THE BEAUTIFUL REALITIES OF TASTE EXPERIENCES NOW

Taste is a multisensory thing. It is not an isolated sense. We’ve long known about the interactivity between olfactory and taste sensory inputs and perceptions, but it turns out, all of our senses come into play together.

According to new research in the emerging field of neurogastronomy, things taste differently depending on where we are when we taste them, what they look like, their shape, etc.

Some cutting edge restaurants are now appealing to this multisensory taste phenomenon. Check them out below.

SUBLIMOTION

SubliMotion is a cutting edge multisensory restaurant, developed by double Michelin Star Chef Paco Roncero, at the Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza.

Here, a team of chefs, artists, engineers, script writers, illusionists, and stage designers produce a theatrical gastronomic experience that will blow your mind -- and ALL of your senses, including your sense of reality.

Fusing gastronomy with technology, SubliMotion has partnered with Samsung Gear VR and Barco to deliver a futuristic dinner party you will never forget.

Visual art, special effects, and communication are applied to the basic ritual of sitting dining.

Roncero began his culinary career working for Ferran Adrià, at the famed El Bulli, long considered the #1 restaurant in the world.

Mixing up sensations often results in an emotional experience. Diners are flooded, intermittently, with aromas, sounds, music, tactile sensations, light and intense visuals.

They might start at the virtual North Pole, tasting food carved out of personal icebergs. They might venture on to Versailles to experience a rose, melting on their tongues. Virtual butterflies emerge from their plates before real ones flutter down from the ceiling.

Cakes levitate (for real), while flavors come in unexpected packages and formats. A foie gras doughnut might enter the room by balloon. You might eat a clam “under the sea,” as you float among the jellyfish.