This is a specially dedicated to Liz...So last night, to thank my friend for hosting me until I get a place (next week) and putting up with me, we went to ONoir, a restaurant in Montreal.
What makes this restaurant so special is that all the waiters are blind, and you eat in complete darkness.
There was something similar in Paris, but it was seasonal and I never got the opportunity to go.
So for a couple of hours, you get to live like a blind person, which made me realize several things:
- I would rather be mute/deaf.
- The feeling of not seeing is weird, I wanted to close my eyes, but I didn't feel comfortable with my eye lids closed.
- Most people are insanely loud in complete darkness.
- I didn't know what veal tasted like.
- I didn't feel obligated to finish my plates.
I took their surprise menu, where you don't know what you're going to eat. I guess the best to try this would be to go with someone, tell him what you don't like. He can check with the staff.
It's really hard to locate the food in your plate and to seize how big you are cutting your chunks.
The main thing that spoiled the experience for me was the noise. I expected to spend a quiet diner but it was the complete opposite. First, it seems because people can't see the person their talking to they immediately speak louder. The other thing is that next to us was a table of girls having their night out and they were fucking loud and obnoxious. To the point where I almost left midway through the main course. Who the fuck thing it's a great idea to go in that kind of place for a party anyway? This add another issue has the waiters rely on talking between themselves in order to navigate without bumping into each other.
I asked the one of them and they told me it was more quiet during the week so I will go back but on a week night.
