5 'food from the future' that already part of restaurant menus now
Published on: Dec. 26, 2025, 8 p.m. | Source: Times of India
Not long ago, futuristic food belonged firmly in science fiction, imagined as pills, powders, or anonymous cubes eaten in sterile spaces. That future didn’t arrive the way anyone expected. Instead, it walked into restaurants quietly, plated beautifully, and tasted surprisingly familiar. Today, cutting-edge food technology isn’t replacing cooking. It’s reshaping it, blending science with flavour, sustainability, and curiosity. Across experimental kitchens and high-end restaurants, chefs are serving dishes that challenge what food is made of, where it comes from, and how it behaves. Some aim to reduce environmental impact. Others play with perception and sensory experience. All of them signal one thing clearly: the future of food isn’t coming. It’s already here. Here are five dishes that show how radically and subtly menus are changing.
