Three food dreams
Last night I wrote down three of my dreams. Which is odd, because it's rare I remember a dream long enough to write it down. The first one of these I wrote down sometime in the middle of the night, the other two when I woke up. Anyway.
They all involve food.
1. Something involving a three foot diameter globe artichoke, and a vegetable I had never seen before and had no idea how to cook. I had to cook it, though. It was something like a cross between a wheat stalk and asparagus and seaweed. No clue.
2. A restaurant called Steak and Eggs, which has three things on the menu:
* Steak and Eggs, which is a different variation on Steak and Eggs every day (I guess they probably repeat sometimes, but the general idea is there). Sometimes the steak might be salmon steak, sometimes the eggs might be fish roe, whatever.
* Hold the Steak, which is a vegetarian meal, usually (but not always) involving eggs, and sometimes related to the Steak and Eggs of the day
* Hold Everything, which is a vegan meal, whatever the chef wants to make that day.
If you have other dietary restrictions, you can call for a reservation three days in advance and arrange something, though you'll still be surprised when you get there by what exactly your meal is.
3. A restaurant in a converted loft-warehouse space (I think.. it looked like a standard house from the outside?) on a mountain in Hawaii. The food was good-resaurant style, but the serving and organizaition....
You arranged for a particular time for your meal. Each course was in a different room, and the only person you see is your "guide" who is also your waiter. They lead you through increasingly improbable rooms, where you get served increasingly improbable food, in all kinds of ways, though it is all good. Ways to get from room to room include walking, stairs, a padded high-friction-surface ramp with two levels, and squeezing through a thing that is almost like shafting. The "guide" sometimes takes on different personas (the beginning persona is completely different, you have to yell requests to him) and later the guide takes off the male aspect and becomes a kindly-but-somewhat-stern woman (at least in my dream-experience of it) (it was definitely the same person, with more their real personality the second time, but acting to get people engaged the first time). Each room the seating is semi-randomized, so you have to sit next to and interact with people you don't really know.
They all involve food.
1. Something involving a three foot diameter globe artichoke, and a vegetable I had never seen before and had no idea how to cook. I had to cook it, though. It was something like a cross between a wheat stalk and asparagus and seaweed. No clue.
2. A restaurant called Steak and Eggs, which has three things on the menu:
* Steak and Eggs, which is a different variation on Steak and Eggs every day (I guess they probably repeat sometimes, but the general idea is there). Sometimes the steak might be salmon steak, sometimes the eggs might be fish roe, whatever.
* Hold the Steak, which is a vegetarian meal, usually (but not always) involving eggs, and sometimes related to the Steak and Eggs of the day
* Hold Everything, which is a vegan meal, whatever the chef wants to make that day.
If you have other dietary restrictions, you can call for a reservation three days in advance and arrange something, though you'll still be surprised when you get there by what exactly your meal is.
3. A restaurant in a converted loft-warehouse space (I think.. it looked like a standard house from the outside?) on a mountain in Hawaii. The food was good-resaurant style, but the serving and organizaition....
You arranged for a particular time for your meal. Each course was in a different room, and the only person you see is your "guide" who is also your waiter. They lead you through increasingly improbable rooms, where you get served increasingly improbable food, in all kinds of ways, though it is all good. Ways to get from room to room include walking, stairs, a padded high-friction-surface ramp with two levels, and squeezing through a thing that is almost like shafting. The "guide" sometimes takes on different personas (the beginning persona is completely different, you have to yell requests to him) and later the guide takes off the male aspect and becomes a kindly-but-somewhat-stern woman (at least in my dream-experience of it) (it was definitely the same person, with more their real personality the second time, but acting to get people engaged the first time). Each room the seating is semi-randomized, so you have to sit next to and interact with people you don't really know.