][1]The blog likes a bit of fun and frivolity as much as the next man but was stunned by the crass, try hard trendiness of a new product from the London-based food design and events company Bubble Food.
They have come up with a powdered version of asparagus which people are supposed to snort as a canape. They have called it Columbian Asparagus.
The idea has all the hallmarks of a stunt (possibly by Chris Morris) but, since Bubble Food is based in the East End, home to many of London’s more avant garde posers, we’ll give it the grudging benefit of the doubt.
‘There are not many powdered substances you can buy by the gram and sniff for pleasure,’ trills the press release,’and all whilst staying within the law!’
Just in case you haven’t made the glaring connection between Bubble’s blow and cocaine, the PR goes on to say, ”By a further uncanny coincidence, the Colombian Asparagus dish costs around £50 per gram (with approximately 10-12 lines per gram).’
Who is stupid enough to pay £50 for a gram of powdered asparagus?
It gets worse:
‘Asparagus’ low acidity makes it one of the few foods suitable for this type of treatment. The team at Bubble Food also discovered that the recipe would work with peas and beans, but decided that these didn´t have quite the same high end dinner party feel as white asparagus.’
Have you ever read such smug, metropolitan tosh? High end dinner party and white asparagus? It’s as though Hyacinth Bucket has been reincarnated as a snotty Hoxton hipster.
I bet it still makes your pee smell funny.