Dinner in the Sky Comes to Toronto

Photo: photosapience [Flickr]

Jerrold of BlogTO recounted his unique dining experience ("harrowing stunt meets gourmet cuisine" he said) some 115 feet above the ground, in Toronto’s Dinner in the Sky event:

Until tonight, I’d never had quite a unique dining experience – one that required a safety briefing and the signing of a waiver. With papers signed, and with a group cheer with my fellow eager table-mates, we were in upward tow. In my stomach were butterflies, and underneath the shiny silver lid before me was a very special meal.

Strapped into my seat, dangling some 35m above the ground, being served champagne by a waiter sporting a safety harness, I tucked my napkin under my plate to keep it from taking flight and landing on some unsuspecting pedestrian’s head below. Then I took my first bite of Summerlicious 2008.

It was surprisingly easy to quickly forget about the vertigo (the champagne was a good call) and within a few minutes everyone seemed to drop the jitters that come with, well, being suspended from a crane. Before long, we were all getting into the view and, of course, into the food.

Nosirreethankyouverymuch – I’m a weenie when it comes to great heights. Read more about it at BlogTO: Link – Thanks Jerrold!

Previously on Neatorama: Dinner in the Sky