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A review of the Lego Mini Chef restaurant in Denmark – in which a meal prepared by tiny plastic people sparks a revelation about hospitality

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Tags: restaurants, denmark.billund, reviews, mini chef, toys, lego, lego house, minifigures, automation, interactive, hospitality, children, play, author.tim hayward, source.ft, paywall
https://www.ft.com/content/2c96ade3-81eb-4b93-af93-5b4ad7a5f449

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The Lego Mini Chef restaurant, Denmark - review
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    rahmad
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    it's a pretty thin article, both in length and depth, but this bit at the end was nicely put:

    it's a pretty thin article, both in length and depth, but this bit at the end was nicely put:

    When the celebrity chef’s name is over the door, I believe in their input, though I know they’ve not been in the kitchen in years. When I’m told an ingredient was “foraged”, I imagine the cooks stalking through the forest at dawn rather than ordering from a supplier. The same is true when they tell me the steak comes from a deliriously happy cow or was aged in salt-walled vaults, and the sommelier tells me about wine made in some ancient château or stewed in a hipster’s bucket. It’s all a gigantic exercise in consensual self-delusion that we embrace with unquestioning zeal.

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    1. smoontjes
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      Reminds me of the brands of milk and butter we also have here. It is not, in fact, from the beautiful [Insert Idyllic Name or Location] Farm. It is from a polluting, disgusting, gigantic factory*....

      Reminds me of the brands of milk and butter we also have here. It is not, in fact, from the beautiful [Insert Idyllic Name or Location] Farm. It is from a polluting, disgusting, gigantic factory*. It feels like it should be illegal to brand products this way.

      * Where they likely commit countless amounts of animal abuse every day, too.

      5 votes
  3. Mendanbar
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    The article left me wanting more, so I searched around and found this video about the restaurant experience: https://youtu.be/jeZv9IUMFWQ Sharing in case anyone else is similarly curious. 🙂

    The article left me wanting more, so I searched around and found this video about the restaurant experience:
    https://youtu.be/jeZv9IUMFWQ

    Sharing in case anyone else is similarly curious. 🙂

    4 votes