Today in Food Pr0n: Tableside Service at Alinea

When it comes to Alinea and Grant Achatz, what is understood need not be discussed. So let's let two minutes of video and this review do the talking, instead:

"What followed the drape being spread on my table was the arrival of ~10-15 small bowls and plates - and then a surprise I couldn’t have even imagined - Chef Achatz himself arriving to the table to prepare my dessert tableside - for 2 minutes and 6 seconds. Simply called “Chocolate-Blueberry, Tobacco, Maple” the dish was a masterpiece served by a master - poached blueberries, blueberry gelée, spherified maple syrup, a block of chocolate mousse frozen with liquid nitrogen, malt ice cream, tobacco infused cream, thyme."

Achatz doesn't make this dish tableside for everyone, so it's an extra treat. Only 2 tables received the Achatz tableside treatment the night the video above was filmed.