SUGAR, REFRACTED.

A tasting laboratory for desserts that shouldn't exist — and briefly, gloriously, do.

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— THE COLLECTION / FLIGHT OF FOUR

Tonight's specimens

An iridescent glass-like sphere dessert on a white pedestal, wreathed in nitrogen vapor

Nº01 — PRISM

Isomalt sphere, yuzu cloud core, edible thin-film coating. Splits candlelight into seven flavours.

STATE
solid → vapor
TEMP
−12°C
SPECTRUM
full visible

Nº02 — VAPOR

A dessert you inhale. Lychee & bergamot fog, condensed on a chilled silver spoon at the table.

STATE
aerosol
TEMP
4°C
DURATION
40 seconds

Nº03 — STATIC

Popping-sugar ganache under a chocolate faraday cage. Eats like a thunderstorm, politely.

STATE
unstable
TEMP
18°C
CHARGE
audible

Nº04 — MIRAGE

Clear as water, tastes of tarte tatin. Twelve hours of clarification for eleven seconds of disbelief.

STATE
liquid
TEMP
34°C
OPACITY
0.00

— METHOD / REPEATED NIGHTLY

Three phases,
no shortcuts

  1. 01

    DISTILL

    Every flavour reduced to its clearest possible statement. If it needs explaining, it goes back.

  2. 02

    FREEZE

    Liquid nitrogen at −196°C stops time mid-flavour. The moment is the ingredient.

  3. 03

    REFRACT

    Light, temperature and texture bent until the familiar arrives from an unfamiliar angle.

— RESERVATIONS / EIGHT SEATS NIGHTLY

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One counter, eight seats, four specimens, seventy minutes. The laboratory opens at 20:00 and again at 22:00. White coats provided; curiosity assumed.

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