Theres weird and then theres gross. Although Bob Blumer sometimes blurs the lines between the two on his new Food Network Canada show, , the food is usually delicious.
Last week the Food Networks Surreal Gourmet/Glutton for Punishment gave diners at the Waldorf Hotel a taste of what to expect when his new show premieres on April 4.
For instance, during The Blind Feeding the Blind course, blindfolded guests were spoonfed crispy salted cod and ham soup. Then came Ling Cod à la John, which Blumer (right) served out of a (very clean) toilet with the Waldorfs executive chef Cesar De La Parra (left, pictured above). For dessert, a maple glazed donut was sprinkled with bacon praline dust, hence the Glazed and Confused title. Of the 52 unusual restaurants on the show, which took six months of travelling and eating, eating and travelling to shoot, two are in Vancouver. One was a speed-dating dinner put on by Chef Steve of N.F.A. (No Fixed Address) and the other was an Alice-in-Wonderland-themed dinner by Chef Robin Kort and the Swallow Tail Secret.
