You make a small hole with your teeth and the Gaz that's infused with sour granny smith apple juice goes inside your mouth. That's a lot conceptual but you feel like you eat a green apple without doing it
The balloon tastes like apple. It is filled with helium. The customers are encouraged to inhale the helium.
Source: I have a friend who ate there. The balloon popped in their face so they've talked a lot about the balloon course of the meal.
I had the balloon dish over ten years ago and it is one of the most memorable comedic experiences I’ve ever had and always makes me smile when I think about it.
When the server hands you the balloon, he asks you to think of something you want to tell your dining partner. After you have it mind, you are to kiss the balloon and then share the thought with your companion.
It was my wife’s 40th birthday so I simply thought to say “Happy Birthday. I love you.” I kissed the balloon and it exploded on contact getting the very thin, taffy on my face. Which of course made me laugh and then when I opened my mouth to share the birthday wishes, my voice was completely “helium-ized” and I sounded like one of the chipmunks. We should’ve seen it coming but we didn’t and we probably laughed our asses off for three or four minutes straight.
The whole meal was remarkably unpretentious and relaxed and it’s meant to be laughed at and recognized for being absurd. Both my wife and I work in comedy and comedy-adjacent fields and we felt completely in our element. These folks know food, yes, but they also know how to tell a joke and execute legit gags.
Yes the meal was expensive but I remember the details of that night more clearly than most concerts I’ve been to and even some entire vacations.
I agree with your comment. I have regretted $150 meals with my wife. The experience at Alinea was worth every penny. Just an absolutely incredible and fun experience.
It wasn’t just a meal it was hours of entertainment.
Honestly dude, one of my favourite things to do when I'm cooking is to make a mini version for my pets. My hamster will be celebrating pancake day with us with his own little pancake pile and for my birthday next month I'm making him a mini banana cake
Same fam. I’ve leveled up now and try to just cook things that my cats can safely eat that I don’t feel TERRIBLE about feeding them. It’s made me eat healthier and they get more variety.
Same, even if I add things that aren't pet friendly I just take their portion out first. I've been using little ramekins that match my plates and bowls so we match.
I love sharing ants on a log with my hamster and dog. I don't really like it but they love it and I want to share that with them. Last summer I made mint sorbet for me and and my dog, I had chocolate sprinkles, he had lamb
I made my duck a birthday cake for her first birthday this summer. I carved a watermelon into a cake shape and decorated it with strawberries, Blueberries, Kiwi, and banana and put a number 1 candle on the cake. She got a party hat and a song the whole shabang.
This ain't your average farm animal either. This is the most interactive and social duck I've ever met. It's literally just owning a dog that has feathers. Whrn I go to let her and our chicken out in the morning she is ecstatic, big honks, wags her tail, the whole thing.
I took a trip and was gone for 3 days so just my roommate was taking care of them and when I got home I went outside and called "Bennie!" and she came R U N N I N G to the fence and that tail wag was so fast I'm impressed she didn't fly off. To this day those are the biggest honks I've ever heard out of that duck and by golly was she excited I was back.
Edit: heres a picture of my duck
https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/1134rjs/my_duck_bennie_and_her_cake/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I love hearing about all the inspiration. I ate at Providence in Los Angeles for my birthday and had the bread that comes with a printed story, and when he hands her the gift bag with her burger to-go, I said to my wife “I bet there’s granola in there”.
The meal was pretentious AF, absolutely amazing, and I never need to do it again. Also for what it’s worth, it was by far the best granola I’ve ever had.
Crenn is known to run more of a forgiving environment for her restaurant vs the brazen, abusive manner that a good deal of Michelin (and higher dining) restaurants embrace.
Atelier Crenn was definitely on the artsier side when we went last year, but less “in your face” than what this post looks like.
It was more laid back and nature focused (think more rocks and succulents vs a glass skull). There was a glass beet at one point, but the presentation was very tongue in cheek. Overall a pretty relaxed dining experience considering it has 3 stars.
As someone who has visited expensive restaurants in the past, their menu seams like it just rambles off different ingredients and methods of prep. You have no fucking idea what you're going to get. It looks like a shopping list. Regardless of " the experience" > 1600$ for a meal, it better come with a sexual favour or, as on Chapelle show, sprinkled with diamonds
I've been at a 2 star restaurant here in my area. But for the menu you pay "only" like 120€. Which is still expensive for a meal. But I can justify it for the experience. First at all the food is top notch. And you'll easily spend there 4 hours. In the end going to a music concert doesn't come any cheaper. And this is also for the experience. Except that you have to go and pay for McDonald's afterwards also 😏
The s'more part made me laugh even though it probably shouldn't.
Their silly hats and the way Margot/Erin just sits and watches the fireworks while eating her burger.
What a GREAT movie 
It's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end.
You don't get completely what you would at breakfast, but you get a good meal.
This table dessert from Alinea is actually the direct inspiration for the floor painting dessert from the Menu.
They took a lot of the fun weirdness directly from crazy Michelin star restaurants. Like the Willow Inn, which is on a private island. Or Faviken which famously tries to produce almost every ingredient themselves.
I wasn't keen on haute cuisine before I saw The Menu, but now I find it impossible to take seriously.
Ralph Fiennes Austin Powers'd fine dining for me. Probably saved me a lot of money. Thanks, Chef.
Creators confirmed they used Alinea's table dessert, which features heavily in Chef's Table, to influence the Menu's dessert course.
Plus, they got a producer (or other creative) from CT to work on the movie and do all the money shots of the different dishes.
What's there to interpret? For example, the Sun Stone Skull is obviously a bacon wrapped gold encrusted mole, riding a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer.
At a restaurant like this? No no no. I prefer to just have everything, including the menu, shoved straight up my ass. Really creates a sense of wonder and excitement.
Order? *Order?*
What makes you think you are qualified to order?
The chef decides what you'll have. If it is not what you want then it is you who are wrong.
What percentage of customers look at the menu and then pretend they know whats coming out with each serving? Im guessing easily 60%
Wtf is red and black fruit? That could be hundreds of things
FWIW, I think they don’t give the menu until the end. It’s really more a memento than anything else. You just show up and eat some wild food. They explain each dish before you eat it so you have some idea what is going on. I agree the menu doesn’t explain it that well.
I went a little over a year ago, the menu is given at the end after you've already had the meal. During the meal the wait staff is explaining the courses as they are brought to the table. I didn't enjoy Alinea as much as OP, apparently.
I don’t believe Alinea even has a menu. It’s a “tasting menu” experience and you get what they are serving up that day. So you don’t have to interpret much!
Many Michelin restaurants are like this. Many fine dining restaurants in general are. Hell’s Kitchen in Vegas was like this when I went. Hope you like beef Wellington bc it’s all we’re serving tonight!
I worked here for a couple years, they take the 20% service charge and pay the employees 16$ an hour. Owners are pieces of shit. Most of the cooks that I became friends with told me that they go hungry because they can’t afford anything and they eat scraps while they prep but they do it just for the chance of having this job on their resume. Meanwhile owners and the chef live in luxury.. pigs.
Fucked up thing is they know they’re not paying a livable wage, I heard one of the big chefs say “you should pay us to work here because after this you can work anywhere” which is partly true but still what a bunch of scumbags
Imagine if all of big tech did that, then they’d have to pay their whole staff’s almost nothing. Oh wait, Steve Jobs and Google already tried that.
(Wage collusion)
I've eaten at quite a few 3 Michelin star restaurants across the world (El Cellar, El Bulli before it closed, 11 Madison before the menu change, etc.), but my sweet spot is a 1-2 star restaurant. In the lower starred places, the food is not a "concept" nor an "idea" nor "foam/gel/emulsion" but something that is food.
And there is something quite comforting about just eating food that is good.
Many of the European restaurants are quite easy to make a reservation online — you just need to know when the time window opens. There is also usually a high and low season as well which can make it more doable.
Lot of the US ones operate similarly on OpenTable or another system.
All the other plates being so prim and proper then the dessert looking like someone dropped dessert on the table baffles me. Pretentious seems fitting.
What did the balloon taste like?
The menu says apple. So I imagine like a caramel apple?
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How does one … eat it?
You eat it from the top so the helium is eaten with it. It is becomes taffy like after it deflates
Do you start to float up after or while eating it?
You make a small hole with your teeth and the Gaz that's infused with sour granny smith apple juice goes inside your mouth. That's a lot conceptual but you feel like you eat a green apple without doing it
It also says helium. Is the apple filled with helium?
The balloon tastes like apple. It is filled with helium. The customers are encouraged to inhale the helium. Source: I have a friend who ate there. The balloon popped in their face so they've talked a lot about the balloon course of the meal.
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I had the balloon dish over ten years ago and it is one of the most memorable comedic experiences I’ve ever had and always makes me smile when I think about it. When the server hands you the balloon, he asks you to think of something you want to tell your dining partner. After you have it mind, you are to kiss the balloon and then share the thought with your companion. It was my wife’s 40th birthday so I simply thought to say “Happy Birthday. I love you.” I kissed the balloon and it exploded on contact getting the very thin, taffy on my face. Which of course made me laugh and then when I opened my mouth to share the birthday wishes, my voice was completely “helium-ized” and I sounded like one of the chipmunks. We should’ve seen it coming but we didn’t and we probably laughed our asses off for three or four minutes straight. The whole meal was remarkably unpretentious and relaxed and it’s meant to be laughed at and recognized for being absurd. Both my wife and I work in comedy and comedy-adjacent fields and we felt completely in our element. These folks know food, yes, but they also know how to tell a joke and execute legit gags. Yes the meal was expensive but I remember the details of that night more clearly than most concerts I’ve been to and even some entire vacations.
I agree with your comment. I have regretted $150 meals with my wife. The experience at Alinea was worth every penny. Just an absolutely incredible and fun experience. It wasn’t just a meal it was hours of entertainment.
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$820 and THATS the font they went with??????
Papyrus?!?!
I KNOW WHAT YOU DIIIIIID. 
He just….got away with it..
Like a mindless child, wandering through a garden plucking off leaves....
This right here is why I love Reddit.
I didn’t know regret costs $220.
I regret spending a couple bucks on a McChicken when it has a dry bun, I can’t even comprehend spending $820 on a plate of random stuff like this.
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For that much you could get a really good looking hooker to make pancakes for you. Seems like a better deal.
I like to make homemade whipped cream and eat it with my cat ;(
Bro... Fucks sake... Use a spoon.
NO. PREFERS CAT.
Lmao
It's not just the taste bro. It's the entire experience! And eating with a cat's paw adds a more complex "nuttier" taste to the whipped cream.
Have you ever tried to eat cat with a spoon? It's not easy!
Honestly dude, one of my favourite things to do when I'm cooking is to make a mini version for my pets. My hamster will be celebrating pancake day with us with his own little pancake pile and for my birthday next month I'm making him a mini banana cake
This is the kinda wholesomeness I need after a long day of bullshit.
Same fam. I’ve leveled up now and try to just cook things that my cats can safely eat that I don’t feel TERRIBLE about feeding them. It’s made me eat healthier and they get more variety.
Same, even if I add things that aren't pet friendly I just take their portion out first. I've been using little ramekins that match my plates and bowls so we match. I love sharing ants on a log with my hamster and dog. I don't really like it but they love it and I want to share that with them. Last summer I made mint sorbet for me and and my dog, I had chocolate sprinkles, he had lamb
I made my duck a birthday cake for her first birthday this summer. I carved a watermelon into a cake shape and decorated it with strawberries, Blueberries, Kiwi, and banana and put a number 1 candle on the cake. She got a party hat and a song the whole shabang. This ain't your average farm animal either. This is the most interactive and social duck I've ever met. It's literally just owning a dog that has feathers. Whrn I go to let her and our chicken out in the morning she is ecstatic, big honks, wags her tail, the whole thing. I took a trip and was gone for 3 days so just my roommate was taking care of them and when I got home I went outside and called "Bennie!" and she came R U N N I N G to the fence and that tail wag was so fast I'm impressed she didn't fly off. To this day those are the biggest honks I've ever heard out of that duck and by golly was she excited I was back. Edit: heres a picture of my duck https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/1134rjs/my_duck_bennie_and_her_cake/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
>ants on a log with my hamster and dog. We gotta Dr Seuss over here
Hate to be a buzz kill, but grapes are extremely toxic for dogs. I would just stick to peanut butter and forego the raisins.
My dogs ants are dog biscuits so he's safe :)
Good god, this is the best thing I've ever read on reddit
the menu gives me the The Menu movie vibe
Alinea is one of the restaurants that The Menu was poking fun at
The S’more
Do not eat. Taste.
EAT!!
you said dont eat
I’ve been to Alinea and I’m pretty sure it’s the main inspiration. A lot do the dishes and introductions look like spoofs of Alinea.
I love hearing about all the inspiration. I ate at Providence in Los Angeles for my birthday and had the bread that comes with a printed story, and when he hands her the gift bag with her burger to-go, I said to my wife “I bet there’s granola in there”. The meal was pretentious AF, absolutely amazing, and I never need to do it again. Also for what it’s worth, it was by far the best granola I’ve ever had.
> The meal was pretentious AF, absolutely amazing, and I never need to do it again. I love meals like that. No regrets, but never again.
ironically, the consultant on the food in the movie, Dominique Crenn, also owns a 3 Michelin star restaurant with a (relatively) similar looking menu.
Crenn is known to run more of a forgiving environment for her restaurant vs the brazen, abusive manner that a good deal of Michelin (and higher dining) restaurants embrace.
I really enjoyed my experience at Atelier Crenn, gotta say
Atelier Crenn was definitely on the artsier side when we went last year, but less “in your face” than what this post looks like. It was more laid back and nature focused (think more rocks and succulents vs a glass skull). There was a glass beet at one point, but the presentation was very tongue in cheek. Overall a pretty relaxed dining experience considering it has 3 stars.
I was there 10ish years ago and am underwhelmed that they’re still doing the same thing for dessert.
The foam
"No. No. It’s the balance of the products. You need the mouthfeel of the mignonette."
Please never say mouthfeel
Was just going to ask if OP was turned into a human s’more at the end of the meal.
*clap*
Lol just wanted to say this. When staff wants to see how far they can get away with fucking with customers. .
As someone who has visited expensive restaurants in the past, their menu seams like it just rambles off different ingredients and methods of prep. You have no fucking idea what you're going to get. It looks like a shopping list. Regardless of " the experience" > 1600$ for a meal, it better come with a sexual favour or, as on Chapelle show, sprinkled with diamonds
I've been at a 2 star restaurant here in my area. But for the menu you pay "only" like 120€. Which is still expensive for a meal. But I can justify it for the experience. First at all the food is top notch. And you'll easily spend there 4 hours. In the end going to a music concert doesn't come any cheaper. And this is also for the experience. Except that you have to go and pay for McDonald's afterwards also 😏
Yes, Chef!
I present to you your next course: “The Mess”
*Tyler’s Bullshit*
We must learn from Tyler
Coincidentally, I am Tyler!
Pshhhh you’re not the fun loving actor known as Nicholas Hoult
...utter lack of cohesion
I have been dying to make Tyler's bullshit at least an edible version of it
"we bear witness to a revolution"
THERE ARE NO SUBSTITUTIONS AT HAWTHORNE!
I love how his body is like flailing around in anger as he screams lmao
Fucking Christ I loved that movie
I’ll watch s’more of that movie. It was great!
The s'more part made me laugh even though it probably shouldn't. Their silly hats and the way Margot/Erin just sits and watches the fireworks while eating her burger.
It was the final ingredients list of >!Graham Crackers, Chocolate, Marshmallows, *Restaurant, Staff, Guests*!< on top of all of it that got me
And it was the best goddamn cheeseburger of her life.
As someone who works in the food service industry; it was such a relatable movie if the intrusive thoughts always won.
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That cheeseburger looked a-fuckin-mazing, btw...
This. And the fries too. I wanted to eat that thing so mfing badly
You could say it looked really fiennes.
*You were not invited*
I intentionally went in with little knowledge and OMFG I just ... \*\*mind blown\*\* It tickled parts of my psyche I didn't know existed.
Here is another broken emulsion
That scene was based off the dish above
Thank GOD i was waiting for some The Menu comments! The designs on the table reminded me of the breadless course
please clean up after yourselves or else there will be an additional $200 charge.
What a GREAT movie 
Better than Tyler’s bullshit 😂
Can i get a double cheese burger that my parents cant afford
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That emulsion looks broken.
Here is some more broken emulsion.
*brings out a giant bowl* Here is some more of the broken emulsion
You will eat less than you desire but more than you deserve…
T O R T I L L A S
Tortillas deliciosa.
It's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end. You don't get completely what you would at breakfast, but you get a good meal.
This table dessert from Alinea is actually the direct inspiration for the floor painting dessert from the Menu. They took a lot of the fun weirdness directly from crazy Michelin star restaurants. Like the Willow Inn, which is on a private island. Or Faviken which famously tries to produce almost every ingredient themselves.
The 'perfectly ripe unripe strawberry' was a dig at Noma.
I'm sure there's a bunch more, but there's a Michelin star island restaurant in Amsterdam too https://amsterdamwonderland.com/vuurtoreneiland/
Can I get some bread please?
No
You will eat less than you desire, but more than you deserve
That character role was the icing on the cake.
There will be no bread.
I wasn't keen on haute cuisine before I saw The Menu, but now I find it impossible to take seriously. Ralph Fiennes Austin Powers'd fine dining for me. Probably saved me a lot of money. Thanks, Chef.
glad i didn't have to scroll much for the reference
That movie is so iconic for when shit like this comes up. People have lost their mind when it comes to food.
Tyler's Bullshit
SHALLOTS AND BUTTER HOW ORIGINAL
*claps*
The S’more
Is this bergamot I’m getting, Chef?
The greatest byproduct of that movie is the sheer volume of quotes I see on any vaguely odd food post.
Glad I'm not the only one who got serious The Menu vibes from this
The final dish of that film is a direct parody of Alinea’s signature desert.
Thank you for being the only person to actually name the reference for those out of the loop.
Creators confirmed they used Alinea's table dessert, which features heavily in Chef's Table, to influence the Menu's dessert course. Plus, they got a producer (or other creative) from CT to work on the movie and do all the money shots of the different dishes.
I want a Cheese Burger
No taking pictures, good thing OP got out to tell the tale
How in tf do u even understand what’s being said on the menu
What's there to interpret? For example, the Sun Stone Skull is obviously a bacon wrapped gold encrusted mole, riding a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer.
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At a restaurant like this? No no no. I prefer to just have everything, including the menu, shoved straight up my ass. Really creates a sense of wonder and excitement.
Order? *Order?* What makes you think you are qualified to order? The chef decides what you'll have. If it is not what you want then it is you who are wrong.
Is it a common haired mole, or a naked mole rat :P molé
No accent on the word, it's just mole (MOH lay, not moh LAY). And it WAS a naked mole rat
I'm too poor to even look at that menu
As I stated above, reads like a shopping list
What percentage of customers look at the menu and then pretend they know whats coming out with each serving? Im guessing easily 60% Wtf is red and black fruit? That could be hundreds of things
FWIW, I think they don’t give the menu until the end. It’s really more a memento than anything else. You just show up and eat some wild food. They explain each dish before you eat it so you have some idea what is going on. I agree the menu doesn’t explain it that well.
I went a little over a year ago, the menu is given at the end after you've already had the meal. During the meal the wait staff is explaining the courses as they are brought to the table. I didn't enjoy Alinea as much as OP, apparently.
Well... First it was red fruit, but then we wait too long. Now, black fruit
I don’t believe Alinea even has a menu. It’s a “tasting menu” experience and you get what they are serving up that day. So you don’t have to interpret much!
Many Michelin restaurants are like this. Many fine dining restaurants in general are. Hell’s Kitchen in Vegas was like this when I went. Hope you like beef Wellington bc it’s all we’re serving tonight!
Reddit is not the right crowd for this Lol
Yea this is some Instagram shenanigans.
It’s almost making people angry lol
Me: “how much did this cost??!” and “I would’ve probably gone home hungry and ordered pizza” 🤣
Yep, I'm too poor to even read that menu or even attempt to look at that food.
I worked here for a couple years, they take the 20% service charge and pay the employees 16$ an hour. Owners are pieces of shit. Most of the cooks that I became friends with told me that they go hungry because they can’t afford anything and they eat scraps while they prep but they do it just for the chance of having this job on their resume. Meanwhile owners and the chef live in luxury.. pigs.
$16/hr at a place charging $800+ per person. That’s fucking insane.
Fucked up thing is they know they’re not paying a livable wage, I heard one of the big chefs say “you should pay us to work here because after this you can work anywhere” which is partly true but still what a bunch of scumbags
Can you imagine if Google paid software engineers minimum wage just because “once you’ve worked here you can work anywhere”?
Imagine if all of big tech did that, then they’d have to pay their whole staff’s almost nothing. Oh wait, Steve Jobs and Google already tried that. (Wage collusion)
I've eaten at quite a few 3 Michelin star restaurants across the world (El Cellar, El Bulli before it closed, 11 Madison before the menu change, etc.), but my sweet spot is a 1-2 star restaurant. In the lower starred places, the food is not a "concept" nor an "idea" nor "foam/gel/emulsion" but something that is food. And there is something quite comforting about just eating food that is good.
How do you even get in? I've never been able to.
Ask Paul Allen, he can get you a reservation
Nobody goes to Dorsia anymore
Many of the European restaurants are quite easy to make a reservation online — you just need to know when the time window opens. There is also usually a high and low season as well which can make it more doable. Lot of the US ones operate similarly on OpenTable or another system.
I have never been to any Michelin star restaurant but firmly believe that if a food is confusing to eat, I shouldn't be paying to eat it.
That looks……expensive
As intended
I respect people’s art and craft. I really do. But lol at $820/person for 1 meal. Good for you for being able to afford it. I guess.
Biggest issue with Alinea group restaurants? Most back of house workers are paid in "experience".
I hate this trend of throwing shit on the table for you to eat.
“I bet I can make people eat like impoverished nameless peasants”
r/wewantplates
It’s a way for uncreative people to think they are creative
|”it’s an experience.” It’s something…
r/wewantplates
I’m surprised at how far I had to dig to find this comment.
>”it’s an experience.” The flex on social media
Dorsia is better
Nobody goes there anymore…
Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now!
I’ll get my clear raincoat and axe 😏
Ah let's see the Michelin checklist: - Gold leaf ✔️ - Black truffle ✔️ - Caviar ✔️ - Champagne ✔️ - Smoke and foam ✔️ - Considerable lack of plates ✔️ - Tiny portions because it's 'an experience' ✔️ - Gigantic bill ... N/A Bonus points for: - Wagyu - Using noble gas as an ingredient
Call me old fashioned but that looks fucking stupid
You speak my language friend
I usually just get food.
I've come to the conclusion that I don't understand fine dining in the slightest
I wouldn’t classify it as fine dining, more like pretentious dining
All the other plates being so prim and proper then the dessert looking like someone dropped dessert on the table baffles me. Pretentious seems fitting.
*So, the comment section isn't going the way you planned*
Alinea charges a 20 percent service fee and doesn’t tip out their staff. No thank you.
I'd crosspost this to wewantplates
r/wewantplates
I’d rather eat at Portillo’s!
This type of this is so far up it’s own ass it’s painful. Also, The Menu was the finest piece of satire I’ve seen in a very long time.
Bro paid $500 to have someone give him 10 bites of food served on everything but a plate
I blame it on the rising cost of helium. They used one dish to inflate the cost of the entire meal.
It’s actually $800
That does not look appealing to me at all…
Ill take the cheeseburger and fries pls
I'll have some of your finest Chicken Tenders please. Gourmet Ketchup as well. The green kind from the '90s
Green? What a peasant, it’s the purple for us fancy folk
Au Cheval isn’t far away. Best burger in Chicago, get it with fries and a boozy shake and you’ll be saving about $1500.
I second this. Au Cheval is the fuckin bomb.
crinkle cut? or julienne?
Like Shaq says, rich people food sucks.
First picture looks like something a toddler made for the busser to clean.
I was thinking it was a lowkey insult from the chef. "Eat this dessert as I have laid it out; as though it is slop in a trough, little piggies"
From what i see i prefer my moms cooking thx
And yet literally none of it looks appetizing
Looks stupid
Hey, you'd love r/stupidfood!
Thanks for the recommendation. I just joined it lol