Edible QR codes at North End restaurant
By adamg on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 6:34am
William McAdoo reports on Jose Duarte's experiments with printing QR codes (think of them as bar codes for the smartphone set) on the plates at his Taranta in the North End. Why? Imagine scanning in the code and reading up on the seafood sitting in front of you:
The problem was: how to get it on the plate? His first attempt was with a rubber stamp, using edible squid ink. The squid ink proved a bit oily with traces of sandy grit that clogged the stamp. He then decided to actually screen print the code onto the plate using a more refined squid ink. This worked better.
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The idea is cool
But I'd be really aggravated if I ordered something that didn't list an animal-derived product in the ingredients and then showed up with squid ink on the plate. I'm hoping they warn people and give them the option of having it or not.
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HEE!
Love it.
The idea is cool but...
...traces of photo emulsion (or whatever he's using to block out the screens) can get into the final product. Enjoy your dinner.
just what we need
more people whipping out their phones at the dinner table.