dark restaurants

[pianistimo]

'dining in candlelight may be romantic, but eating in complete darkness truly heightens your senses to the food...this unique culinary experience has begun in zurich, switzerland, and has now spread across the globe, ro restaurants including opaque in west hollywood, california.'

yes - this is an addition to the conveyor belt sushi thread.  in fact, if you want to combine the two ideas - i suppose we could do a sort of 'choose your sushi with a glow stick' idea.

[thalbergmad]

I wonder if they serve SPAM.

Thal

[pianistimo]

spam in sushi?  what an idea?  (gag)  please pleeeaze  tell me you don't eat spam.

[thalbergmad]

You have nearly 10,000 posts my little tambo banger.

[pianistimo]

yes.  shall i knock it over the edge?

[Bob]

You can't see if the food is good if it's dark.  There may be bugs crawling around or it could be rotten.  Ew. 

[pianistimo]

it wasn't my idea.  but, the swiss generally never serve rotten food.  maybe dried food?  ok.  kids would love it.  they could actually test out their 'light up' shoes.  why do they sell light up shoes to kids anyways - since they're not supposed to be out after dark.  maybe this would give them a place to walk around and feel important by leading their parents by the hand.

[bench warmer]

 Totally dark you say............makes a great atmosphere for a rolicklingy good Food-Fight!...........Where in the Hell is that bottle of squeeze ketchup? 

[pianistimo]

sounds like a great idea.  only soft foods allowed.  and only at the end are you allowed to splash drinks around.  *imagines coming out of the dark restaurant - having paid for a meal one wears instead of eats.

[prometheus]

Hmm, I don't agree with this idea.

Your sense of taste is largely fabricated on how we expect something to taste based on what we think it is and how it looks, how it smells and how it's texture feels in our mouth, on our tongue, etc.

Also, I am not so sure if blocking out your eyes make, for example, your ears more sensible.

And with only our tongue taste sensation we have a very primitive experience. We need our wildly fantasizing brains inspired by our eyes, etc.

[pianistimo]

you can still smell it and touch it.  you just can't see it.

[Bob]

you can still smell it and touch it. you just can't see it.

(cracking up, but says nothing)


Would it be considered rude to eat with night-vision goggles on?

[pianistimo]

not rude - but a little unfair.  perhaps you've got a good idea for those who insist on seeing their food.

[Bob]

And then the thread got kinda wierd...

Excellent.  May I join you? 

 





"Me too?  I have a suit I can put on if it's formal."



"Um, no.  Table's full.  Sorry"

(Restaraunt gets very dark for a moment there.)

[Bob]

I can't leave that as my last post for the night.



(seeing something moving in his food, shrieks)  "It's alive!!!"

Actually, it's pronounced "Uh-leeva" 
Really?
Yes.
Are you sure?
I'm absolutely certain, I think.

[quantum]

it wasn't my idea.  but, the swiss generally never serve rotten food.  maybe dried food?  ok.  kids would love it.  they could actually test out their 'light up' shoes.  why do they sell light up shoes to kids anyways - since they're not supposed to be out after dark.  maybe this would give them a place to walk around and feel important by leading their parents by the hand.

Kids.....  What about serving broccoli?  Maybe we'll find out if they really think it tastes bad.

[pianistimo]

the preschool my daughter went to several years ago introduced them as 'clouds.'  i couldn't figure out what she was talking about everytime she ate broccoli - but because she ate them so well - i agreed that they were clouds.  not sure how broccoli tastes in the dark. 

ok. as i see it - we split the restaurant into kids section and adults section.  the more bizarre foods being in the adults - and the traditional spaghetti and pizza for the kids.  utensils would not be used - because they might be dangerous if thrown.  this type of restaurant would have only about two rules.  no flashlights, only nightvision equipment if you happen to own it - and no formal attire.  the restaurant does not want to foot the bill for spills and things. in fact, if you happen to ruin your entire outfit - it might be best to just wear something that you don't plan to wear again. 

[rc]

They turned a water tower into a restaurant where I live, cool view in one direction - the city looks like a forest from up there and on a clear day you can see the far off mountains.  In the other direction you see the industrial park   A friend who works there watched a bum who lived in a group of trees nearby for a few days, the bum had a chair.  I wonder how a bum spends his days?

...But they really charge you for the view up there, what a pricey place!  I'll bet dark restaurants charge a little more for the novelty of turning their lights off.