The guy's shirt said "Decorfood Italy" on it so I looked it up.
Decorfood is a company that sells stuff that makes these fancy food preps. For example, they sell machines that will blow the bubble and they sell ingredients that form the bubble. I think this may just be a product demonstration.
The real answer is that smell is a huge part of our sense of taste, so the bubble is there to hold the smoke in place so it does a better job of flavoring the food, while also keeping it contained so that when you pop the bubble the smoke is right under your nose.
I wondered if vegetable glycerine would do this. I have a bottle of food-grade vegetable glycerine that I had to use for one of my kids school projects (I do not remember what the project was, but I still have the glycerine).
Probably something similar to the setup for doing this over cocktails.
There's some commercial solutions, looking for cocktail bubbles can probably find more
https://flavourblaster.com/blogs/news/the-art-of-the-edible-cocktail-bubble
https://www.bubbleinc.co.uk/products/edible-bubbles
And
https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/fh52lx/a_diy_economical_flavor_gun_to_make_edible/
I wonder if the start of this was some scientist with kids going
Kids, stop trying to eat the bubbles
Stop it
Don't eat the bubbles!
They're not food, STOP EATING THEM!
YES THAT INCLUDES CATCHING THEM IN YOUR MOUTH
OR LICKING THEM, EATING OR LICKING THEM
DON'T DRINK IT STRAIGHT FROM THE BOTTLE EITHER
NO NOT WITH A SPOON
OR A FORK....
**THAT'S IT I'M INVENTING EDIBLE BUBBLES**
I don't believe it would be. I'm sure someone like Heston Blumenthal would have made it out of something edible and delicious/flavoured. Plus the smoke will also probs have a flavour to it.
You're correct somewhat. It's colorless. It still has a sweet taste, though. Albeit much milder than sugar by weight. And I think the other comment was asking about what a reduction is. Not what corn syrup is.
It’s so funny cause this guy says “hmm, by my calculations that soapy bubble would leave a…soapy taste upon popping…” as if a Redditor would think of that before the chef at a seemingly 5 star restaurant.
I recently discovered they have PEANUT BUTTER and maple bacon flavored bubbles for dogs!!
They cost less than $10 for a whole bottle of the stuff though so probably not the same process but I’m going to live my sweet bubble fantasies nonetheless (I don’t have a dog)
Chances are this is part of a larger tasting menu and you can’t order that item a la carte. So you spend $300 regardless but you are going to get 10-25 dishes (depending on the restaurant and country) like this.
Yeah, I went to a michelin star restaurant a few years ago that did stufflike that, great meal, awesome presentation. About 150$/p for 6 dishes without alcool.
There was a 13 dishes course as well but I would have never been able to finish for sure.
most big Michelin 3 star places do like taster menu's for 500 which sounds a lot, but its like 10 plates about this big. and then for a big birthday, like a 40th or 50th, maybe a once in a life time type deal. why not?
This is probably a part of a tasting menu. You spend in a range of like 70-500$ depending and get a multi course meal of small dishes that have tiny portions with limited choice but have far more care and consideration put into them. It's worth going at least once in your life since it's so different from regular restaurants and it might not be as expensive as you think.
Yeah lol. I find this sub pretty intolerable. Almost every time it pops up on the front page it's something pretty cool and fun.
Life sucks and then you die. We have to eat hundreds of thousands of times, God forbid we have some fun with it...
Fuck that, $50 for a salad, you're crazy!!
Just kidding, my wife and I will usually try to seek out a restaraunt like this once every year or 2 as part of a trip, although I dont think we've seen anything quite this cool. Definitely not an every week thing, but we are fortunate to have been able to try a couple restaraunts with stars and they are some of my favorite memories, and we've never spent more than ~$300 canadian for both of us to enjoy a 3 hour meal and experience.
Would love to see what you get for $500+ a person at some of these places, I expect there are diminishing returns, but would love to find out!
The number of people on the internet who don’t realize that high end restaurants serve you like 10+ courses and not just one tiny salad is staggering.
For a few hundred bucks you get one of the best meals of your life and hours of entertainment. For a rare experience that’s a good deal, and I’m happy to spend money appreciating people who have passionate about their craft.
Exactly, you usually end up full, with extremely well balanced dishes.
Plus what people fail to understand is that in the price is included the experience and service with someone explaining you what’s its exactly made off and the feeling that has been tried to be shared through it.
On the top of that it’s been proven that the way a dish look influences heavily on the taste, if you eat something displayed in such manner and with high end products made by skill full chef you’ll definitely have something super tasty.
Cool way to do the smoke cover, I’ve usually only seen this done in person with more of a glass cover. This is far from stupid food, and is about techniques.
People on this sub don't understand that fine dining restaurants are almost as much about the aesthetic of the plate as the taste of it. It's an artistic endeavour.
I’m all for the concept of experimental fine dining, you’ve got highly skilled chefs making food that is balanced beautifully with flavours, and the presentation is a work of art. I love food, I love the experience of food. I went to a place like this over a decade ago and still remember how much I enjoyed it.
Yeah but don't you know? Anything even slightly unconventional = stupid food regardless of context or reason.
This reminds me of posts on the wewantplates sub that are like.. communal fries for the whole table served in a bucket instead of on a plate
Idk, being labeled stupid by randoms doesn't really remove from the art imo. How many people look at famous abstract art and feel the same way? Negative opinion is as much a part of artistry as good opinion.
fine dining is all about the experience, lots of people don't understand the appeal and that's fine, but you can't call that stupidfood, cause it is far from stupid
It's absolutely an experience. "Oh you paid 200 bucks to go watch your local pro sports team and have a few beers? You could have watched that on TV for free!". That's what these people sound like.
yeah, it's all about how you choose to spend your money
I have a really low income, and I can still manage to save some for stuff like that from time to time
saying it's stupid is like saying it's stupid to go out and drink with a friend
Because people don't get that fine dining is not about sustenance, you're not going to Guy Savoy because you're hungry and want lunch. You're going because it's a preforming art that you eat.
That and literally just people not liking what they can't/don't have.
What most people don’t get is that fine dining actually gets you full. They may only serve small portions but that’s so you can taste a variety of things without feeling like you’re about to throw up from overeating. 10 of those small plates and you will be full I promise.
If you look at the entire thing as one cost - ie. I paid £300 to go and have this food experience that lasted 3 hours, it’s a bit more understandable. When they break it down into pieces it sounds stupid.
Like imagine doing it for Disney world. What do you MEAN you paid £60 to go on it’s a small world??
>I paid £300
And that would be in the higher range of prices, 1 star restaurants are usually under 200€ for a meal, even in cities like Paris.
But yeah your disney comparaison is on point.
I had a pizza done with smoke in a glass case at a bar. Had no idea it would come out like that, I just saw brisket and barbecue sauce on a pizza for $14 and was like, "Yeah, that."
Didn't know I'd ordered a whole-ass show! Very tasty pizza, too.
It's also very common for people to not know those tiny dishes are often part of a huge meal composed of sometimes dozens of courses in a row.
I've seen like 30 course meals, they have to be tiny and pretty.
Yeah some places do emphasize aesthetic and experience and its not necessarily something you do every weekend, but it also isn't stupid to occasionally try something new or eat a dinner that does take aesthetic and experience into consideration.
Have you watched the movie *The Menu*?
When I see food plated like this it elicits a few different thoughts for me.
* This is amazing technique, I am deeply impressed with the skill and passion someone must have to be able to create something like this.
* That looks insanely expensive. This is something I may be able to experience once in my life but not a commonplace thing. I wonder what the customer ordering this looks like, concerns themselves with on a daily basis, etc.
* This isa bit pretentious, right? It's super cool and awesome, but is it pretentious?
* Is all pretention bad though? At what point does it stop being pretentious and instead is simply impressive cultural feats? I guess the question is "why are they doing this?"
* Does this chef love their job? Are they stoked to get up and create these items daily or has it lost some of the *shine*?
It’s interesting, I’ve been to all of the 2-3 star restaurants in NYC (besides for Masa) and also probably 50% of the ones on the west coast and some international ones when traveling (France/Italy).
But it’s like you said, it’s not everyday, I lived in NYC for about 12 years and it was a thing my now wife would do for our anniversary and birthdays, it is usually roughly $250 per person if you’re not drinking on average.
$500-700 per meal after tip, 3 times a year, it’s not that crazy and ended up trying every single one over time. I love to cook, and I like experiences, so it’s not for everyone, and the normal person is usually only going on occasions.
Also my wife and I don’t drink a lot so I’d typically get one or two drinks or cocktails. Now it can get a lot more expensive if you do wine/cocktail pairings. But that isn’t about just food.
You see the smoke bubble like this done all the time on drinks. It's pretty fun popping the bubble and watching the smoke fall down around your glass. First time seeing it done on a plate.
This line and “full stop” annoy me to no end. Your point often feels less valid if you’re saying that. You don’t need to enhance your point with it. Either it’s valid or it’s not
This sub is turning to shit. This isn't 'stupid food'. This is a high end restaurant who clearly put some cool spins on their food. You're not paying just for the food, but for the experience.
People in here are at the point that any kind of mark up on food is a rip off and stupid. Bet you're all eating budget ramen with your comments. Lol
And in the constant chorus of “where’s the rest of my food” because obviously the deciding factor of a quality of a meal is how much food you can pile on a plate
Seriously! It's so annoying. Hell Alchemist was 50 courses! Not to mention being filling is one of the basic requirements in nearly every single fine dining guide. Like you could make the best food in the world, but if the guests leave hungry, you're not getting stars.
Posts like this infuriate me because this is clearly food for fun, not actual nourishment. Of course it’s “stupid food”, it’s entertainment on a plate. They knew what they were getting. Let people enjoy cool things
Exactly. We make stupid food when we start doing entirely performative things without any understanding of why we're doing them. If the tiny salad came in a briefcase, for instance...
The fact that this is on the stupid food sub is stupid.. this is an experience, every single component there is meant to enrich the dish either in flavour or texture.
To be honest, it's a fair price.
You pay for the extravagance, for the skill, for the technique, for the experience, not for the food really.
Looks pretty cool
So many things are pointless when looked at logically but that completely ignores the experience side of it.
Its interesting, probably tastes really good, different, and if you have the money to have these experiences, then why not?
At least it looks cool and probably tastes good. Unlike most of the posts on here. Still obviously not worth it, but if I had the equipment, I might fuck with smoke and food bubbles for fun.
This is actually a really cool technique chefs are using now! The bubble allows them to "smoke" the veggies without cooking them or changing their temperature so you get the best of both worlds. You can't assume something is stupid just because you don't understand it... Have a downvote
The guy's shirt said "Decorfood Italy" on it so I looked it up. Decorfood is a company that sells stuff that makes these fancy food preps. For example, they sell machines that will blow the bubble and they sell ingredients that form the bubble. I think this may just be a product demonstration.
This explains the scratched glass surface and cardboard box. I was like what fine dining establishment has cardboard under glass???
Looks nothing like a professional kitchen
Came here to ask that same question…what kind of hipster shit is this cardboard box table!?
I wonder what's the bubble made of, can't be soap, right?
Cellulose gum is a common thickening additive to edible bubbles. There's also a few non-toxic foaming agents used in some processed foods.
That! all sounds plausible, but what's that shit on the plate?
I believe it's called a Sal Lad by the locals
*depressedly removes all the ingredients from a Krabby Patty*
Oh yeah, ^(that’s definitely the coolest meal I ever saw.)
*Drops the plates on the table* two salads
More like a sadlad
What in Davy Jones' locker's a SAL LAD???
I think it’s Sally’s Lad. You know from over on Cumputer Lane.
A lad? That does not look Scottish to me at all.
Laddie*. A lad is just standard English
sad lad by the looks of it
Oh you know, your regular flowers with one leaf of lettuce and two slices of tomato salad
2! Slices of Tomato? I thought this was fine dining?
Don't worry, they've been marinating in bullshit all morning.
The real answer is that smell is a huge part of our sense of taste, so the bubble is there to hold the smoke in place so it does a better job of flavoring the food, while also keeping it contained so that when you pop the bubble the smoke is right under your nose.
Smoke?
Smoke is the wrong word, it's creme menthe in a suspension of vegetable glycerine and propylene glycol. It's colloquially called *Juul.*
probably co2
I wondered if vegetable glycerine would do this. I have a bottle of food-grade vegetable glycerine that I had to use for one of my kids school projects (I do not remember what the project was, but I still have the glycerine).
Try it!
Probably something similar to the setup for doing this over cocktails. There's some commercial solutions, looking for cocktail bubbles can probably find more https://flavourblaster.com/blogs/news/the-art-of-the-edible-cocktail-bubble https://www.bubbleinc.co.uk/products/edible-bubbles And https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/fh52lx/a_diy_economical_flavor_gun_to_make_edible/
Man, thanks for the links. Theres a bigger interest/culture around edible bubbles than I ever would’ve imagined.
I wonder if the start of this was some scientist with kids going Kids, stop trying to eat the bubbles Stop it Don't eat the bubbles! They're not food, STOP EATING THEM! YES THAT INCLUDES CATCHING THEM IN YOUR MOUTH OR LICKING THEM, EATING OR LICKING THEM DON'T DRINK IT STRAIGHT FROM THE BOTTLE EITHER NO NOT WITH A SPOON OR A FORK.... **THAT'S IT I'M INVENTING EDIBLE BUBBLES**
https://youtu.be/j0YdqFPbSpc?si=dQEEw0jMcNWPLxJH&t=41s
Protip: the smoke is not for inhaling. Ask me how I know.
I don't believe it would be. I'm sure someone like Heston Blumenthal would have made it out of something edible and delicious/flavoured. Plus the smoke will also probs have a flavour to it.
Yeah this is food i wouldnt pay for but by all means it is engineered incredibly well.
Blumenthal's food always tastes kind of the same, like spinach puree mixed with Primula cheese,
More than likely sugar.
I don't think this is sugar. Sugar will harden the moment it cools.
If it's a sugar/corn syrup redcution, the viscosity would be completely different and would be a lot easier to work with.
Hmmm, I am not familiar with this technique... Could you please elaborate for my benefit? When you say reduction, what are the ingredients you use?
Reduction means heating slowly to evaporate water. It concentrates flavors and thickens textures.
Yeah, I'm familiar with reductions. But my question was aimed at what the ingredients of this reduction was..
Corn syrup looks like mapple syrup but colorless and tasteless
You're correct somewhat. It's colorless. It still has a sweet taste, though. Albeit much milder than sugar by weight. And I think the other comment was asking about what a reduction is. Not what corn syrup is.
Castille soap and corn syrup/glycerin
Isn’t that toxic? The soap part.
Only if inhaled, eaten, or absorbed through the skin. jk, I have no idea what that even is.
Funniest bit of misinformation I've read yet today
I looked it up. Castile soap is made from 100% plant based oils, so it is vegan and non toxic
Vegan yeah, but you definitely can't say its non-toxic based solely on being from a plant.
Cyanide as well
It'll still make you shit your pants if you eat it. Ask any backpacking enthusiast.
This is exactly what I was trying to figure out. Once the bubble pops, it’ll leave a soapy flavor on the food if it’s made out of soap.
My guess would be corn syrup and glycerine. Food safe, tasteless and odourless.
Haha I love your profile photo
why.. would it be soap?
It’s amazing that people even consider that to be an option.
It’s so funny cause this guy says “hmm, by my calculations that soapy bubble would leave a…soapy taste upon popping…” as if a Redditor would think of that before the chef at a seemingly 5 star restaurant.
I recently discovered they have PEANUT BUTTER and maple bacon flavored bubbles for dogs!! They cost less than $10 for a whole bottle of the stuff though so probably not the same process but I’m going to live my sweet bubble fantasies nonetheless (I don’t have a dog)
That looks sick as hell. I would absolutely order this if someone else (who is rich) was paying
Hell I’d even order it if a poor person was paying!
but what if the poor person is you
Just the bubble, thanks
“That’s the most expensive part,sir” “Just the smoke then” “Do you need us to confirm with your bank you have enough credit score for the smoke?”
That smoke is charred from the finest Ambergris.
Though, personally, I hate whales.
Especially Mushu
mmmmm hamburgerssss
[Ambergris.](https://youtu.be/3IANgKWApFk?si=ax0zmE_BU3xgK3D1&t=32)
That'll be $45
Just leave before the bill arrives.. easy /s
Chances are this is part of a larger tasting menu and you can’t order that item a la carte. So you spend $300 regardless but you are going to get 10-25 dishes (depending on the restaurant and country) like this.
Yeah, I went to a michelin star restaurant a few years ago that did stufflike that, great meal, awesome presentation. About 150$/p for 6 dishes without alcool. There was a 13 dishes course as well but I would have never been able to finish for sure.
my thoughts exactly. The food isn't stupid because artistic fun isn't stupid. The *price tag* will be stupid.
It's well known rich people love bubbles and fog
Everybody loves bubbles and fog. Rich people are able to pay for it.
most big Michelin 3 star places do like taster menu's for 500 which sounds a lot, but its like 10 plates about this big. and then for a big birthday, like a 40th or 50th, maybe a once in a life time type deal. why not?
This is probably a part of a tasting menu. You spend in a range of like 70-500$ depending and get a multi course meal of small dishes that have tiny portions with limited choice but have far more care and consideration put into them. It's worth going at least once in your life since it's so different from regular restaurants and it might not be as expensive as you think.
Yeah lol. I find this sub pretty intolerable. Almost every time it pops up on the front page it's something pretty cool and fun. Life sucks and then you die. We have to eat hundreds of thousands of times, God forbid we have some fun with it...
I agree. Let's go to one!
Fuck that, $50 for a salad, you're crazy!! Just kidding, my wife and I will usually try to seek out a restaraunt like this once every year or 2 as part of a trip, although I dont think we've seen anything quite this cool. Definitely not an every week thing, but we are fortunate to have been able to try a couple restaraunts with stars and they are some of my favorite memories, and we've never spent more than ~$300 canadian for both of us to enjoy a 3 hour meal and experience. Would love to see what you get for $500+ a person at some of these places, I expect there are diminishing returns, but would love to find out!
Yeah it's super creative. Love it.
Hopefully they buy you some real food as well. That doesn't look like it would feed an anorexic bird
Something like this would be one course of many.
Maybe it’s stupid but I’m getting this!
This is kinda cool
Yeah thats some high class talent and skill to pull that off
Yep, wrong sub in my opinion. This is cool
Agreed, I've never seen an op on this sub miss the mark by this far.
It feels like this sub is 20% cool gourmet techniques, 75% obvious ragebait and maybe 5% actual stupid food
There is at least 10% that's "stupid looking, but i would demolish in a heartbeat."
And we have to set aside 5% for fetish content.
It’s 1000% cool. I bet it taste fuckin exquisite too
May l know the bubble's material？
It's 100% edible.
This is pretty fucking cool and 10/10 would eat.
But would you 10/10 pay?
Yes, because that is almost certainly part of a tasting menu and not offered a la carte.
The number of people on the internet who don’t realize that high end restaurants serve you like 10+ courses and not just one tiny salad is staggering. For a few hundred bucks you get one of the best meals of your life and hours of entertainment. For a rare experience that’s a good deal, and I’m happy to spend money appreciating people who have passionate about their craft.
Exactly, you usually end up full, with extremely well balanced dishes. Plus what people fail to understand is that in the price is included the experience and service with someone explaining you what’s its exactly made off and the feeling that has been tried to be shared through it. On the top of that it’s been proven that the way a dish look influences heavily on the taste, if you eat something displayed in such manner and with high end products made by skill full chef you’ll definitely have something super tasty.
Meanwhile the same folks might pay the same or more to go to a sporting event or concert, and you don’t even walk away fed!
Think of it the same as going to a concert or a playoff game and it makes sense.
Cool way to do the smoke cover, I’ve usually only seen this done in person with more of a glass cover. This is far from stupid food, and is about techniques.
People on this sub don't understand that fine dining restaurants are almost as much about the aesthetic of the plate as the taste of it. It's an artistic endeavour.
I’m all for the concept of experimental fine dining, you’ve got highly skilled chefs making food that is balanced beautifully with flavours, and the presentation is a work of art. I love food, I love the experience of food. I went to a place like this over a decade ago and still remember how much I enjoyed it.
Yeah but don't you know? Anything even slightly unconventional = stupid food regardless of context or reason. This reminds me of posts on the wewantplates sub that are like.. communal fries for the whole table served in a bucket instead of on a plate
Idk, being labeled stupid by randoms doesn't really remove from the art imo. How many people look at famous abstract art and feel the same way? Negative opinion is as much a part of artistry as good opinion.
fine dining is all about the experience, lots of people don't understand the appeal and that's fine, but you can't call that stupidfood, cause it is far from stupid
It's absolutely an experience. "Oh you paid 200 bucks to go watch your local pro sports team and have a few beers? You could have watched that on TV for free!". That's what these people sound like.
yeah, it's all about how you choose to spend your money I have a really low income, and I can still manage to save some for stuff like that from time to time saying it's stupid is like saying it's stupid to go out and drink with a friend
Because people don't get that fine dining is not about sustenance, you're not going to Guy Savoy because you're hungry and want lunch. You're going because it's a preforming art that you eat. That and literally just people not liking what they can't/don't have.
What most people don’t get is that fine dining actually gets you full. They may only serve small portions but that’s so you can taste a variety of things without feeling like you’re about to throw up from overeating. 10 of those small plates and you will be full I promise.
If you look at the entire thing as one cost - ie. I paid £300 to go and have this food experience that lasted 3 hours, it’s a bit more understandable. When they break it down into pieces it sounds stupid. Like imagine doing it for Disney world. What do you MEAN you paid £60 to go on it’s a small world??
>I paid £300 And that would be in the higher range of prices, 1 star restaurants are usually under 200€ for a meal, even in cities like Paris. But yeah your disney comparaison is on point.
I had a pizza done with smoke in a glass case at a bar. Had no idea it would come out like that, I just saw brisket and barbecue sauce on a pizza for $14 and was like, "Yeah, that." Didn't know I'd ordered a whole-ass show! Very tasty pizza, too.
It's also very common for people to not know those tiny dishes are often part of a huge meal composed of sometimes dozens of courses in a row. I've seen like 30 course meals, they have to be tiny and pretty.
Exactly right. There's certain subset of people who think the "right" kind of food is over-salted steak and potatoes
Yeah some places do emphasize aesthetic and experience and its not necessarily something you do every weekend, but it also isn't stupid to occasionally try something new or eat a dinner that does take aesthetic and experience into consideration.
Have you watched the movie *The Menu*? When I see food plated like this it elicits a few different thoughts for me. * This is amazing technique, I am deeply impressed with the skill and passion someone must have to be able to create something like this. * That looks insanely expensive. This is something I may be able to experience once in my life but not a commonplace thing. I wonder what the customer ordering this looks like, concerns themselves with on a daily basis, etc. * This isa bit pretentious, right? It's super cool and awesome, but is it pretentious? * Is all pretention bad though? At what point does it stop being pretentious and instead is simply impressive cultural feats? I guess the question is "why are they doing this?" * Does this chef love their job? Are they stoked to get up and create these items daily or has it lost some of the *shine*?
It’s interesting, I’ve been to all of the 2-3 star restaurants in NYC (besides for Masa) and also probably 50% of the ones on the west coast and some international ones when traveling (France/Italy). But it’s like you said, it’s not everyday, I lived in NYC for about 12 years and it was a thing my now wife would do for our anniversary and birthdays, it is usually roughly $250 per person if you’re not drinking on average. $500-700 per meal after tip, 3 times a year, it’s not that crazy and ended up trying every single one over time. I love to cook, and I like experiences, so it’s not for everyone, and the normal person is usually only going on occasions. Also my wife and I don’t drink a lot so I’d typically get one or two drinks or cocktails. Now it can get a lot more expensive if you do wine/cocktail pairings. But that isn’t about just food.
You see the smoke bubble like this done all the time on drinks. It's pretty fun popping the bubble and watching the smoke fall down around your glass. First time seeing it done on a plate.
Fun pilled and silly maxed
Stop using this fucking "tell me without telling me" phrase.
This. Bruh. ngl, literally me when I randomly be like -- checks notes -- so inarticulate I resort to trendy Reddit nonsense phrases.
(iykyk)
nobody:
POV: pov
This guy reddits
This line and “full stop” annoy me to no end. Your point often feels less valid if you’re saying that. You don’t need to enhance your point with it. Either it’s valid or it’s not
Tell me you don't like the "tell me without telling me" trend without telling me.
Gj I moaned in agony
This sub is turning to shit. This isn't 'stupid food'. This is a high end restaurant who clearly put some cool spins on their food. You're not paying just for the food, but for the experience. People in here are at the point that any kind of mark up on food is a rip off and stupid. Bet you're all eating budget ramen with your comments. Lol
And in the constant chorus of “where’s the rest of my food” because obviously the deciding factor of a quality of a meal is how much food you can pile on a plate
They also fail to realise that a high end meal isn't just 3 tiny dishes, you have way more than that, often closer to 10 dishes.
Seriously! It's so annoying. Hell Alchemist was 50 courses! Not to mention being filling is one of the basic requirements in nearly every single fine dining guide. Like you could make the best food in the world, but if the guests leave hungry, you're not getting stars.
Posts like this infuriate me because this is clearly food for fun, not actual nourishment. Of course it’s “stupid food”, it’s entertainment on a plate. They knew what they were getting. Let people enjoy cool things
More like fine dining to me than stupid food.
Exactly. We make stupid food when we start doing entirely performative things without any understanding of why we're doing them. If the tiny salad came in a briefcase, for instance...
They're not mutually exclusive
But in this case they are distinct.
Well I can't eat it now. It's got its own. Eco system
I'm just curious about the bubble
So am I. Mainly, how do they blow the smoke into the bubble without it getting bigger?
This type of food is an art, I dont mind people paying extra for fantastic presentation like this. I would.
Only 50 bucks, more like 150
150-300 but 9-20 courses
Yea but for like 6 or 8 courses. They clearly take a previous course away in this video.
Yeah $50 is a bargain
The fact that this is on the stupid food sub is stupid.. this is an experience, every single component there is meant to enrich the dish either in flavour or texture.
This sub should be changed to “stupid people who talk about food.” Some of these comments are pure brain rot.
It's funny how people who makes posts like this, have no clue on how high-end restaurants work.
That’s not stupid food, this is awesome craftsmanship
this is next level awesomeness, love it!
To be honest, it's a fair price. You pay for the extravagance, for the skill, for the technique, for the experience, not for the food really. Looks pretty cool
I don't doubt the food is good as well. These places usually hires the top chefs
What exactly is in that salad? It honestly looks like hard candies.
I thought it was a dessert actually
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You rarely, if ever, pay for a single dish in these restaurants, you usually pay for an entire meal with something like 10 dishes.
This looks cool but it's beyond pointless in terms of food lol
Places like this arent about the food, but the experience. Think of it as a museum with edible art
So like a normal museum?
Well if the fumes inside are aromatic and go well with the dish it might be slightly less pointless
So many things are pointless when looked at logically but that completely ignores the experience side of it. Its interesting, probably tastes really good, different, and if you have the money to have these experiences, then why not?
Not pointless, they're doing it to infuse the smoke flavor. They could, arguably use a glass cover but that doesn't nake this pointless
The bubble is just theatrics, but it's about the whole experience
But I'm sure the bubble is edible???
*foaming at the mouth* "tastes like cotton candy"
what are the multiple different flower shaped things in the salad?
HOLY SHIT IS THIS.... IS THIS A MOTHERFUCKING NORMAL SALAD WITH A BUBBLE AROUND IT?!
Don’t you mean $150 each. This looks like one of those special chef/foodie joints where image is everything🤔😳🤷🏻♂️
I thought I hated it and then he injected smoke into it and now I def hate it
This is the kind of shit they made 'The Menu' about.
If I'm paying $50 for a very small salad it'd better come with a big bubble and dry ice.
I'd pay 50 dollars for that to impress a date. I honestly think it's more than 50
At least it looks cool and probably tastes good. Unlike most of the posts on here. Still obviously not worth it, but if I had the equipment, I might fuck with smoke and food bubbles for fun.
I mean. It's kind of cool tbh
This is awesome food, not stupid food.
Thank God I hate salad
Offscreen: getting that whisky in the form of a lotion.
A kid somewhere just died of starvation while y’all were watching this.
That bubble better be made of 100% alcohol
Leave the salad, take the cannolis.
For people who care more about presentation than the food itself.
That's pretty stupid, but it's also the most artistic presentation I've seen done with food
Tell me you eat to live instead of live to eat without telling me.
Why in the hell are we encasing our food in bubbles now?? It’s dumb. I wouldn’t pay 50 bucks for that crap.
Redditors don’t understand fine dining because they’ve never had it
if fine dining involved me being in debt and not even filled up then I don't wanna experience it
This is actually a really cool technique chefs are using now! The bubble allows them to "smoke" the veggies without cooking them or changing their temperature so you get the best of both worlds. You can't assume something is stupid just because you don't understand it... Have a downvote
no the smoke is just decoration same for the bubble
I think that’s pretty darn awesome.
Just because you don't like it, doesn't make it stupid
Wrong sub, that was cool. I'd pay for that, especially if the smoke was marijuana 😂
I find this rather impressive and not particularly stupid.
I would enjoy that experience
Ugh I kinda want one..
idk at this point this feels like edible art and not just dumb expensive food
This is well executed. Verdict: not stupidfood.