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The World's Most Unusual Restaurants

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One of the biggest trends in find dining over the past year has been the continued interest in molecular gastronomy, the food movement in which the chef is recast as a scientist (or the other way around) and prepares familiar flavors in startling forms or creates familiar forms with unexpected flavors. Think foods like hot ice cream and solidified sauces complementing a liquid poached pear. The world's most unusual restaurants include some of the bastions of molecular gastronomy, such as England's Fat Duck, and NYC's WD-50 but also includes Ninja in New York, where ninja servers perform magic while serving you expensive sushi, Dinner in the Sky and Annalakshmi, where you only pay what you feel like paying.