5/30/2023 0 Comments Blackout dining in the darkDahil nag-open si Kay ng door, nabigyan ng pagkakataon ang mga visually-impared na maipakita na meron silang kakayahang kakaiba at skills na pwede silang makipag-compete sa sighted,” says Marlon. “ Sino'ng makakapag-isip na magagawa nila ito? Lalo na yung mga walang nakaka-alam about visual impairment. “I have been working with them for a couple of months now and it has been a fascinating experience. There are over 500,000 so why not offer more employment to them?” Kay declares. “They're well suited for the job more than anyone else. With the help of Resources for the Blind, Inc., a non-government organization that champions the rights of the visually impaired, Kay and her partner Tasha Reyes managed to employ a team of highly able individuals who were trained for only two weeks.Įmploying the visually impaired goes hand in hand with the entire experience of dining in dark. Noche stays faithful to these traditions. With one sense gone, the others are supposed to be enhanced, apparently including the elusive sixth sense.ĭazzled by a similar restaurant in Amsterdam-one which stays true to the Blindekuh tradition where the servers are actually visually impaired-Kay’s fixation with the concept endured, especially after previous dark dining pop-ups failed to offer what she considers the most significant element of the concept: the experience of being led into the unknown comforted only by the guidance of those who've lived this circumstance throughout their lives. Most have done away with the advocacy and banks instead on the unique experience, albeit the ironic privilege, of having one’s sight suspended in exchange for a one-of-a-kind meal. Through the years, a number of variations popped up in different parts of the world. Blindekuh’s aim is to create employment opportunities for the visually impaired. Nearly two decades to be more precise, when the Blind-Liecht foundation introduced Blindekuh (derived from blinde kuh or the German name for "blindfold tag"), the “world’s first dark restaurant.” What appears to be another attempt to pander the food community’s insatiability for the next epicurean trend bears a rather noble cause. It is the only exercise of control you’ll be having throughout dinner.Īs novel as the idea may seem in Manila, the concept of dark dining has long been lurking around the corners of the global dining landscape. Choose wisely among the two-, three-, five-course meals and the meat, fish, vegetarian, and chef options. The “Mystery Menu,” complete with braille subtitles, allows you a couple of choices. Apparently, the Granvia Café serves as Noche’s waiting area where eager diners are served welcome drinks and asked for their allergies and meal preferences. I was welcomed by Noche’s Kay Lacap who introduced me to Maribeth Chua and Marlo Lucas of the Resources for the Blind, Inc. ![]() Much to my relief, the clusters of folks, a mix of equally awkward strangers and familiar faces, assured me that I was exactly where I was supposed to be. I hesitantly made my way to the fourth floor, assuming that the heavily lit eatery could point me to the right direction. Apart from a Rotary Club event and the in-house restaurant Granvia Cafe, they were completely, no pun intended, in the dark. ![]() I went to A.Venue Suites Hotel where I dutifully asked the receptionists to lead me to Noche. There is something innately mysterious about a restaurant set in a blackout.
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