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Snottlebocket

Snottlebocket

Netherlands
March 2004

FEB 10, 2005 10:54 AM

Remember that ridiculous fad where haute cuisine restaurants served stylized minimalist meals of a few carefully arranged peas around a tiny piece of meat? Apparently, this silly way of dining is still around, and Chicago-based chef Homaru Cantu is taking it to the next level.



In the restaurant Moto Cuisine, he is now serving meals prepared on a Canon inkjet printer. The printer has been outfitted with special cartridges containing ink prepared out of foodstuffs. He simply prints out pictures of meals on a special paper made out of soy and corn starch.



Not content with this rather innovative way of creating "meals", he is also looking into using 3-D printers, lasers and ion particle guns for levitating meals.

''I tell them I want to make food float, I want to make it disappear, I want to make it reappear, I want to make the utensils edible, I want to make the plates, the table, the chairs edible,'' Mr. Cantu said, ''I ask them, what do I need to do that?''

While I love Cantu's creativity and vision, I can't help but question a world where a man can sell $240 paper meals made on a Canon printer.

eternalidiot

eternalidiot

I'm lost
January 2005

FEB 10, 2005 11:00 AM

That's awesome. Reminds me of Willy Wonka.

delusion

delusion

Santa Barbara, CA
March 2004

FEB 10, 2005 11:03 AM

Ehm...so, we just drive through the Golden Arches on the way home from marveling at our paper meal or what?

ralenn

ralenn

Denver, CO
July 2003

FEB 10, 2005 11:21 AM

This is silly, but then I'm also a huge Star Trek Geek, and I think "replicator!!!"

I long for the day when I can walk up to my replicator, sternly pronounce I want a cup of hot Earl Grey tea, and have it in seconds.

unravled

unravled

Vancouver, WA
August 2003

FEB 10, 2005 11:29 AM

Hello Moto.

tokyo

tokyo

Sioux Falls, SD
October 2002

FEB 10, 2005 11:31 AM

ralenn said:
This is silly, but then I'm also a huge Star Trek Geek, and I think "replicator!!!"

I long for the day when I can walk up to my replicator, sternly pronounce I want a cup of hot Earl Grey tea, and have it in seconds.



Don't forget to make it hot! Hehe.

SomeOneUK

SomeOneUK

United Kingdom
June 2004

FEB 10, 2005 12:42 PM

Superprint me!

PinkZebra

PinkZebra

Saint Marys, GA
January 2005

FEB 10, 2005 12:47 PM

What if I want ice cream?? Is my paper going to served cold??

And do I have to spread my own butter on my paper bread??

I think this is efffing ridiculous!! whatever

although a rather cool idea...i'm just jealous that I can't charge $240 for a paper meal

MetaTag

MetaTag

United Kingdom
September 2002

FEB 10, 2005 12:55 PM

Those guys need some real food.

dem_z

dem_z

United Kingdom
June 2004

FEB 10, 2005 01:16 PM

MetaTag said:
Those guys need some real food.


Is that before or after eating? puke biggrin

MagnaDolce

MagnaDolce

Portland, ME
January 2004

FEB 10, 2005 01:20 PM

Very fucking dumb. Novelties for the rich. Some of these paper-food patrons are the same people who say we need to donate more to charity yet they spend literally hundreds of dollars on floating paper food.
Amazing...

delusion

delusion

Santa Barbara, CA
March 2004

FEB 10, 2005 03:20 PM

unravled said:
Hello Moto.



I'm not even sure if I got the joke, but, for some reason I am still cracking up.

dingoes8

dingoes8

Milwaukee, WI
March 2004

FEB 10, 2005 03:26 PM

What happens when his printers jam, which all printers eventually do? He's gonna have a lot of pissed off rich people waiting for their paper food.

crackedhead

crackedhead

San Jose, CA
September 2004

FEB 10, 2005 04:13 PM

The mental image I have of rich wankers chewing sheets of paper like a cow chews on grass is cracking me up. What will they think of next, edible underwear? Oh wait.

MrStitches

MrStitches

Sag Harbor, NY
November 2003

FEB 10, 2005 04:20 PM

I hate people.