Menu From "World's Best Restaurant": Looks Like Mostly Crap That I Wouldn't Eat

[Perineum Ripper]

**** that..a beer and a cup of Oodles of Noodles

[NewChief]

Holy jeezus. You heathens are dogging on Noma?

The whole point is that he's transforming food so that you're like, "WTF is this crap? That's not food!" then you eat it and are completely blown away by the flavors.

If you're actually interested in what Noma is all about, check out Bourdain's entire episode on Noma. It's on Netflix. This guy is doing insane shit with food. There's a boat in the harbor in Copenhagen that's known as the "food lab." They do insane shit like fermenting food for like 3 months just to see what it tastes like. This is their tumblr of what they eat, which is pretty cool: http://nflfamilymeal.tumblr.com/

Intro to the Bourdain episode is here:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/shows/a...gen/index.html

Watch it all on Netflix. Well worth the viewing.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Holy jeezus. You heathens are dogging on Noma?

The whole point is that he's transforming food so that you're like, "WTF is this crap? That's not food!" then you eat it and are completely blown away by the flavors.

If you're actually interested in what Noma is all about, check out Bourdain's entire episode on Noma. It's on Netflix. This guy is doing insane shit with food. There's a boat in the harbor in Copenhagen that's known as the "food lab." They do insane shit like fermenting food for like 3 months just to see what it tastes like. This is their tumblr of what they eat, which is pretty cool: http://nflfamilymeal.tumblr.com/

Intro to the Bourdain episode is here:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/shows/a...gen/index.html

Watch it all on Netflix. Well worth the viewing.

Fried Bee Larvae with Lovage and Peas, and with Blackberries

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by listopencil

Fried Bee Larvae with Lovage and Peas, and with Blackberries

I bet it tastes amazing, and I'd love to try it. If it sucks... oh well. At least it wasn't a shitty, boring meal that I'd had before but stuffed in my face without thinking about what I was eating.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by NewChief

I bet it tastes amazing, and I'd love to try it. If it sucks... oh well. At least it wasn't a shitty, boring meal that I'd had before but stuffed in my face without thinking about what I was eating.

You don't really have to collect bugs, or ferment fish parts, to make a decent meal. Many foods are very appealing without placing flowers on them.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by listopencil

You don't really have to collect bugs, or ferment fish parts, to make a decent meal. Many foods are very appealing without placing flowers on them.

Of course you don't have to in order to make a decent meal. But you CAN. And that's freaking cool.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Holy jeezus. You heathens are dogging on Noma?

The whole point is that he's transforming food so that you're like, "WTF is this crap? That's not food!" then you eat it and are completely blown away by the flavors.

If you're actually interested in what Noma is all about, check out Bourdain's entire episode on Noma. It's on Netflix. This guy is doing insane shit with food. There's a boat in the harbor in Copenhagen that's known as the "food lab." They do insane shit like fermenting food for like 3 months just to see what it tastes like. This is their tumblr of what they eat, which is pretty cool: http://nflfamilymeal.tumblr.com/

Intro to the Bourdain episode is here:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/shows/a...gen/index.html

Watch it all on Netflix. Well worth the viewing.

I wish I'd gotten the chance to eat at El Bulli.

[Mennonite]

"This guy is doing insane shit with food."

You know what? I just want a damn steak. I don't want anything "insane" done to my meal. No bugs, no offal, no sweepings from a flower shop. Just something that tastes good and doesn't look like it escaped from H. P. Lovecraft's nightmares.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Mennonite

"This guy is doing insane shit with food."

You know what? I just want a damn steak. I don't want anything "insane" done to my meal. No bugs, no offal, no sweepings from a flower shop. Just something that tastes good and doesn't look like it escaped from H. P. Lovecraft's nightmares.

A single life contains many meals. I see no reason to limit them.

I just did the math, and a person who lives to 70, eating 3 meals a day, will eat 76,650 meals. Why not try something outside the box with a few of those?

[GordonGekko]

Originally Posted by NewChief

A single life contains many meals. I see no reason to limit them.

I just did the math, and a person who lives to 70, eating 3 meals a day, will eat 76,650 meals. Why not try something outside the box with a few of those?

So basically every now and then start eating the shit I find under my deck? Gotcha.

I hate this shit, it insists on itself. If they paid ME $280 I'd probably eat that stuff but not the other way round.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by GordonGekko

So basically every now and then start eating the shit I find under my deck? Gotcha.

I hate this shit, it insists on itself. If they paid ME $280 I'd probably eat that stuff but not the other way round.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by GordonGekko

So basically every now and then start eating the shit I find under my deck? Gotcha.

I hate this shit, it insists on itself. If they paid ME $280 I'd probably eat that stuff but not the other way round.

Sure. If you want to dedicate your life to researching and figuring out what under your deck is worth cooking and edible, then go for it. The point of a professional chef who has dedicated their life to such a thing is that they can change the way you think about food through their art.

[Mennonite]

Originally Posted by NewChief

The point of a professional chef who has dedicated their life to such a thing is that they can change the way you think about food through their art bilk rich idiots out of their money

fyp

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Sure. If you want to dedicate your life to researching and figuring out what under your deck is worth cooking and edible, then go for it. The point of a professional chef who has dedicated their life to such a thing is that they can change the way you think about food through their art.

I would like an honest breakdown of legitimate 'that is the best thing I've ever tasted' versus 'wow, they actually made that edible, perhaps tasty even' with some of those choices.

I'm friends with a prominent chef with all the bona fides. And he'll bring things to SuperBowl and seasonal parties that are a little twee, but mega ****ing tasty. Things where you go 'I thought I'd had beef before' or 'I didn't know that was possible with a toast point.' Things that just explode with flavor. But he's never come by with painted plates or bugs or shit cooked in artisinal hay.

[cdcox]

Bees kinda freak me out but I'd still try that with completely open mind.