Haute cuisine, meet high-tech: "Printing" sushi

We're going to try and avoid using the word "gimmicky" here, but you have to admit, Homaro Cantu's dishes at Moto definitely whet the palate (even if it's only the color palette). His sushi is prepared by printing images from organic food-based inks onto edible paper via a Canon i560; he seasons and serves his menus the same way—the plat du jour may taste suspiciously like the edible menu from which it was chosen. What's next for Cantu and Moto? Well, part of that $240 a head for dinner is being invested in R&D: 30 patent applications in, Cantu's got experiments underway in combining cuisine and superconductors (no comment), liquid nitrogen, and helium, as well as plans to utilize a 3D polymer printer, and high-powered class IV surgical/cutting laser. Okay, we'll bite.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM]

Don't forget the ion particle gun. It's like freaking Halo2 in his restaurant.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM]

For accounts of a recent 20-course, 7-1/2 hour meal at Moto, the restaurant where Contu contrives his wares, go to http://lthforum.com, a Chicago dining and cooking board.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM]

thanks, nial.

copyeditors untie. :)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM]

Edible ink, foods... Look no further than Japan (see link, in Japanese on Asahi.com) - they have photo printed chocolate for Valentine's Day on sale now. Caption of Article translates to "Eat me".

http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0204/004.html

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM]

wow, this must be reeal satisfying and filling. I heard mary kate and ashley olsen eat this instead of real sushi ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM]

yeah, it's great. you can pay for it with
xeroxed money!