René Redzepi makes the signature dish: The hen and the egg

René Redzepi from the World's Best Restaurant, Noma, shows you how to cook an egg.

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Howto & Style

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• René Redzepi
• Noma
• Copenhagen
• egg
• hen
• Phaidon
• World's Best Restaurant

[garrettface]

It's part of an experience. You don't drop an shitton of money for a fried egg. You go for an experience. I"m sure this is part of a large tasting menu with many things that the chef will play with to make your dining experience original.

If you only want food to fill your stomach, eat as such, but some people enjoy experiences like this because they make your dining a bit of an adventure. I can't wait to eat here.

[guitarbumx]

@edineujunior There are different ways to judge this, I guess. I consider myself a pretty well-adjusted person and I would gladly sit down to a 7 course meal at Noma and not be hurt by the fact that I am eating an egg that I cracked myself - the details, like the hay oil, the wild herbs, and the fact that I'm participating in my meal (not something you see often in a restaurant like this) make the difference.

Granted that everything else isn't so minimalist, that is.

But I see your point.

[mmamilano]

what a pretentious douche

[pukkode1]

Fried egg on a pan...

[pukkode1]

Fried egg on a pan...

[dylphilolife]

I love interesting and adventurous cooking; however, the notion of cooking an egg with some spinach, herbs, and chips is far from flattering. No matter the experience, I expect to be blown away by a resturant of this caliber. Sorry, fried egg just isnt enough. Of course, there are multiple courses, and I expect ever single one to blow my socks off.

[zhangvict1]

@TheSwdishAtheist No cooking is actually art. Science is hypothesis, experimentation, and conclusion to discover out new ways the world works. Art is about creating something new to be appreciated.

I see your point about cooking should be about the food only, but with such expensive resturants, it is very difficult to use up the money only on the food. Spending all that extra money on better ingredients etc is not going to improve the experience as spending it on other stuff.

[TheSwdishAtheist]

@zhangvict1 but once again I do respect rene for his har work and his style of cooking eventough I dont agree with it

[TheSwdishAtheist]

@zhangvict1 cooking is not art its sience and I think you missunderstood me I do like these experiences but I dont belive they should be number 1. my grandphas cousin was world famous chef namned tore wretman and he would never ever approve this kiind of retaurant since its to fancy food he always said you should always keep it simple and never ever try to cover something up and that is wat I think rene is doing a lot he have is branches stones etc stuff on a plate you cant even eat

[zhangvict1]

@TheSwdishAtheist No one in their right minds will ever go to a place like noma for "feeding". This is what McDonalds is for. It's like music or literature. You just want something for partying or a love story that gets the job done? Katy Perry and Twilight is good for you. You want art and intelligence? Then choose Beethoven and Shakespeare.

[Gilgamesh417]

@diztypo You're right, you are old fashioned. It's a deconstructed dish and they want the customer to get a little involved too. Oh yea, and the plants aren't just picked next to the road - you ever see anything edible grow next to the side of a road?

[Hyperpulsehammer]

@diztypo Amen to that.....