The first dark restaurant in Asia is officially opened on the 23 December 2006.
You put your hand on the person in front and are led to your table in utter darkness for a most unusual dining experience. Smoking is banned. So are flashlights, matches, cigarette lighters and luminous watches.
Many people in Beijing are keen to try the unusual dining experience on offer at a special new restaurant called "Jingyu Du", which literally translates to "the stomach of a whale". The restaurant only opened in the New Year but it's already known for its unique atmosphere.
The entire interior of the restaurant is black, with not an iota of light allowed to infiltrate. Waiters wearing night glasses lead customers to their tables. Even the floor has been specially built to assist people who are deprived of their sight. Diners eat their whole meal in pitch blackness and have to rely on the waiters' guidance if they need to go to the bathroom.
The world's first completely dark restaurant, the Blind Cow, was opened in Zurich, Switzerland. The owner of the Swiss restaurant, Rev. Jorge Spielmann is blind. He hopes his restaurant will serve both the blind and the sighted by uniting them in a common sensory dining experience.
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