Posted on 10/09/2013 5:03:28 PM PDT by Michael.SF.
The latest in New York City dining? Eating in silence. A restaurant in Brooklyn's trendy Greenpoint neighborhood is serving up a four-course meal of organic, locally-sourced food, but isn't allowing any chit-chat.
'Eat' restaurant chef Nicholas Nauman says he was inspired to put on the occasional 'No Talking' affairs after spending time with Buddhist monks in India. He says the silence allows customers a chance to better experience the food.
The restaurant's Facebook page says seats fill up fast at the no talking meals. It costs $40 for 4 courses.
Epicurious.com Editor-in-Chief Tanya Steel says the silent eating experience sounds like yet another facet of the sensory-dining eating out fad. Some restaurants offer diners the chance to consume in the dark. Other gastronomical joints feature the ability to consume not just the food - but the menu on which it is described.
Diogenes Club bump.
Here’s what is important. I’m not doing it 100% but most of the time when I sit down to eat I say grace. I look at the food and thank God for not only the food but all the people who brought it to me including (if I cooked it) me. It takes less than a minute but it changes my whole attitude towards the meal.
....Or you can order great Chinese take out for $12 bucks and eat alone in silence at home.
There, saved 28 dollars.
Sherlock indeed would approve.
Do they also let you check out books to take home?
Finally! The perfect place to take a liberal woman on a date.
Silent eateries are found everywhere... they’re called prison dining halls.
And Italians?
I always wonder if Pelosi would speak even dumber if her hands were tied. I had a friend one time that couldn’t talk unless both hands were constantly moving. I never let her drive.
Welcome to ‘Eat’! Now, shut your pie- hole.
>>And Italians?<<
That would be just cruel!
Ummm..good point...how would they eat AND talk at the same time?
I drive just fine, and I am one of those whose hands move around a lot when I talk. You only need to hold to the steering wheel with one hand if it is so necessary to use a hand to make a point. I have not had an accident in 30 years.
SOrry. In rereading how I wrote that it didn’t really mean what I wanted to say. I wasn’t saying YOU (as in specifically you) but rather all those out there who might decide to try it out.
I need to be better about editing before hitting the post button.
Mea culpa
No problem, thanks for the comment.
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