Mixed drinks from $11, Elvis panini $7 Sustainably sourced, local ingredients shine in the whimsical, inventive dishes coming out of the kitchen at Flyte World Dining and Wine.
And, towering over about half the dishes, a whimsical, sculptural but compulsively edible fried plantain chip.
But Apoteca, Klein's sleek restaurant in Luxembourg's rue de la Boucherie, has become a culinary mecca because of his whimsical treatments of traditional dishes like smoked pork neck in beans (00352 267377, apoteca.lu).lu
The spirit behind that dish — serious food, whimsical trappings — informs the whole experience at KC's Chiffafa House, starting with the restaurant's name and its serendipitous life story.
It might be an eye-catching ingredient, like chocolate oil, or a whimsical reinterpretation of a standard dish, like the potato knish with mushrooms and caramelized onions that accompanies his New York strip steak.
The precision with which the food is plated, the occasionally whimsical forms it takes and a given dish's ration of meat or fish to supporting players put it in the company of contemporary French, or for that matter, American cooking.
Presenting the soup as a "cappuccino" gave the entire experience a whimsical flourish despite the underlying elegance of the dish.
Over at Tom Dixon's beehive of design activity, the Dock, the introductions include Eclectic, an accessories collection that includes copper, brass and cast-iron objects both practical (copper dishes and a champagne bucket) and whimsical (a cast-iron money box, a man's shoe or Dixon's Jack light reimagined as a doorstop or paperweight), as well as three scented candles.
Sprouting from the digital petri dish of social networking, seapunk is a whimsical style that mashes together cartoonish aquatic themes, rave culture and a nostalgia for '90s Internet imagery.
His raw-ramen munching illustrates an anecdote about his childhood tastes — from eating the uncooked noodles, he progressed to eating the uncooked noodles sprinkled with the contents of the spice packet — and leads into a demonstration of making whimsical (but delicious looking) versions of the Western pasta dishes cacio e pepe and gnocchi using instant ramen.
