Eating in the Dark

I guess you can't say you don't like your food in that restaurant based on appearance.

This would be great for children. hahaha

“Chicken without sexual life” in a “dark” restaurant is rather spooky. ;-)

I'm paranoid about bugs and hairs in my food. I'd never eat there. I don't even like to dine in candlelit places, I like it nice and bright.

These restauranteurs are very smart! I've heard that eating in a well lit room makes you more aware of your portions and hence you eat less, so perhaps people will eat more and spend more money because they have no idea what they're eating!

That is interesting Psychsarah, though if I eat in a poorly lit room, I tend to fall asleep. Anyone else?

While the idea of eating in a dark place sounds really fun, especially if I am with a "close" friend, I am such a klutz in real life that I would just ruin whatever I am wearing and end up wiht most of my meal on my shirt or in my lap.

I love looking at food, even food I would never eat, so I don't think this would work for me!

Tong Zi Ji (broiler) translation: "chicken without sexual life".

that translation is so wrong.

There is a restaurant like that in Zurich, called the "Blind Cow" (Die Blinde Kuh). The staff are legally blind. The waiting list for reservations is a mile long.

Divya -- since it's dark, you can wear a huge bib, and people will be amazed by how clean you are afterwards! ;-)

Weird. I don't think I'd like it. I love the aesthetics of restaurant food. It always looks better than what I make at home, so part of the enjoyment for me is to see what I'm eating.

I'm guessing that Tong Zi Ji is Chinese for "capon", in which case the translation is sort of appropriate, I think.

There is a long review of the Restaurant Blinde Kuh in Zurich here:

http://www.justhungry.com/2006/02/restaurant_blin.html

I'm with you, Jan. There's a level of trust implicit here that I'm just not willing to give to any commercial establishment. Maybe something to try at home, though.

I have many allergies, such things as pollen, dust etc. One of the worse days I ever had was when I was drinking iced tea with one packet of Splenda. I sneezed and my nose ran all day, no lie. I decided to test if it was the tes or the Splenda . When I drank the tea plain, no problem but with Splenda the sneezing returned, so now I drink tea plain or with sugar.

There is a restaurant in Montreal called ONOIR ( www.onoir.com ) the food is served by blind people and some of the revenue goes to the blind association for research ..i will go there for the experience and the cause.

I'm studying architecture at Uni. We have been set a community housing project. I have chosen a live/work scheme for 11 people with sight loss. I think the restaurant idea is interesting, as I have read waiters in these restaurants are visually impaired. I have never been to one myself and was hoping someone could fill me on things like.. what they are like to eat in? Are they really pitch black or is there dim lighting over your plate? What happens when you need the loo? And also did you thing that it worked? Any information on how it works would be very much appreciated. Thank you.