FANCY RESTAURANT SERVES ELEPHANT DUNG DESSERT

A high-end restaurant in Shanghai called Canopia is grabbing attention for their 15-course “authentic” rainforest dining experience. The meal ends with a dessert made out of elephant poop. A popular food blogger known as “Mixue’s Culinary Notes” shared her experience at the restaurant. It serves dishes made out of tree leaves that you are required to dip in some sauce, honey-coated ice cubes and the dessert that is now the talk of town – “Flowers Inserted into Elephant Dung.” For just $550, here is what you get:
– First, customers are told to pick a leaf from a plant and eat it. It needs to be dipped in a sauce and consumed raw. All the while, a server stands next to you, explaining the philosophy of “ecological fusion cuisine.” (* And hopefully holding a wastebasket for emergencies.)
– Another course consists of ice cubes coated with pollen and honey. You suck it off of the ice cubes.
– Then comes the “black goo.” It is designed to mimic the parasitic Rafflesia flower, which has a foul, pungent scent. The server explains that the dish is meant to evoke the scent of decaying flesh.
– And for dessert: elephant dung. The chef starts with a base of what they claim is real crispy, crumbly, sterilized elephant dung. An herbal perfume has been added to it, along with fruit jam, pollen, and honey sorbet. Diners are not told what they are eating until they are finished.
* I’d hold the news until after they’ve paid and left a tip.
* Fortunately, the poop dessert is “the talk of the town,” so a lot of people know to stay away.
* I hear the elephant dung dessert got a rave review in Housefly Monthly.
* Why don’t they just call it the pu-pu platter and be done with it?
* Are all the Shanghai restaurant inspectors on vacation this month?