1. The planetarium dome at Alchemist. This universe is called Heartbeat.
    Photograph: Claes Bech Poulsen | |
  2. Rasmus Munk in front of Wall of Taste in the development kitchen at Alchemist
    Copenhagen has a smorgasbord of high-end restaurants | Photograph: Søren Gammelmark | |
  3. Shot during service at Alchemist. Plating of the impression Smokey Ball.
    Photograph: Soren Gammelmark | |
  4. Collection of five Alchemist impressions
    Photograph: Soren Gammelmark | |

Alchemist

For a dinner that redefines what food can be, look no further, writes Laura Hall
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Laura Hall
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Time Out says

What’s the vibe?

Utterly dazzling; food as contemporary theatre. Head chef Rasmus Munk is making food to take to the edge of space in one of his many side projects, and you’ll be seeing stars at the end of the meal too.

You’re greeted in a performance space by dancers and led into a cocktail lounge for the start of the meal, before being taken to your table in a domed room where immersive films play overhead. If you’re lucky, you’ll end up in a ball pit. It’s a wild ride. Strap in.

What are the prices like?

Among the most expensive in Europe. Excluding wine, the 50-course menu clocks in at around 5400 kr (£602) per person. 

What should I order?

The restaurant has a set menu of 50 courses, which they call ‘impressions’, including anything from farmed butterflies to caviar served in an oversized eyeball, sheeps brains served in a bowl that looks like a human head, and chicken feet in a battery hen style cage.

Desserts include a banana ice cream that looks like Andy Warhol’s Velvet Underground album cover. You can’t choose: just go with it.

What’s worth visiting nearby?

The experience could last around five hours, and you’ll be so overstimulated by the end that you won’t want to visit anywhere else. Before, though, you could drop into Copenhagen Contemporary and its awesome James Turrell room.

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Refshalevej 173C
Copenhagen
1432 København K
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