Recently, I was invited by some colleagues to ‘dine in the dark’ at O.Noir in Toronto. I chronicled my experience for Good Food Revolution, a wonderfully inspiring Toronto-based website that covers all things related to good food and wine.
Here’s a snippet taken from the article …
“Our visually-impaired server leads us into the dark room, single file with our right hand on the person’s shoulder in front of us. We literally cannot see a thing. It takes a few minutes to get settled and during that time, a slight feeling of panic overcomes me. But, once my eyes and brain adjust to this completely dark environment, I begin to embrace the experience.
It is at this moment that I realize the chef and restaurateur are at a complete advantage. Because you can’t see what you’re eating, presentation of the food doesn’t matter. It could be a total mess and you wouldn’t be any the wiser. And, because you enter into a room where you literally cannot see your hand in front of your face, you have no idea what the dining room looks like or where you are seated relative to the other guests. You are literally at the mercy of the people who run this place and must be willing to relinquish all control, which, being a Type-A personality, is a challenge for me at the best of times.”
To read more about this one-of-a-kind experience in detail, click here.
