Hungry Traveller? Try These Cool Dining Experiences
Some people live for excitement and adventure. Others take pleasure in a fine dinner. However, some eateries and chefs have merged the two to produce an experience meant to entice both explorers and foodies. Would you like to try one? Here are five of the most unique dining experiences in the world, listed in no particular order but prepared to pique even the most daring appetites.
CuliAir Hot Air Balloon Sky Dining
Do you want to elevate your dining experience? Join CuliAir, the only hot air balloon restaurant in the world. As one of the two female master chefs in the Netherlands makes your lunch inside the balloon, enjoy the view of the Dutch lowlands. That's accurate, with temperatures reaching roughly 212 degrees Fahrenheit, hot air balloons resemble huge convection ovens (100 degrees Celsius). As a result, the fish and meat meals that CuliAir chef Angélique Schmeinck prepares on board the lighter-than-air aircraft may be cooked using a low-and-slow method that, according to Schmeinck, helps enhance the scent and conserve the juices.
Weather and the principles of thermodynamics are important factors in these culinary ballooning expeditions. As a result, they are only possible at sunrise and sunset, when there are no thermal currents rising or falling in the atmosphere. Clear skies and a little breeze are the ideal weather conditions. Be ready to change your plans if there are strong winds, poor visibility, developing thunderstorms, little cloud cover, or temperatures above 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius).
The Taste of Snow & Ice Experience
Searching for something more realistic? We're glad you're here at the Taste of Snow & Ice Experience, a frigid dining occasion right in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. Start your supper with appetizers at one of the tables set up by the frozen saltwater in SnowExperience365 at the magnificent SnowCastle Resort in Kemi, Finland. Enjoy the final three courses of your five-course meal while taking in the views of Finnish Lapland from the Seaview Restaurant Lumihiutale.
Seasonal ingredients from the area's forests, fields, and rivers are used to prepare dishes like parsnip soup, braised beef brisket, and arctic berry crumble. From your place at the dining table, you can enjoy enticing views of the night sky, from the polar night's starry sky to the summer's midnight sun. You might even be fortunate enough to see the northern lights.
Dinner in the Sky
The sky is no longer the limit when it comes to eating adventures. Hakuna Matata, a communications agency that specializes in gourmet delights, and The Fungroup, a company that specializes in amusement park installations, are the mad minds behind Dinner in the Sky. On massive dining tables that are raised into the air by huge cranes, the two sell fine dining events.
The dining experience was introduced in 2006 and has since hosted over 5,000 events in 60 nations across Europe, as well as Australia, Japan, India, Dubai, South Africa, Brazil, China, the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Want something more than a meal at a high altitude? A Beach Bar in the Sky, an Opera in the Sky, an Internet Café in the Sky, and a PokerMatch in the Sky are just a few of the innovative concepts the company offers.
Ithaa Undersea Restaurant
Enjoy the thought of dining near the ocean? Why not set a table below the waves? Reserve a table at the Ithaa Undersea Restaurant at the Maldives' Conrad Rangali Island resort. This establishment, which claims to be the first underwater restaurant in history, offers lunch and dinner more than 16 feet below the surface of the water. Before entering the glass tube eating space, which seats 14, patrons reach the restaurant by descending a spiral staircase at the end of a pier.
Once seated, guests take pleasure in a lunch of locally inspired Western cuisine while admiring panoramic views of the coral garden, colorful fish species, sting rays, and reef sharks circling above. A passion fruit and finger banana milkshake, pan-fried duck foie gras, rock lobster, seared line-caught barrier reef fish, and other dishes are frequently on the menu. Even though Ithaa is available for lunch and dinner, the views and the cost are better in the daytime.
Dining in the Dark
Interested more in the flavor of the cuisine than the scenery? You can eat in the dark with our help. According to study, 80% of people "eat with their eyes," which means that the way food looks has a significant impact on how it is viewed. The idea behind the Dining in the Dark experience was to improve your dining experience to a higher level of satisfaction by removing sight from the other senses, particularly taste and smell.
Dinners for Dining in the Dark are served in candlelit settings in major American cities like Atlanta, Dallas, and Seattle as well as in Europe and Australia. Beyond selecting a vegan, fish, or meat menu, guests have no idea what foods they would be served. Diners are required to put on blindfolds before the dinner is delivered in order to remain fully in the dark for the entire two-hour encounter. It is a true feast for the senses, with the obvious exception of sight.
