Nuema Restaurant

Nuema is one of the most unique and innovative eateries in the list of the best restaurants in Ecuador. Alejandro Chamorro, the chief chef, studied art in college before discovering his passion for cooking. He views each dish as a work of art, combining many textures, flavors, and smells in a single piece that, in the end, will wow the guest. Alejandro has worked in some of the world's most renowned restaurants, including Noma in Denmark and Astrid & Gaston in Lima, where he met his wife, Pia Salazar, pastry chef at Nuema.

Ecuadorian origins are represented by Nuema. "Due to a lack of understanding, we must believe in what we have and what we can do with what we don't know we have," Alejandro says. That Ecuador's Macambo, like Parmesan in Italy, is a one-of-a-kind product." Visitors to Nuema can experience Ecuador's culinary heritage through adaptations of indigenous delicacies such as tongue with peanut sauce, milk, and sambo nuts (pumpkins seeds). Nuema, for example, bases its culinary idea on three pillars: a combination of the three, farm to table, back to the beginnings, or culinary memoir.

In Nuema's recipes, the aim is to use three elements that allow people to quickly perceive and decipher the flavors. Innovation, expertise, and ancestral flavors are all part of the final mix. Working with local producers, according to Alejandro and Pia, is the greatest method to control the quality of their food while also boosting the sustainability of local farmers and producers. They can also find products that aren't common or simple to come by, but are usually associated with the origin of a traditional dish, such as Camote, Mashua, Pino, Paico, and Macambo, among others.

Back to the origins or culinary memoir: Nuema chefs strive to preserve the essence of each dish, even as they innovate in the preparation process; in the end, the goal is to preserve the essence of each dish by mimicking the memoir that each plate carries. Using green plantain in some meals, for example, can reawaken Alejandro's sensory memory of his grandmother, which he can then relay through his rendition of the traditional dish. Nuema is located at the Illa Experience Hotel in San Marcos, and serves breakfast, Sunday brunch, lunch (with reservations), and tasting menu dinners with 5 to 7 courses that are available to the public.

Location: the Illa Experience Hotel in San Marcos

Phone: +593 99 850 2726

Google ratings: 4.4/5.0