http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/08/dining-in-the-dark/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Wed, 15 May 2013 14:48:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/08/dining-in-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-15489 Doris Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:14:39 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=12533#comment-15489 I believe the experience is one of a kind. It may actually heighten your sense of taste if you focus on that and not on how you cannot actually see the food you are eating. I believe the experience is one of a kind. It may actually heighten your sense of taste if you focus on that and not on how you cannot actually see the food you are eating.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/08/dining-in-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-15480 Jeff @ Cheeseburger Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:44:00 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=12533#comment-15480 This is actually an interesting concept, for me at least. I've always wondered how it would be to dine in a restaurant in a dark. After the panic subsides, how will the experience be? This is actually an interesting concept, for me at least. I’ve always wondered how it would be to dine in a restaurant in a dark. After the panic subsides, how will the experience be?

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/08/dining-in-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-15460 [+] Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:31:21 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=12533#comment-15460 ... a local restaurant had a promotion where the winning diners would wear a blindfold while served surprise chef created dishes. It was interesting at first, except one of the diners soon knocked over a glass full of wine and stained everything - the whole fiasco quickly turned into the dumbest thing I ever saw. … a local restaurant had a promotion where the winning diners would wear a blindfold while served surprise chef created dishes. It was interesting at first, except one of the diners soon knocked over a glass full of wine and stained everything – the whole fiasco quickly turned into the dumbest thing I ever saw.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/08/dining-in-the-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-15455 Erin Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:20:34 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=12533#comment-15455 Why not just offer (very nice) blindfolds at the table? There's no stumbling on anyone's part - particularly if one is headed to the restroom - one can get their bearings, and then appreciate the heightened sense of taste as one eliminates his or her sense of sight. Why not just offer (very nice) blindfolds at the table? There’s no stumbling on anyone’s part – particularly if one is headed to the restroom – one can get their bearings, and then appreciate the heightened sense of taste as one eliminates his or her sense of sight.

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