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Have you eaten in dark? No, not the romantic candlelight dinner, but in total dark. In China, the first dark restaurant in Asia started operating in Beijing. Source. Dark restaurants were set up later in Melbourne, Zurich, Paris, Montreal, London and Berlin. Other than that, Russia and the US also have similar restaurants.

Except the corridor leading to the dining hall and washrooms, its other interior was painted entirely black. Customers are dining in darkness while listening to horror story telling. The waiters are wearing night vision goggles and they will lead the customers to the tables. No camera, mobile phone, flash light or even luminous watches are allowed.

According to the restaurant owner, without seeing the food, other senses are stimulated to full alert. Therefore, one will taste the food better. Furthermore, one may eat slower. By eating slower, less food will be consumed. However, eating in the dark may backfire when comes to dieting - some people may not be aware how much they have eaten and end up eating more because many have got used to eat based on what they see, and not so much on how full they are, especially when comes to fried food or soda drink. But then if you're health conscious you shouldn't be eating deep fried foods and consuming sugar-laden sodas anyway!
This method should help alleviate the archaic notion of cleaning your plate, and if you eat slowly IN THE DARK you can better pay attention to your body's cues and know when you've eaten enough to satisfy your hunger. It's worth a try!

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Creator: runningbear
Category: Diet and Nutrition
Posted: 6/26/2008

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	“ Thanks. It seems to be better today. ”
	- runningbear on 6/27/2008 in response to Carina	Respond

	“ I sent Troy a message yesterday. He said he's going to look into it and see if he can reproduce the problem. ”
	- Carina on 6/27/2008 in response to runningbear	Respond

	“ I'm totally curious, but like Carina, I'm also wondering how much of a mess I'd be when I emerged from the restaurant ; ) ”
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	“ This site has been behaving a bit strangely lately, either sending doubles or failing to send at all... ”
	- runningbear on 6/27/2008 in response to Carina	Respond

	“ I'll give it a try !! Thanks !! ”
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