The dark is good for all kinds of things, like love, trysts or even murder. Now, however, another nocturnal activity can be added to the list: fine dining.

From America to Germany to the UK and now Bermuda "dining in the dark" is the latest fad sweeping the restaurant world.

One Los Angeles restaurant puts it like this: "In this era of information overload, visual stimulation has reached an all time pinnacle. But imagine, just for an hour or two, that you cannot see, that you are abandoning vision in exchange for a new, more stimulating dining experience this is Dining in the Dark."

Here in Bermuda, Greg's Steakhouse has introduced a form of dining in the dark, only instead of complete darkness; diners are blindfolded.

Owner Greg Wilson and and his wife Lorna had experienced dining in the dark while travelling and he wanted to bring it to Bermuda.

We were led to our seats and told where to feel for our knives and forks finding the drinks was left to us and then we were left to wonder what was going to be served: and how we would eat it!

The first course came and we were told it was a small soup. I felt in front of me very lightly and managed to find the handle of what seemed to be an espresso-sized cup.

Then there was the question of identifying what it was. We came up with suggestions from pumpkin to a beef broth based soup. All wrong.

At the end we were told it was Tomato soup with Oil and Asiago cheese.

The second coursefollowed and trying to eat it was trickier the food kept sliding across the small plate every time I tried to cut it although it didn't slide off the plate, or at least I didn't think so.

I thought it was shrimps, but it turned out to be Thai Jumbo Scallops.

The third course was Blackened Tuna Sashimi with Buttered cabbage. I am so-not-a-sushi person, so to find that I actually enjoyed this course was surprising.

I don't know if I had mastered the art of dining in the dark for the fourth course, but I somehow managed to cut into what tasted like very tender melt-in-your -mouth beef and slightly cheesy potatoes. After much guessing Mr. Wilson told us that it was Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Rubbed Fillet, Scalloped Potato and Port Wine Jus.

Dining in the Dark heightened my other senses, I took in the aromas that I probably otherwise wouldn't have, I really tasted everything. But I missed my sight.

For details and reservations call 297-2333 or email salesgs@logic.bm