Want to taste jalapeño with your chocolate brownie? First of all, stop thinking if that first statement was a little weird, you food guru, you, because AromaFork™ has successfully met your challenge. If you’re looking to add more flavor into your food life, Molecular-R, a molecular gastronomy company, has you covered; they have created a scent-releasing piece of silverware to enhance the flavor of food with each bite you take. A smelly fork at that.
According to Molecular-R:
Our taste buds can only recognize 5 primary tastes while your nose is capable of distinguishing the subtle flavors of food as aromas reach the back of your palette upon expiration. The AROMAFORK™ provides a flow of aromas upon inhalation, therefore doubling the flavors your brain can analyse!
Sounds cool, bizarre and intriguing all at the same time, right? Located on the backside of this stinky fork is a small slot for “diffusing papers.” Basically, you drip a scent onto one of the papers, which ultimately leads to a food-enhancing aroma of smelly-goodness with each bite you take. Why not add an aroma of peanut to that tasty Thai dish you got goin’ on there?
Expected to ship out sometime in June/July 2014, the $60 Aroma R-Evolution (starter) kit gets you 4 AromaForks, 4 droppers, 50 diffusing papers, and 21 different aromatic scents. From passion fruit to truffle, you will have tons of food combinations that will no longer be boring or traditional.
Hold on there, you didn’t think your options were limited to just forks, did you? For another $25, grab yourself up some AromaSpoons. Mmmm wasabi ice cream…
Photo by: Molecular-R
