A Dining Experience Like No Other

Unfortunately, I can't give you many details in this post. The events surrounding our dinner on Tuesday night will have to remain as much as a mystery to you as it originally was to us. With this peculiar disclaimer, I will begin with the facts that I can share.

Last year, I read about an "immersive, other-world dining experience" called The Gingerline. Similar to Secret Cinema, the creators behind The Gingerline basically put on themed, five-course dinners in different locations along the London Overground tube line. I signed up for their mailing list and then this September, they announced their new theme: Chambers of Flavour. We convinced two of our friends, Dan and Shelley, to go with us, and bought tickets for dinner this January (it is really booked up and sells out quick!)

On Tuesday night at 4:00pm, I received a text with a bizarre location (ie. go to this tube stop, take your first left, turn right, etc). We headed there at 5:30pm dressed as we were told to. The location looked like an abandoned warehouse, but inside was a bar. We got drinks and waited until we were told it was our turn to "go into the machine" then off we went, pushed into five other worlds- each with a theme and a course (first was canapé, second was starter, third was main, etc).

I can't reveal much more except that it was a really cool experience! They ask that you keep the whole thing a secret so it doesn't spoil the surprise for other diners. But I will say that the food was delicious and we had some very unique encounters throughout the night : ) So that is the silver lining to this post... or the Ginger lining?