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The World's Most Unusual Restaurants

Filed under: Dining

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.

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Zanzi Swing Stools

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Filed under: Decor

The Zanzi Swing Stools were designed by Raul Barbieri, who was clearly looking to do something a little more extraordinary than the usual stool design. These stools do not have a flat base and will "swing" as you rotate them, as opposed to remaining totally level. Each has a polymer set and a chromium-plated steel base with an engineering polymer supporting surface. They measure about 15" in diameter and can be adjusted in height from 19.25" to 25.25". A number of different color combinations, with an emphasis on bright, bold primary colors, are available. Price: $1,300 for two stools.

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Mark Robson Fly Seat Beach Chair

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With the sleek, dark shape of a stingray, the Mark Robson Fly Seat could very well be the perfect beach chair. Not only does it look exceedingly cool, as though it is floating on the sand, but its carbon-fiber frame and lightweight cotton seat make it surprisingly movable. The big chair's seat is flexible and yielding and can fit two people or one very comfortably reclining person. At $10,000, this isn't a chair for using in your backyard, though. It's the kind of chair that you buy for your beach house and relax in ostentatiously, making your neighbors jealous.