Monday, December 2, 2013

Le restaurant public GNU!

At the GNU Public Dictatorship we are nothing if not excited to announce the latest in a long string of innovations you can't get anywhere else: Le restaurant public GNU!  It has taken most of our effort over the last month to make this a reality, but we have a new location in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA where we have finally realized the dream we have been pursuing.  Like most fancy restaurants, le restaurant public GNU (Le RPG) has a French name.  Studies have shown that French names increase diners' enjoyment of the cuisine in 94.21% of cases studied, which is why we chose it.  Some have pointed out (as if we didn't see it ourselves) that Le RPG sounds a lot like a rocket-propelled grenade or a role-playing game, neither of which will generally be permitted at Le RPG, although for certain events both may be allowed under controlled circumstances.  Anyway, Le RPG is a new experiment in open-source cuisine and has been praised by such cooking game shows as Iron Chef and Master Chef among others for its innovative approach to food.  Rather than being tied down by a single entity with power ("The Chef") Le RPG will empower each patron to contribute to the success or failure of each dish.  Patrons will be asked to create dishes for their neighbors, allowing for much greater creativity than would otherwise be possible.  There will be a small number of editors at Le RPG that will have the power to veto recipes, but they will not exercise their authority except in cases of potentially dangerous dishes (those involving poison or allergens).  On opening night some of our patrons found the following stand-out dishes not available elsewhere:

  • Sushiburgers - While a quick search will show that other restaurants have sushi burgers, they weren't quite what our diners experienced this day.  The brilliance of taking an ethnic cuisine with a variety of subtle tastes and textures and reducing it to a pickle and ketchup-covered pile of raw fish on a sesame seed bun has to be experienced to be believed!
  • Salad Soup - Frustrated with the choice between soup and salad, some of our patrons invented salad soup.  Who wouldn't like boiled lettuce salad with a touch of ranch and soggy croutons?
  • Soup Salad - One of the efficiencies of the open-source food system is rapid innovation.  In this case, diners who didn't love Salad Soup invented Soup Salad, which, as the name suggests is based on lettuce and spinach covered in a creamy cauliflower soupy material.  Delicious.
These three were simply the standout dishes of the night, so we look forward to many more innovative and delicious dishes!