It’s the ceviche

Machu PicchuLevel 0, The Plaza,SliemaTel: 2744 0705

Food: 7/10Service: 7/10Ambience: 3/10Value: 7/10Overall: 6/10

This is an unusual one, even by my standards. To make things clear, I’m fine with unusual. It usually leads to a useful change somewhere down the line. Take transport as an example. Every epoch had its oddity that, in time, led to a mode of transport that the masses could rely on. The Greeks had Icarus with his awkwardly melty wings, the Victorians had the Penny-farthing, and we have the Daihatsu Copen. The first two could be considered precursors to modes of transport we depend on today. The last is useful purely as a measure of oddity.

Food is pretty much the same. An uncharacteristically brave Frenchman once looked at a snail and wondered if we could possibly eat it. And until today, we reap the benefits that the plucky fellow left in his wake. Fast-forward to conveyor-belt sushi, bubble tea, molecular cocktails and all the sparks of creativity that have brought us here – an era when anything that can be eaten will be eaten even if it has been distorted beyond recognition.

Alas, we also live in an era during which the lion’s share of inventiveness goes into...