LIMA, PERU – In the global hierarchy of gastronomic capitals, Lima stands as a towering titan, a city where the Pacific Ocean meets the ancestral traditions of the Andes and the immigrant influences of Asia. Yet, among the Michelin-starred establishments and avant-garde laboratories of "Molecular Gastronomy" that populate the upscale districts of Miraflores and San […]

LIMA, PERU — In the unassuming residential district of Santa Catalina, behind a gate that bears no neon signs or grand architectural flourishes, lies what many global gastronomes consider the spiritual epicenter of Peruvian cuisine. This is Chez Wong, the home-turned-restaurant of Javier Wong, a man whose mastery of the knife and the wok has […]

LIMA, PERU — In the unassuming residential district of Santa Catalina, behind a nondescript door that bears no neon signs or grand architectural flourishes, resides the man many culinary scholars consider the greatest living practitioner of Peru’s national dish. Javier Wong, the chef-proprietor of Chez Wong, has turned his own living room into a global […]