Chicago Molecular Gastronomy Restaurant Moto

[MzGladden]

This is so awesome, I'd love to visit here!

[cocktailpartychannel]

There are truly amazing and inspirational culinary creations, and now this same science is starting to pop up in craft cocktail bars around the world. Keep up the great innovations Moto!

[madisonelectronic]

Small plates personified. Rich people are stupid, as are the elitists. Have the same experience at White Castle. Just eat only one.

[Higgins2001]

Moto uses food to show off molecular gastronomy. Alinea uses molecular gastronomy to show off food. This is why the latter has 3 stars, and the former has one.

[xXMoJiToKiSsEsXx]

it's not fake food its all real.

[Cheballer87]

i bet these guys are rolling around in the money. laughing how they got people to pay few hundred dollars to eat fake food.

[P00TANARA]

he lloks like marilyn manson!!

[tackledparsley]

you dont look like you get a lot of food

[MsAlexandra2610]

i LOVE molecular gastronomy to death 

[alexzylca]

they don't even have a michelin star...

[mudersville]

So, this is what aliens eat?

[humpingbird]

If I feel like getting cancer, I will go to this place for my dinner

[verocity]

@humpingbird stupid cunt go McD's more your price

[batmanalk]

Edible paper its official these guys are willy wonka.

[KatSitchon]

This is ridiculous! No doubt that it's overpriced either! Molecular gastronomy is really cool and it could aid in the cooking experience. I really enjoy seeing things like this being incorporated in cooking, but this is taking it way too far. One of my favorites is from Molecule-R with balsamic spheres and mozzarella in a small, hollowed out tomato for instance. I just can't imagine a whole meal based only on this, though.

[MahoroSu]

nuclearized hot bacon ice cream soda anyone?

[choforito4000]

Isaac Asimov's cook book.

[RudyRoiz]

We tried Moto since we love the idea of molecular gastronomy. It is located beside a meat market, which is not too appealing. Upon entering you immediately notice the long faces of the staff, just there because they have to. We took the 10 dish menu, which was printed on our first dish, the bread was tasty,cheesy. It is overrated and not as great as it has been hyped about, specially after receiving a $650 bill for two people dinner :(

[RudyRoiz]

We tried Moto since we love molecular gastronomy. It is located in Greektown beside a meat market, which is not too appealing. Upon entering you immediately notice the long faces of the staff, just there because they have to. We took the 10 dish menu, which was printed on our first dish, the bread was tasty,cheesy. Snow man was just tuna tartare that they pour orange juice on top.

[BaconSizzle48]

This is safe and it's real. Certain colleges offer degrees in molecular gastronomy

[turgore]

Frozen pancakes seem gross...

PS: Replicators yay !

[FoxfireAnomaly]

And here I though Marcel's Quantum Kitchen was cool. Then again... I really don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to eat vapor. Or freeze-cooked pancakes. :\

[vegan4ever]

how safe is this???

[ts404]

@vegan4ever Its not an uncommon thing although some chefs do not consider Molecular Gastronomy as "cooking".

[EpicSkier556]

This is intense.

[fardisghomeshi]

quality of d food is d only thing tat matters in this business.this is just a another way of saying, hey don't look or know about my crappy food.

[atthegates2112]

it might be over the top but it's cool as shit, why can't food be fun without getting criticism???? 

[motleyslushey]

Slightly pretentious,but FUN, isn't that what food is supposed to be about?

[ricky10156]

young owners as chefs? no good. some are ok. but the majority doesnt have the years experience. they have the culinary diploma, they always firing people then hiring new people, they never happy with their employee. like this guy where i used to work. he is the chef and part owner. he is so annyoying, he checks every dish before it goes to the table, sometimes nothing wrong with it. but there he goes. fired the,chef or on line cook, check out my youtube video where i exposed them all

[EpicSkier556]

@ricky10156 Um, a good chef HAS too check each plate, the quality, the taste, the presentation. Of course not all plates will have any problems, but it's what sets the standards up high, and allows guests to expect that same high standard.

If a line cook repeatedly puts out a bad dish, then of course the chef has the right to fire him.

[LidiyaShadow]

why all the hate? as a YOUNG person i find this to be extremely interesting. our generation is one of innovation. there's no reason for us to bound ourselves to the old rules of slow-cookers.

[bashopoem]

This guy needs to get laid.

[teers80]

Pretentious. Lame. Annoying.

[aattkk]

god forbid people come up with new ways of doing things... you people are the reason why kids in the U.S. aren't interested in science and math and we have to import smart people into our colleges from other countries...

[TheDubDoubt]

@aattkk It appears that you need an English class.

[drehzduhillezt]

no gloves ?

[paolino19812]

it wasnt me it was the gabbian

[JimmyChiffels]

Food is tradition. No matter how "satisfying" it might be..  a powdered steak, lasered wine essence and mash potato "froth" is EVER going to taste better than a char-grilled rib-eye.

[strongbadassman]

This type of food is shit, i once had an oyster served that smells like pussy but taste like penis, wtf is up with that, you call that shocking your senses? I call it frying ur brains. There's much cheaper ways to do that like home-grown Ganja, so stay away from molecular crap like the plague.

[Crackspoon75]

A laser? Just next to the garnish section? Everybody who knows anything about the haute cuisine knows you put that motherfucker on the larder ! Dickhead

[attoman02150]

wow so when does the cooking actually begin, what a boring kitchen

[alastair672]

bullshit

[HaveATable]

Homaro Cantu is bad-ass! This is interesting. I don't understand why people are getting so mad about this. It's science...it's food. The future implications could be huge. This guy could find ways to greatly affect our planet and world hunger issues, seriously, and you want to sit here and complain because your fish wasn't cooked in a pan. Then don't go to MOTO. Shut-up and go spend $100.00 for a meal that isn't cooked with a laser. Personally, for $100.00, my food better be lasered!

[skibbz0r]

@HaveATable lol

[MrJohnCoutu]

You don't have to be a pro chef or a chemist to try molecular gastronomy. If you want to try it at home, MOLECULE-R offers a starter kit that includes everything you need to experiement. It is truly an original gift for Christmas :)

[benzzuk1]

hmm i kinda like this with the science of cooking, but i would rather not be decieved by a meal, i would rather go with a good honest flavourfull meal which i can identify as a proper meal personally

[Imstones]

i hate molecular gastronomy!!!!!!!!!!!!11



[Leukoplast3]

I want to eat photos too :D

[vitisku2000]

This guy has taken things too far. What Blumenthal and Adria are doing is toying with peoples notions and memories of food. They basically take deconstruction of classical dishes and rebuild them in new and innovative ways. What this guy is doing is trying to be shocking just for the sake of being shocking. And thats just not right. Thats why every chef in the world knows of Heston Blumenthal and Ferran Adria. I've never heard of this guy. He won't last. Definately not.

[theSTIMpacks]

this is the future high technology restaurant



[paolino19812]

this is not cooking... this is a war

[i0hate0this0place]

fuck being a physicist, i need to be a chef

[Farksisten]

Now this is what I call avant-garde!

[knottytrevor]

I always think Homaro is wearing eyeliner...

[dabearcub]

This cat was on Iron Chef, the Japanese version years ago.

[MayaEats]

I just came back from Chicago! Check out my videos of the food I ate there! :)

[lumpfish99]

stupid food for stupid people.....

[SethHesio]

Well... Ilike their aprons. Nice shade of brown. The science fiction food is nice too. Well science faction in this case. Still, nice aprons.

[merseyme1]

I really enjoyed your show on Green Planet. This show really gives me ideas on how to learn to eat more plant foods and less meat.

[cheflantz]

nice

[Margeaux2010]

I know how to do all that junk...It is so much fun and completely yummy! You get your supplies from the El Bulli website. I love making bacon lettuce and tomato bubbles in a warm milk bath. It's freaking awesome! I love science and food!

[balibrad1]

its good to push the boundries ,

but really organic, healthy, food that has not been modified is the future still, not chemical crap...

[compactdisk2]

@balibrad1 Uh, bullshit. Everything is made up of chemicals. People have been altering and genetically modifying food for thousands of years, only once we find a way to actually do it with more precision, idiots get all freaked out because they don't understand the technology and confuse some inethical corporate actions with the nature of the food.

[aixicuinam]

there is two tipes of restaurants ones are too feed and the others to experience .for mee cooking ,that i know is my gift, is maximum expression of art ....you can see , touch , smell , taste , fell ,remember ......and goes on and on i havent never looked at a painting and felt nothing coparable....

Keep on going i love anything that is changing and goes forward

problem=solution

[TheJonnyBShow]

@aixicuinam English Class = solution

[attoman02150]

so fucking stupid thats not even cooking its just a bunch of fuking people messn wit food. waste of time

[tygerluv777]

To be honest, food will always be changing as it always has. If it isn't for you, shut up and don't eat it! This takes a lot of courage and intelligence and I applaud these chefs. As a chef, you find something you love and you stick with it. You know, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were once looked as at weird and shouldn't be done!

[MeatyCockandBallz]

@krod73cr U R A loser

[vvkr1]

I wish something like this was in Holland!

So awesome!

[BigciTyCook]

This is not cooking, its science. not a bad thing if u make money on it and it pleases your customer. but something to consider is that this type of cuisine is a fad. El bulli was a 3 star michelin restaurant doing the same things, but hated the term. The restaurant is now closing. Maybe chef adria ran out of ideas?

[ABCunite]

If you dont understand, then good for you but leave your "smart" comments for yourself.. ciao

[Littlezombie]

this is ABC food ...

already been chewed...

another form of gabargo....

where dinner and desert are dumped into one bowl and you eat it like a dog...

your green agenda is to feed us rewarmed or frozen vomit... good job, the elite will love you for your gastronomical cruelty

[vitto]

it challenges your sense of taste..not your IQ.

[Littlezombie]

this cooking,lazered and chemical laden...

how long before you die of rick tack too of the bunghole?

[jkentsuperman182]

What this guy is doing is great. he is a visionary and yada yada but its more novelty than actual application of classical cooking techniques. people should want to dine at places like moto and alenia for the food but instead they go for all of the edible stunts these chefs pull. Im not talking shit its just.... this shit isn't going to last. its not timeless like so many other aspects of classical cooking are. thats all.

[yoedube]

everything lasts, in some form or another. the point to this form of culinary art is to lead all of us still in the kitchen grilling steaks and thinking of new ways to plate the same thing, out of that box, may it be just an item, or a full plate, there is a point this is culinary arts at its best," art " or a form of it. you go omar

[SteakSalad]

@jkentsuperman182

I definitely think people will continue to do this. You are a moron.

[bigwufy]

Alè...un'altro cretino che invece di studiare cucina si è divertito a fare esperimenti di chimica e a proporteli a prezze assurdi.

[SpencerMA89]

einstein meets pepin

[hreynisson]

"When I think of molecular anything I'm thinking of subatomic partical analysis, nuclear magnetic resinance machines. The only place I've ever seen that in the food world is our project with NASA where we're working on a three dimensional food printer"

This guy is truly the mad scientist of the culinary world today.

[paran0id89]

what texture does a menu have to offer?

[LockNLoadRonPaul2008]

Nice mascara...

[CT2507]

@LockNLoadRonPaul2008 yea, what's with the make-up??

[nolver1]

I definitely wanna try this.

[Alekx]

Haha, sounds fun.

[obemalto]

go to alinea or L2O instead. you'll be happier. trust me.

[MrBlackheart1986]

wtf??frozen cooked pancake batter?????!!!!

[davidhermanesq]

This was one of the weirdest yet most enjoyable and best dinning experiences I have ever had!!! Highly Recommended.

[NvidiATI]

El Bulli!!

[PG0010]

as a chef i think it is important to push the boundaries of cuisine. But i think at the point when i was standing around wearing sun glasses while my infra red class 4 laser extracted vapor from my freeze dried orange powder to create a "rich caramel laserized orange quality in the wine"and answering phone calls from NASA id think only 1 thing : SOMETHING, SOMEWHERE WENT HORRIBLY WRONG. pretentious food for trend followers who have too much $ and an el ulli cookbook.

[NeverevenStudios]

I can't wait until 2050, when I'll be using an Ion Cannon in near-earth orbit to cook my Thanksgiving dinner.

[Konkaver]

@NeverevenStudios Unit Lost?

[NeverevenStudios]

What exactly are you referring to? Some obscure movie/game?

[dmnxCGi]

well, that's the whole point. i mean it's fun too look at, and to experience. it's something different, and im sure this doesn't bring any harm to our food culture does it?

now, do i want to try this? yes absolutely. but do i want to eat this kind of foods for the rest of my life, probably not. my wallet doesn't like that idea either

so yeah, all that is fun factor and our curious nature

[compactdisk2]

@PG0010 Well, I don't know. They're using some el Bulli style techniques, but they've got a much less pretentious attitude. This is playing with science and technology as well as staight up cooking. They're true geeks, if I had the money and access to wild technology I'd love to do crazy stuff like this. It's not just about being a hot shot.

[arl3080]

@PG0010 ----Well said.I can't agree with you more

[Lindamiami9]

@PG0010 Love your comments

[Xyos212]

@PG0010 Completely agree. ITS JUST FOOD FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. You can only "innovate" so much. This is really a stretch, and is just so ridiculous.

[abonawas]

@PG0010 i ate at that place once......after a couple of hours and a few hours after that i let go of many small silent farts that just oozed from my hole......the smell varied from a sickly sweat smell at first to a more bodied rot type odor and finally finishing off with a final batch of a fishy like smell......and that was my first and last experience with mol gas eating.......my wife too farted all night while sleeping by my side .....my misses weighs in at 93 kilograms......thanks

[henrysinaga]

@abonawas I think you're fibbing, people who dine at this restaurant won't ever talk something like that esp. in public..

[abonawas]

@henrysinaga yes they do cos they talk online where no one knows them or sees them...i have had an avalanche of attacks for my comments coming from mol gas ravers and fans.....u r just a snob who thinks dining a a mol gas restaurant is sort of civilised thing to do.....its like andy whorehole fans who want to look hip and trendy by wowing and ooing his scratches and scribbles.....mol gas is the new rip off....

[fardisghomeshi]

@PG0010 why do most of d chef, well d ones brought by on by food networks have a very hard time sharing or teaching cooking techniques? they go through great deal to not sharing any info,like its life dependent.

[gabrielgervais]

haha might it be jealousy talking? as a chef i got an erection right now :) anyway, the nasa thing freaks me out a little bit too :P

[oklahomma]

@PG0010 I totally agree. Probably a fad anyways...

[LeGourmand]

Maple Syrup it makes everything taste good even frozen pancake.

[whatis230811]

Just ate here tonight... GREAT! Expensive -- but worth it!

[diaverde09]

looks cool, but how does it taste?

[Kitsua]

An American Fat Duck?

I'm intrigued. I'd love to eat here.

[SuperAllenZ]

I didn't really like the restaurant... was there two months ago

[iranianfrog]

Really cool

[tictocmm]

Definetly interesting.

[froggiechef]

Pancake, maple sirup, candies,

you american's still F.... don't get it.!!!

Cuisine molleculaire is to make food better,not worth !!

An old chef of mine talking about vaccum pack food used to tell me " if you put Sh.... in a vaccum bag,you just get better cooked Sh..... in the bag.

froggiechef

froggiechef

[froggiechef]

Excuse my french, i meant worst ,not worth .

[froggiechef]

Because a friend of mine mentionned to me

I didn't mean to be deregatory to a whole nation

Apologies , I love AMERICA.

[YouXKneekXIT]

can i go back and help concoct???? ;)

[optimine]

funky food.

[Andromanche1337]

Not wearing hats in the kitchen in Illinois is a no no. :P

[lenobaleno]

is the chef wearing mascara?

[Lisanab]

he totally is .. but not well

[CenoByte]

Una copia barata de Ferran Adrià.....

[carl95125]

Keep your liquid nitrogen containers covered with vented lids whenever possible, to prevent O2 from the outside forming LOX in the LN2. The idea of cake crumbs soaking in increasingly greater concentrations of LOX, gives me the willies!!

Carl

[YouXKneekXIT]

You just have to be careful as far as your hands ;) I actually had to do this before i had an awful skin thingy and they had to lay that stuff right on the pulse point of my picture....6 dozes! @OUCH

[SveinKB3]

Awsome ! Can't wait for the 3D printer :D

[mearonokonsky]

Is it Kosher?

[carl95125]

Great video !! But you should wear safety glasses when you put items in and out your bath of LN2. BTW a "Class IV" laser is a laser with a output power of greater than 500mW, it has nothing to do with laser beam being invisible or not.

Carl

[AnaBelda]

Ferran Adria invented this type of cooking

[dcat8221]

Wish he would go on Iron Chef America. That would throw everyone for a loop.

[janibum]

he was on Iron Chef America. it was a great battle against morimoto. Homaro ended up winning

[Andromanche1337]

I didn't see that one. What was the ingredient they battled with?

[MenloMarseilles]

Beets.

[Zdrastvooy]

Could anyone tell me what that black square of what looks like charcoal is at 00:50 please?!

[peruzzy]

it´s a chocolate cake frozed with liquid nitro for make a sponge effect.

[Zdrastvooy]

Thank you! I all of a sudden see the thing as edible now!

[lisabel21]

I'm eating here on Friday. Can. Not. Wait.

[willgeek]

Oh I agree completely -- and chefs like Grant Achatz, Wylie Dufresne, and of course Fernand Adria are all geniuses.  My worry is that everyone is going to jump on this bandwagon, and we will be limited to alot of seriously bad experimentation just for the sake of experimentation. On the other hand, great cooking is great cooking. I just worry, that's all.

[kem594]

ferran Adria?

[willgeek]

Yeah, it's fascinating -- but, PLEASE, stop this trend NOW!!!! I do NOT want to only eat freeze dried NASA rations when I go to a high end restaurant!

[VivaLaRasa416]

It's not all just frozen things, and plus food like that is all about the flavor of things. It's suppose to be a fun experience for the taste buds, since nothing taste like what they look. And you know how hard it is to make things like that? I worked in a kitchen where they did things like this, it's not even as elaborate like Moto and it was still insanely hard. I'm just saying don't knock it till you try it

[Zdrastvooy]

Funny stuff, i swear its going to get a little crazy this, we are gonna crave for a bloody sausage sandwich before long. We want normal food at some point!

[kem594]

are you serious? have u not looked that much into this type of cuisine? this type uses all of your senses to trick you into thinking your eating other things, but your eating something much simpler.

watch FERRAN ADRIA the decoding video done by anthony bourdain

[Aegistance]

hahaha, that laser thing..thats just crazy.

[homybadass]

Finally a restaurant that serves frozen pancakes!

[zat115]

None the less man this it pretty cool stuff. WWED?

[LockNLoadRonPaul2008]

They don't allow sauteing in this kitchen.

Sorry, but this stuff is way to sterile!

[prpgnda]

There's nothing sterile to how the food tastes and how fun it is.

[twogluon]

This guy beat Morimoto on Iron Chef America using lasers

I love his definition of molecular gastronomy - "subatomic particle analysis"

[Lfwat16]

This stuff is sooo played!

[latinofuker]

crock of shittttttt

[zohar5150]

HES THE ANTI CHRIST,,

[005davidragon]

how expensive is that?

[NapoleonI1805]

Went there 2 weeks ago, had the 10 course dinner, WOW!!!!!!!! I would go there again and get the 20 course, it was amazing!

[jamiespinks]

How much did it cost?

[gantenbrink]

I would love to eat at Moto

[nzchoppa]

i had a 20 course menu it was fantastic how ever at least 9 courses were using liquid nitrogen i think they could maybe go easy on using the same technique the flavours were on almost perfect ...the service was way to clinical.. i simply didnt feel comfortable and tat kinda ruined it for me i think the chefs are really good and in years to come will be amazing ....the servers should tottaly lighten up ..

[NapoleonI1805]

It is pretty formal.

[VAdirtyS]

HRRMMMMM... yeah idk bout all that janxxx yo

[hbfarmer]

man i've been trying to get reservations there for so long.

[vunxianchen]

World Moto

Keep moving foward

[belladonna137]

OMG!

[Synematic]

And they say all nerds eat is Ramen.

[Zdrastvooy]

What is that black thing he shows you at 00.41? Anyone know?

[s4bones]

charcoal bread that has been frozen. It gives the essence of barbecue with the pork on the spoon. When we went though it looked a little different. It was an interesting experience.

[hswizzle]

They don't have cooks, only energy transfer specialists.

[CescoPisicoli]

I heard Chuck Norris works there! :P

[AirplaneRadio]

Insane. Wow. I'd love to be a line cook there.