In what is likely the most literal example of ‘haute’ cuisine, Dinner in the Sky is on again in Brussels—a 28-day restaurant suspended 50 metres above the city on a crane. Perhaps that gives a new meaning to ‘pop-up’ as well.
Starting May 30 and running through June 23, lunch and dinner will be served to 32 diners seated at tables for four around a four-metre-long chef station for the cooks. A different chef is in charge each day, representing the city’s gourmet restaurants, including a sprinkling of Michelin stars.
The prices are high, too: cocktails and tapas for €175 and over €300 a plate for dinner.
This year the crane and restaurant will be opposite the Atomium, the iconic centerpiece of the 1958 Brussels Worlds Fair. Since its 2010 start, it’s been to locations all over the city. Its last time at the Atomium was just before the pandemic
I take it that popping to the toilet during the meal might be an issue?
Wow! I hadn’t thought of that! I may just have to cancel my reservation…