1. Close of person lighting candle

HEADLINE: Restaurant goes dark to highlight energy crisis

2. Mid of server bringing meals to clients sitting at candle-lit tables

ANNOTATION: While EU governments still mull over introducing a cap on gas prices, some Belgium restaurants are working to find solutions to the energy crisis.

3. Wide of dining room only lit with candles

ANNOTATION: Dinner guests at the Brasserie Surrealiste experienced a gourmet meal with no ovens, no stoves, no hot plates, no coffee machines and no light bulbs.

4. Mid of couples at table

ANNOTATION: On the menu: brioche with anchovies, wood fired porchetta and focaccia, raw white tuna, grilled pork with beans, and ricotta cream with pumpkin jam.

8. Mid of couple at counter

9. Close of menu reading (French): "Without gas and electricity - Brussels in the dark - September 28, 2022 - Six course dinner with candlelight"

10. SOUNDBITE (French) Francesco Cury, Racines restaurant owner:

++SOUNDBITE PARTLY OVERLAID WITH THE PREVIOUS AND FOLLOWING SHOTS++

"The idea is to go back to the cave age. So we took out our Japanese barbecue. We prepared a whole series of dishes that just need to be grilled for a few seconds. Customers tonight will eat a little bit colder and a little bit more raw. But the search for taste, for the amazing, for the stunning is still part of our business."

11. Close tilt up from barbecue to chef

12. Mid of server taking plates in dark kitchen and serving clients

ANNOTATION: But what sounds like a romantic atmosphere is actually what customers could face more permanently if energy bills keep increasing.

While EU governments still mull over introducing a cap on gas prices, some Belgium restaurants are working to find solutions to the energy crisis.

Dinner guests at the Brasserie Surrealiste experienced a gourmet meal with no ovens, no stoves, no hot plates, no coffee machines and no light bulbs.

On the menu: brioche with anchovies, wood fired porchetta and focaccia, raw white tuna, grilled pork with beans, and ricotta cream with pumpkin jam.

But what sounds like a romantic atmosphere is actually what customers could face more permanently if energy bills keep increasing.

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