We Recommend Dans Le Noir

Dans Le Noir is perhaps not the most obviously erotic place that we've blogged about here, but it's certainly the most bizarre, and has assuredly earnt it's place amongst our saucy pages. With restaurants in both Paris and London this eating place with a difference seems to have caught people's imagination.

The concept of Dans Le Noir is quite simple, a restaurant in total darkness, complete and utter black, with food served by blind waiters. As you are led to your seat, arm resting on the shoulder of the person in front of you, not only are your senses heightened, your nerves set on edge, but you immediately become aware of how much we all rely on our sight. The tables are suddenly turned, and Adil our blind waiter gliding effortlessly around the space, is suddenly the one without a disability.

The food is set up as 4 surprise menu's with a veggie, fish, meat or total surprise. Your waiter takes your hand and places a dish in it and you have to guess what you've been served. Cutlery becomes a nuisance, and you find yourself feeling around your plate to enable yourself to eat. The food isn't cheap, with a standard £39 two course meal, plus drinks, however you're paying for the experience here, not just the food.

As you sit at your table, quite close to other couples, you find yourself eavesdropping in and out of the accompanying conversations. A sense of camaraderie builds amongst the diners as you all revel in your inability to eat as normal.

The sense of eroticism in the place is quite high, sitting so close to other diners it's almost impossible to resist sneaking a kiss or a feel of each other at the table as they eat unaware. As you settle down and become more confident in your blindness you begin to take greater risks, hoping that the lovely couple you were just chatting with in the dark don't hear as you fumble and kiss each other inches from them.

Lead back once more into the light once you finish your meal and the surreal experience comes to an end. Your waiter who walks you back to the entrance suddenly becomes the one who can't move around as freely, and you realise the gift of sight that you have.