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If you happen to be in northern Italy, you might want to check out a restaurant there that serves fried air to its diners. It’s not a prank but an actual menu item care of Feva Restaurant in Castelfranco Veneto in northern Italy. Called ‘Aria Fritta’ in Italian, the dish seeks to give diners a taste of the outdoors and the essence of inhaling fresh air.
It’s not really made of air but rather tapioca skin that is first boiled into a batter. It’s then baked and deep fried.
To remove the oil, it’s then thoroughly dried. It’s then exposed to low levels of ozone gas for 10 minutes to produce the eye-catching dish.
The chefs assert that this special process gives the treats a unique aroma that hints at the snow and pure air that the high altitude of northern Italy is well known for.
The dish is then seasoned with blue salt as a representation of the sky and then placed on a bed of cotton candy. Vegan sesame seed mayo and chia seeds complete the ensemble.
Once it’s placed on the table, quince vinegar is sprayed on top of the fried air in front of the diners. This will trigger a reaction between the vinegar and spun sugar and produce the ‘frying’ effect.
The head chef of Feva Restaurant, Nicola Dinato, said: “Aria Fritta is a simple batter, tapioca, and water, oven-cooked and then deep-fried.
“Low levels of ozone are then infused to it and is immediately served on top of a cloud of cotton candy with blue salt powder and a vegan white sesame seed mayo.
“The aim is to recall the fragrance of fresh air.”
It’s a surprise appetizer that is offered to guests free of charge so there’s no real reason to opt out of trying it.
Restaurant manager Leonardo Romanello traces the idea for the unusual treat to their ‘core values.’
He added: “Aria Fritta is idiomatic, an expression, the equivalent in English for ‘full of hot air’ like someone who’s talking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.
“Looking around us, in this particular moment in history, we wanted to send a message to our guests, transforming this expression into something of gastronomic value.
“As we are living in an era in which the core values of life are been progressively replaced by frivolous and shallow contents without real meaning.”