nikkei cuisine, blending meticulous Japanese techniques with vibrant Peruvian ingredients to create a dining experience that is both culturally rich and innovatively modern," the 50 Best organization said in a press release. Tsumura, born in Lima, opened Maido there in 2009 when he was 28 years old. He completed a culinary arts program in the United States and made a trip to Osaka to specialize in Japanese cuisine, it said. The chef-restaurateur's ancestors migrated to Peru from Japan. Japanese immigration to Peru dates back to 1899, and Peru is home to the second-largest Japanese community in Latin America after Brazil. Receiving the honor at The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 event held Thursday in Turin, Italy, Tsumura was quoted as saying, "I can't describe it in words, really." "It's a mix of the hard work, all the difficult moments, making people understand what we were doing, and now seeing what we've done with Nikkei cuisine and Peruvian hospitality," he said on the list's official website. "Making people happy has always been what I've loved doing." The restaurant has regularly finished within the top 10 of the list, ranking fifth in 2024. This year, four restaurants in Japan were named on the list. Neo-French eatery Sezanne, located in a Four Seasons hotel in Tokyo, ranked highest among them in seventh. The World's 50 Best Restaurants was created in 2002 by a British magazine. The list is created from the votes of international restaurant industry experts. © KYODO
Time Out
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
The South American restaurant just crowned best in the world for 2025
A couple of weeks after announcing their annual list of the world's 51-100 best restaurants, the much-anticipated guide to the best of the best has landed. World's 50 Best announced their winners at a ceremony in Turin last night, and Maido, a restaurant in Lima, Peru, was named the best restaurant on the planet. It's the 23rd edition of the awards, and restaurants from 32 cities across 22 different countries made the ranking, including 10 new entries. So, what's Maido doing that makes it better than all those brilliant spots? The restaurant takes its name from a Japanese phrase used by people to greet each other: 'maido', and is run by chef Mitsuharu 'Micha' Tsumura, the son of Japanese immigrants who formally trained in the US. Recommended: These are the best cities in the world for food, according to Time Out. He then spent time in Osaka mastering the techniques now utilised at this place, and it's resulted in a dazzling blend of Peruvian Amazon flavours cooked with Japanese methods. Think a miniature jaune parcel of pork jowl and palm heart, or yucca served up with Amazonian beans. 'I can't describe it in words really. It's a mix of feelings… All the hard work, all the difficult moments, making people understand what we were doing, and now seeing what we've done with Nikkei cuisine and Peruvian cuisine… with hospitality. Making people happy has always been what I've loved doing,' said Tsumura, after the win. 'I think the most beautiful act of love is to cook for somebody. It's the most beautiful thing that has happened in my life. It's been 11 years [being ranked on The World's 50 Best Restaurants] and it's a dream come true.' Three other restaurants in Lima made the World's 50 Best list – Kjolle, Mérito and Mayta. Read on for all of the outstanding inclusions for 2025. These are officially the world's 50 best restaurants Maido, Lima, Peru Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain Quintonil, Mexico City, Mexico Diverxo, Madrid, Spain Alchemist, Copenhagen, Denmark Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand Sézanne, Tokyo, Japan Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris, France Kjolle, Lima, Peru Don Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina Wing, Hong Kong, China Atomix, New York, United States Potong, Bangkok, Thailand Plénitude, Paris, France Ikoyi, London, United Kingdom Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy Sorn, Bangkok, Thailand Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy The Chairman, Hong Kong, China Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, Brunico, Italy Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan Sühring, Bangkok, Thailand Boragó, Santiago, Chile Elkano, Getaria, Spain Odette, Singapore, Singapore Mérito, Lima, Peru Trèsind Studio, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Lasai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mingles, Seoul, South Korea Le Du, Bangkok, Thailand Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy Steirereck, Vienna, Austria Enigma, Barcelona, Spain Nusara, Bangkok, Thailand Florilège, Tokyo, Japan Orfali Bros, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Frantzén, Stockholm, Sweden Mayta, Lima, Peru Septime, Paris, France Kadeau, Copenhagen, Denmark Belcanto, Lisbon, Portugal Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy La Cime, Osaka, Japan Arpège, Paris, France Rosetta, Mexico City, Mexico Vyn, Skillinge, Sweden Celele, Cartagena, Colombia Kol, London, United Kingdom Jan, Munich, Germany Did you see that the best pizzerias in Europe have been crowned for 2025?
New York Post
20-06-2025
- Business
- New York Post
World's 50 best restaurants revealed — here's where NYC landed
Dining experts just cooked up a list of the best restaurants in the world. The world's 50 best restaurants of 2025 have been revealed, reaching 22 global destinations chosen by 1,120 international restaurant industry experts, including food writers and chefs. 4 Maido a restaurant in Lima, Peru has been named The World's Best Restaurant 2025. Maido / Facebook Ten spots broke onto the list for the first time, while four re-entered the ranking. Advertisement Maido, run by chef-owner Mitsuharu 'Micha' Tsumura, has been named The World's Best Restaurant 2025. The restaurant in Lima, Peru jumped to the top from its fifth-place spot on last year's list. The fine dining eatery takes its name from a Japanese greeting and is the first thing diners will hear from Tsumura's team when they walk in to enjoy their meal. Advertisement Tsumura's family came to Peru in 1889. He opened his restaurant in 2009 in the city where he was born and has continued to create innovative offerings combining Japanese techniques and Peruvian ingredients — a fusion known as Nikkei cuisine. 4 Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo, Spain, was ranked at No. 2. Google Maps He focuses on serving local ingredients and updates the menu as the seasons change. The tasting menu offers more than 10 courses and has included delicacies like The Triple, a combination of avocado, eggs, tomato and chashu (braised pork belly); caracoles al sillao (soy sauce), sea snails, with yellow chilli foam and Nikkei sauce; squid ramen with Amazonian chorizo, duck dumpling, nigiri and more. Advertisement Diners can also choose from an a la carte menu filled with seasonal products and a catch of the day. Disfrutar in Barcelona — which ranked No. 1 last year — did not reappear in the ranking this year. 4 Quintonil in Mexico City has been ranked No. 3. QUINTONIL / Facebook NYC made the list with Michelin-starred Atomix coming in at No. 12 in the world and No. 1 in North America this year. Advertisement The Korean dining spot has been knocked down several spots from its place at No. 6 last year. 4 ATOMIX / Facebook The restaurant in Murray Hill is run by chef Junghyun 'JP' Park and his wife, Ellia, who have been specifically noted for their attention to detail, such as serving each acclaimed item in beautiful ceramics. Lima is clearly serving up some fine dining service. Four restaurants in the city made the list in total — No. 1 Maido, No. 9 Kjolle, No. 26 Mérito and No. 39 Mayta. The world's 50 best restaurants for 2025 Maido (Lima) Asador Etxebarri (Atxondo) Quintonil (Mexico City) Diverxo (Madrid) Alchemist (Copenhagen) Gaggan (Bangkok) Sézanne (Tokyo) Table by Bruno Verjus (Paris) Kjolle (Lima) Don Julio (Buenos Aires) Wing (Hong Kong) Atomix (New York) Potong (Bangkok) Plénitude (Paris) Ikoyi (London) Lido 84 (Gardone Riviera, Italy) Sorn (Bangkok) Reale (Castel di Sangro) The Chairman (Hong Kong) Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler (Brunico) Narisawa (Tokyo) Sühring (Bangkok) Boragó (Santiago) Elkano (Getaria) Odette (Singapore) Mérito (Lima) Trèsind Studio (Dubai) Lasai (Rio de Janeiro) Mingles (Seoul) Le Du (Bangkok) Le Calandre (Rubano) Piazza Duomo (Alba) Steirereck (Vienna) Enigma (Barcelona) Nusara (Bangkok) Florilège (Tokyo) Orfali Bros (Dubai) Frantzén (Stockholm) Mayta (Lima) Septime (Paris) Kadeau (Copenhagen) Belcanto (Lisbon) Uliassi (Senigallia) La Cime (Osaka) Arpège (Paris) Rosetta (Mexico City) Vyn (Skillinge) Celele (Cartagena) Kol (London) Restaurant Jan (Munich)
Mint
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
The Best Restaurant in the World? It's the Peruvian-Japanese Maido in Lima
Drumroll, please, for the best restaurant in the world: It's Maido, in Lima, Peru. The annual ranking of the World's 50 Best Restaurants was announced this evening at Lingotto Fiere in Turin. The top pick is a 16-year-old restaurant led by chef Mitsuharu Tsumura that specializes in a singular style of Nikkei cuisine, the combination of Peruvian and Japanese flavors and influences. Tsumura's menu prioritizes seafood, with dishes like raw razor clams in a ponzu emulsion with truffle oil and tuna nirigi with shoyu-infused cured egg yolks and toasted quinoa. The Maido experience starts at 1190 Peruvian sols, or around $331. In an exclusive first interview with Tsumura, the chef said: 'This is not for my, this is for the country, this is for Peru, this is for the Pervian restaurants, This is for Latin America, and this is also for the whole industry.' He also paid tribute to the influence of the organizers on the culinary community. 'Before 50 Best, the community of chefs didn't get together as they do right now. And this is important because from there, we have built together many, many beautiful connections and this should be an example for all the industries in the world. There is competition, this is like a football game, but when you finish, you shake hands, you have a beer. There's so much differences in the world right now. We don't agree in so many things. Maybe food will be there, the tool to fix.' Maido stands in sharp contrast to last year's No. 1 spot, the fantastical Disfratur in Barcelona, where dishes have names like Fear: The Prawn. Spain was the big winner in 2024: three of the top five restaurants on the list were located there. This year, it was the host country Italy's turn. It had five restaurants in the top 50. The city of Bangkok did even better: It had six. The No. 2 spot on the 2025 list went to Asador Etxebarri in Spain's Basque country, where chef-owner Victor Arguinzoniz uses custom-made grills to prepare seemingly simple, yet outrageously flavorful dishes like grilled baby squid and ink with caramelized onions and pan-fried white truffles. The tasting menu goes for 280 euros . If you'd asked ChatGPT what the winners would be, you would have gotten a very different answer. Atomix came out as their pick for top recommendation; the platform also saw top contenders in Table by Bruno Verjus and the Alchemist in Copenhagen . Atomix was the top-ranked US dining room, and fell 6 spots from last year. It was also the only American restaurant to appear on the top 50 list. The UK had two spots in the top 50: the forward-thinking Mexican restaurant Kol at No. 49, which prioritizes local ingredients over imported ones, even avocados, and the dynamic Ikoyi, which, at No. 15, won the title of 'highest climber' moving up 27 spots from last year's spot. The 50 Best awards are owned and operated by the UK-based William Reed media company, which also publishes regional restaurant rankings in as well as ones for bars and hotels. The ranking is based on the votes of 1120 panelists around the world. The preamble to this years list, by William Drew, the director of content for 50 Best, included a tribute to Bloomberg's former chief food critic Richard Vines, who died this year. The 50 Best also doles out special awards. They included the World's Best Pastry Chef award went to Maxime Frédéric, from Plénitude. The Best Female Chef in the World is Pichaya Soontornyanakij, known as Pam, runs the modern Thai-Chinese dining room Potong in Bangkok; it was also the highest new entry on the list, at No. 13. The rankings for places 51-100 were published earlier this month. Among the notable US inclusions are César, the year-old modernist dining room in New York, which broke onto the list at No. 98; Atelier Crenn, the San Francisco boite from star chef Dominique Crenn, a re-entry at No. 96; and Single Thread in Sonoma County, which dropped to No. 80 from its No. 46 spot last year. Other noteworthy new entries included the innovative Chef Tam's Seasons in Macau, at No. 72 ; and the highest new entry, the elevated street food spot Arca in Tulum, Mexico at No. 67. Here are this year's winning restaurants. Last year's rankings are listed in parentheses; restaurants that are new to the list this year are marked with an asterisk. 2. Asador Etxebarri, Axpe, Spain 3. Quintonil, Mexico City, Mexico 4. Diverxo, Madrid, Spain 5. Alchemist, Copenhagen, Denmark 8. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris 10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires 16. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy 18. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy 19. The Chairman, Hong Kong 20. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, Brunico, Italy * 23. Boragó, Santiago, Chile 24. Elkano, Getaria, Spain 27. Trèsind Studio, Dubai 28. Lasai, Rio de Janiero* 32. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy 43. Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy 50, Restaurant Jan, Munich * With assistance from Howard Chua-Eoan. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
