Would you pay 80 euro for a plate of dirt?

Cavehill Red

Apparently the Japanese are going mad for it.
Some French-trained chef is cooking with soil, making delightful sounding haute cuisine like potatoes and dirt in a dirt sauce, potato and dirt soup, dirt risotto, and for dessert, dirt ice cream with a palate cleansing cup of dirt tea to finish off.
I know the Haitians were eating clay at one point, but in fairness, their country was destroyed and they'd nothing else to eat.
Different story in Japan. Mind you, they import the dirt from abroad so it doesn't have that glow-in-the-dark quality of the local soil.
So, would you pay 80 yos for a plate of finely cooked dirt?

http://www.christianpost.com/news/menu-with-110-dirt-french-inspired-restaurant-in-japan-offers-110-dirt-dishes-88932/

Hourglass Shrugged

Yes, alongside a glass of finely brewed piss.

syklops

From the article:

"The restaurant is called "Ne Quittez Pas," which is French for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCy7lLQwToI

Cavehill Red

Don't leave, not don't stop believing.
You can sort of understand why they have to tell the customers not to leave, if they start bringing plates of dirt to their tables.

FatherLen

why would i pay 80 when i can get the same in mcdonalds for only a euro.

the_syco

Cavehill Red wrote: »

http://www.christianpost.com/news/menu-with-110-dirt-french-inspired-restaurant-in-japan-offers-110-dirt-dishes-88932/

Christians tend to believe all sorts of sh|t these days... :pac:

syklops

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Don't leave, not don't stop believing.

That was the joke.

Lionel Messy

I like it dirty, why not.

BrensBenz

And news just in: French are adding soil to food.....to give their snails somewhere to relieve themselves and horses something to clog up their hooves.
And rumours abound that the Japanese are to add sea-bed mud to the menu, so that their sushi can feel at home.
French cuisine! A triumph of marketing over taste, freshness, sensual appeal, value, etc., etc.