Food collective Inked Dubai is known for its interactive and innovative dining concepts, which bring strangers together to share a meal that's served in a unique way. For example, earlier this year, the team organised a dinner that had guests facing mirrors, instead of each other, which made for a slightly unnerving experience.
The collective is currently hosting Grey Area, a pop-up dinner for Dubai Design Week, where guests will experience a five-course meal in a beautifully set-up ambiance with custom-made tableware by design firm Tinkah, all of which are completely devoid of colour (watch video below).
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From the crockery and cutlery to the linen and lighting, all objects have been rendered in black, white and grey in a bid to explore tastes, forms and textures “without the familiarity of colour contrast”.
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The dishes, too, are monochromatic, and include monkfish carpaccio with hot garlic and truffle cream; poached cod with seawater jelly, citrus gel and vanilla cream; noodles with enoki mushrooms and spicy chicken broth; sardines in salt crust with potato creams; chicken risotto with burrata, pickled spring onions, and truffle and Parmesan cream; and dark chocolate brownie with sesame ice cream and Turkish candy floss.
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It may sound delicious, but would the food taste the same for you without colour? To find out, book a spot at www.inked.ae. The experience costs Dh475 per person all-inclusive and runs until November 18.
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Read more:
[ Dine blind in the dark at Dubai's Noire ]
[ Why I enjoyed dinner in front of a mirror at Tête-à-tête in Dubai ]
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