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You are here: Home / All Aboard! / April Fools’ Dinner Fun Inspired from the Culinary Travels of Bob Blumer

April Fools’ Dinner Fun Inspired from the Culinary Travels of Bob Blumer

April 1, 2012 By Erica Hargreave

Having worked with Bob Blumer last year, while he was traipsing around the Globe in search of the World’s Weirdest Restaurants for his new Show on Food Network Canada, I thought we’d share a few pics from his travels that might inspire some meal time April Fools’ Fun for your dinner tonight.

Have you ever served up bugs?

You could easily slip them into a pizza without it being obvious?  I know we plan on doing this to Brie one of these days.

 

Roasted Cricket Pizza, as photographed by Bob Blumer at Vij’s Rangoli in Vancouver, BC.

 

How about using unusual dinner ware?

In Taipei Bob was served up dinner in items from the loo and his entrée was scooped up out of a life-size toilet bowl. Easy enough to do this at home with bed pans and a child’s porta potty, I’d just recommend you don’t use one that has been used for ‘other purposes’ before.

 

Dinner’s served at Taipei’s Modern Toilet, as captured by Bob Blumer.

 

Dessert, anyone? (photographed by Bob Blumer)

 

Or you could always dress up for dinner?

Mark-sans of Tokyo’s Kagaya Restaurant does.

 

Mark Kagaya, as photographed by Bob Blumer

 

So what is the strangest thing or way you’ve served up dinner?  Any weird experiences you’ve had in your travels that you’d love to replicate at home (for a joke or otherwise)?

Filed Under: All Aboard!, Around the World, Asia, BC, Canada, Erica Hargreave, Japan, Our Travelers, Taiwan, Tasty Morsels Tagged With: Kagaya, Taipei, Vancouver

Comments

  1. Yvette says

    April 1, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    Bizarrely I find the toilet served food more appealing than the Cricket pizza.

    • Erica says

      June 17, 2012 at 10:00 pm

      I’m not sure what that says about you Yvette, or about me, as for me, the reverse is true.

    • Kuliner says

      May 4, 2015 at 6:35 am

      I just think this is so creative. But I think many people will respond negative with this creativity. Haha is so funny xD

  2. Cathy Sweeney says

    April 1, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    Um, I’ll pass on the bugs and the toilet bowl serving dishes. If I thought about it all day, I don’t think I could come up with anything I’ve experienced that comes close to those. Happy April Fools’ Day!

    • Erica says

      June 17, 2012 at 10:01 pm

      Love that you thought about it. Thanks Cathy!

  3. Cynthia Simpson says

    April 2, 2012 at 12:58 am

    I had a good giggle with the toilet bowl servings – amazing what people will do. As for the bugs…. no, would not be funny…. hope you had a good April fools day 🙂

    • Erica says

      June 17, 2012 at 10:03 pm

      I have eaten bugs before Cynthia. They are not that bad.

      As for the toilet bowls, the Japanese have a very odd sense of humour and appeal when it comes to restaurants.

  4. Ayngelina says

    April 2, 2012 at 8:43 am

    I had crickets in chili and garlic in Oaxaca and they were delicious. If people closed their eyes they would have no idea they were eating insects.

    • Erica says

      June 17, 2012 at 10:04 pm

      That does sound good Ayngelina, but then I’ve eaten dried larvae in Mexican spices, like potatoe chips.

  5. Michaela says

    April 3, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    LOL! Those are too great! The bug pizza is classic. That’ll teach people from just chomping down without taking time to appreciate the creative genius!

    • Erica says

      June 17, 2012 at 10:05 pm

      Loving that analogy Michaela!

  6. Pamela says

    April 4, 2012 at 9:31 pm

    Too cute. Not sure I could eat out of a toilet bowl.

    • Erica says

      June 17, 2012 at 10:06 pm

      Curious about that myself Pamela. Will have to see, if I ever make it to Japan.

  7. flashpackatforty says

    August 27, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    Just love Japan, and Japanese food. To think I didn’t like Tofu before my travels around the country, now I’m a big fan.

    • Erica Hargreave says

      August 27, 2012 at 6:38 pm

      Yeah, the Japanese got me hooked on tofu too!

  8. Neeraj says

    December 6, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    I’m totally in love with Japanese food.Would love to taste Toilet bowl some day.Ha ha!!

    • Erica Hargreave says

      December 7, 2014 at 1:58 pm

      Definitely entertaining!

  9. Terri says

    October 29, 2017 at 5:27 pm

    hahahhaha this really fun!! i wanna try that dessert!

  10. Jeanne Reina, says

    October 30, 2017 at 11:21 pm

    I like the Roasted Cricket Pizza, It looks so yummy.

  11. Mind Roaster says

    December 11, 2017 at 10:35 am

    really fun!! i wanna try that dessert!

  12. andrew carliston says

    January 3, 2018 at 8:21 am

    Thanks for make me laugh :))) . the cricket pizza looks great lol

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