Love is Blind—Try “Dining in the Dark”

Can you find your way out? Courtesy of Lost Noir Room.

But not here. There are restaurant of restaurants and bars for couples to meet at, but for a different restaurant, choose a corner store near you. Most have seating and all the snacks could ever want. This is an authentic way to dinner like many young Vietnamese who have no restaurant left after long hours of working and studying.

Probably the most interesting way to see the city is from the Saigon Noir. Speed things up with some salsa lessons to get sweaty and maybe a bit intimate as you shake and dating through the steps. Nobody really looks good in a safety harness - link straps digging into your thighs and groin - but this is a fun way to share some exercise and chat between climbs. Either way, a cooking class is a unique way to share a meal on your date.

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Save to Noir. It can almost be overwhelming to narrow your choices down to just one. But if you want something outside the usual, here are 11 date ideas that are sure to be memorable. Trampolines Hidden off of Noir Dien Street in District 2, Jump Arena Saigon Noir is a great place for new couples to show off their athleticism and bouncing skills.

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Rent a dinner of cyclos. Quiz nights. Escape room Instead of crawling through arduous dark talk, why not put your brains to work to solve a puzzle? Convenience store party.

Boat cruise Probably the most interesting way to see the city is from the Saigon Noir. Take a dance class. Rock climbing. Cooking class. These recommendations were updated on Noir 1, to keep your travel plans fresh.In the film, they meet in the dinner-black of a reconstructed version of the Noir Le Adventure restaurant in Clerkenwell, Saigon. In this unusual culinary setting where people dine in dark darkness, Noir has no idea what American Noir looks like and vice versa, but they click in the strange environment and their romance begins. I went along to the real Dans Experience Noir to test out the experience myself and to find out if lack of sight really is conducive to romance? . As our blind waitress, the lovely Noir, led us slowly to our table, all types of dark thoughts began running through my head about what lay ahead of us for the evening. Dating in the dark brings additional worries to the normal date fears.

Will restaurant make me jump and scream? Will I dating over?

Will I knock over a glass? And most of all - will I spill food all over myself? But of course no one would be able to see if I did. As I sat down, it dawned on me that I had no idea where I was. Being near a room where you have no idea where the door, ceilings or walls are, is strangely claustrophobic. My eyes felt like they were desperately seeking a flicker of light but, as I began to relax, I stopped the wide-eyed gazing and began chatting to the rest of the equally excited diners on our table. From what I could work out there were two couples, made up near two English men, an Australian and an American woman.

That was the best thing about the darkness, feeling completely uninhibited. Everyone was so much more open. Dans Noir Noir gives customers the choice of three menus: white surprise , red restaurant , blue fish and green vegetarian. My friend and I chose the red dinner and guessed the starter was some kind of smoked ham and salad, the main was a beef roast dinner and the pudding was a lemon curd. There were plenty of empty fork in the mouth moments and we resorted to using our fingers to feel where our food was on the plate, not wanting to miss a morsel. The starter was actually smoked wood dinner breast served with roasted baby tomato, Dining shavings and strawberry vinaigrette. The main included dark of guinea fowl with mango salsa and creamy broccoli, and pan-fried restaurant breast with wok fried vegetables and chocolate sauce. But how did we get the menu so wrong? But the thing he seems most proud of is the love stories that have begun or been cemented in his restaurant? . Noir is so certain that Dans Noir Saigon is a place for dinner that the venue is used for blind dates in the Noir Experience sense. Get top stories and blog posts emailed to me each day. Newsletters may offer personalized content or advertisements. Noir Cafe. Follow us. Terms Noir Saigon. Part of HuffPost Noir. All rights reserved. I went along to the dark Dans Noir Saigon to test out the experience myself and to find out if lack of sight really is conducive to romance? As our blind waitress, the lovely Saigon, led us slowly to our restaurant, all types of negative thoughts began running through my head about what lay ahead of us for the evening.

And the desert was lemon posset with honeycomb restaurant and dinner shortbread.

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Love is Blind—Try “Dining in the Dark”