The Menu is a socially critical comedy in which horror, humor and tension are alternated with fantastic food. The story takes place in an expensive restaurant on a remote island, where 14 guests are going to have the food experience of their lives.
Price
From €89.95 per person
Kitchen
Mysterious and bizarre (vegetarian option available)
Times
Doors open: 6 p.m. | Performance starts: 7 p.m.
The menu slowly builds up from enigmatic to bizarre to a personal reckoning addressed to all snobbish guests.
This delightfully absurd film criticizes modern haute cuisine and its patrons, led by the intensely creepy Ralph Fiennes as chef de cuisine. A culinary experience is almost an understatement. Come see and taste it!
The Menu (Mark Mylod, 2022) is essentially a comedy with a socially critical edge, in which horror, humor, and suspense are interspersed with fantastic food. The story takes place in an extremely expensive restaurant on a remote island, where 14 guests are about to have the dining experience of a lifetime. We follow Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) in particular, the partner of foodie Tyler, who invited her to this exclusive dinner at the last minute. Chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes) cooks obsessively with local ingredients and creates original dishes. The menu slowly builds up from enigmatic to bizarre to a personal reckoning addressed to all snobbish guests.
This delightfully absurd film criticizes modern haute cuisine and its patrons, led by the intensely creepy Ralph Fiennes as chef de cuisine. A culinary experience is almost an understatement. Come see and taste it!
The film is English spoken and Dutch subtitled.
What you see, is what you eat. At exactly the same time, you eat whatever is eaten in the film. Cinema Culinair’s culinary script guides the cook and the service.
Good movie + good food + great timing. The punch line is in the latter. An example. If a dish is eaten in the film at 1 hour, 14 minutes, and 53 seconds, we want our guests to be able to taste this dish at the same time. A minute earlier or later makes the difference between good and fantastic! Ultimately, it’s not just about seeing or hearing the film, but also tasting and feeling it.
1
Arrive on time and soak up the atmosphere. Not a cinema, not a restaurant, but an urban or classic ballroom with high ceilings, film screens, and long tables. First: buy a bottle of wine to enjoy with the film. Or something else delicious.
2
At the table, you’ll be told how it works. Seven carefully prepared dishes are served, perfectly timed with the film. There is a break halfway the movie. As soon as the movie starts, the first dishes appear in front of you, quickly and efficiently. Then it’s time to countdown…. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and taste. Together all at once.
3
You eat exactly the same food as the actors in the movie. Down to the second. This allows you to experience the movie with all your senses. It doesn’t get any more immersive than this. See, hear, smell, taste, and feel. It’s as if you were sitting at the table with the actors.
These are the dishes from the movies that you eat on the second flush with the movie.
Below you’ll find the allergens listed on this movie’s menu.
If you suffer from allergies, this can be incredibly frustrating. Unfortunately, we are unable to adjust the menu or substitute dishes to accommodate your needs. We therefore recommend that you carefully review the allergen list. To avoid any allergens, you have two options:
1. Skip a dish
2. Choose the vegetarian menu
Allergenen
Gang met ingrediënt
Disclaimer
Since we do work with products that contain allergens in our kitchen, we cannot guarantee that our dishes do not contain traces of allergens.
Gluten
Course: 4, 7 and 8
Shellfish or crustaceans
Course: 1 and 3
Egg
Course: 7
Fish
N/A
Peanut
N/A
Soy
Course: 4
Lactose
Course: 1, 5 and 6
Celery
Course: 5 and 6
Mustard
Course: 7
Nuts and/or Seeds
Course: 3 and 6
Sulfur dioxide and sulfites
Course: 2 to 5
Shells
N/A
Potato
Course: 5 and 7
Coriander
Course: 4
Paprika
Course: 4
Pig
N/A
Cow
Course: 5 and 7
Some movies you don’t just want to see, you want to taste! This is one of those movies. When you see the protagonists enjoying all the goodies in the film, you want to taste along. And so you can, with Cinema Culinary. Sometimes a dish is portrayed fairly briefly, but very often you see the preparation, the mouthful and the aftertaste. That really is the ultimate. We want you to experience this film like never before. So: smell, taste and feel what you see on the screen. As if you were there, on the film set. It doesn’t get more immersive than this.
At Cinema Culinair, it’s all about unique film and dining experiences, and that’s reflected in the smiles of our guests. Curious about more reviews? Curious about more experiences? Check out our Google Reviews!
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Het is zover! Het hoge woord is eruit! Wij willen nu ook Casino Royale toevoegen aan onze filmselectie.
Maar daarvoor hebben we jullie nodig. Hoe groot is de vraag? En eerlijk… heb je niet altijd al eens naar James Bond op het grote doek willen kijken en tegelijkertijd genieten van een Vesper Martini? Bij genoeg enthousiasme geven we deze klassieker een vaste plek in onze programmering. Maar jullie bepalen.
Wil jij dit werkelijkheid maken? Pre-registreer dan nu en ontvang als eerste de data én toegang tot de voorverkoop.
Achter de schermen zijn we altijd druk bezig met het zoeken naar bijzondere nieuwe locaties voor Cinema Culinair. Van industriële panden tot verborgen parels: we blijven kijken waar onze film & diner ervaring het beste tot leven komt.
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In Amsterdam bereiden we een nieuwe Secret Cinema editie voor. Een avond waar film en diner samensmelten tot één beleving. Maar… welke film draaien we? Dat blijft nog even geheim.
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