The journey into MIL begins outside, at more than 3500 meters above sea level, in a landscape where everything holds purpose and meaning.
Six moments. Eight ecosystems. A guided experience that invites you to read the landscape through ingredients, history, knowledge, and collaboration.
The journey begins outside, where the ruins of Moray, a masterpiece of engineering and Andean cosmology, open up space for observation. In front of its circular terraces, our anthropologists share hypotheses about its function in the Inca empire: agricultural laboratory, ritual center, climate archive. History is alive. And it is in use.
From there, the walk continues to the chacra. Among living crops, we observe and taste ingredients that have persisted for centuries, preserved today by our allied communities of Mullaka’s Misminay and K’acllaraccay.
The third moment ascends through the hills surrounding MIL. There, a guided walk through the diversity of plants allows us to recognize, smell, and understand how ethnobotanical knowledge remains relevant in everyday practices.
Inside, the Mater table displays the ingredients that sustain our cuisine: potatoes, tubers, grains, herbs, roots. Everything that shapes, flavors, and gives meaning to our menu.
The next moment proposes a tasting of ferments and distillates made from roots, cereals, and flowers. A dialogue between traditional techniques and contemporary explorations.
Inspired by all of the above, the journey culminates at the table. Here, the MIL menu is presented, a vertical journey through high-altitude ecosystems, with stations and flavors that only exist in this place.
