The Blind Cow

We happened upon an article in the Swiss Airline magazine about an interesting restaurant here in Basel - The Blind Cow. You eat totally and completely in absolute darkness...doesn't that sound like FUN!?!? A co-worker of Nancy's was coming in from San Francisco with his girlfriend so we floated the idea to them and VOILA, we made it a foursome. A few pre-dinner drinks at the house to get everyone acquainted and then we were off. The menu is projected onto the wall in a very industrial looking space with lockers to secure your coats and belongings. There are 3 appetizers, main dishes, desserts and 2 'surprise menus' (1 meat, 1 vegetarian) to choose from. Once you have your order memorized, a waiter comes to get you and gives you a list of instructions before you go in: what will happen, what if you need to leave, how the table is setup, etc. We were instructed to hold grab hold of the shoulder in front of us to 'snake' our way to the table. Once seated, we felt around at our place setting and were successful pouring the wine into our glasses. It was soooo dark - HOW DARK WAS IT?) - it was sooo dark that it looked just like the time you were in the bowels of mammoth cave and they turned off the lights - it was unbelievably dark. We all had a great meal and a great time with delightful dinner companions- you'll have to come and 'see' it for yourself =)