A dinner that becomes performance. A room becomes part of the dish. Meaning emerges when you step inside the moment The room is dark. Something that looks like a small green brain is placed in front of me. Gaggan tells a story in a serious voice: two friends in a Bangkok park, King and Kong, catching lizards. They take them to the restaurant terrace. One force-feeds them … [Read more...]
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Why the last great art form may be losing its aura
Fine dining once promised presence - a moment lived only once. What happens when the table becomes performance? by Ivan Brincat Painters turn pigment into emotion, composers turn sound into structure, architects shape stone into buildings. Chefs, at their highest level, do the same - transforming raw and great produce through heat and time into experience. Fine … [Read more...]
