Dans le Noir?

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In my previous post I described my meal at Dans le Noir?, a restaurant where dining happens in pitch darkness. In the spirit of the evening, I didn't reveal what I actually had at the time, but we were told afterwards what we'd been served. I had some pleasant surprises!

Starter: There were three small round chunks, served warm, with the texture of the inside of roast potato, with a delicately spicy taste (corriander/cumin, perhaps). Each one was topped with a dollop of something I couldn't associate a flavour with but had the texture of whipped cream.

This was black pudding with celeriac mash. When I found out what it was, I actually exclaimed "I like black pudding!" The look of it still puts me off strongly, but it's nice to know that I could deal with it if I had to... meanwhile, the celeriac mash didn't really have any taste in comparison.

In the centre of the plate was probably my least favourite part of the whole meal; again I had trouble identifying any kind of flavour, but had a texture that was lumpy and slimey; like a cross between cold baked beans and the protein mix they eat in The Matrix ("If you close your eyes it almost feels like you're eating runny eggs" // "Yeah, or a bowl of snot")

This was scallops tartare, which I hope to never come across again!

Main: This one was easier. There were three pieces of meat, quite thin and roughly 10x5cm each. The first one I identified as some kind of meaty fish, possibly monkfish, but seemed to hold together better than monkfish.

Blue shark steak.

The second one I placed as a really good steak.

Wagyu beef! I'd always wondered how much better than a regular steak this stuff would be. Noticeably so, it seems! (But I've also seen what prices they fetch on a menu, and they're probably not worth that much)

The third one, somewhat of a mix between beef and lamb. They were all super-tender. They were served with green beans.

The third meat was ostrich steak. That's another meat I've wanted to try crossed off the list!

Dessert: Easily the best chocolate mousse I've tasted, inbetween two layers of what tasted like chocolate but were somehow rather versatile, like a square of American processed cheese (although minus the cheese flavour). There were also two jelly cubes

Chocolate mousse between white chocolate leaves.

So there you have it! This was the recommended option of a whole mix of things. There were also no-meat, no-fish, and vegetarian options.