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It’s been a long, long time. Between starting a new semester, readjusting to boring life in the USA, and job hunting in the Great Recession, I have not had the time to react to radical events in the food world. Then today, I received an email about Bo Innovation’s new creation called “Sex on the Beach.”

Granted this bold looking plate on the a la carte menu is to raise awareness about AIDS/HIV, but is it really that beneficial to the cause? Not to knock Chef Alvin–I went to Bo Innovation and splurged on the Chef’s Tasting Menu while in Hong Kong in January (that entry coming soon, promise) and he is doing great things–however those most at risk for contracting the disease would not dine at Bo and it is less likely they know of the tattooed bandit.

Yet, Chef Alvin has managed to do something incredibly innovative and no doubt controversial. And as they say, all publicity is good publicity even when it is bad or in this case “demonic.” 

According to Avert.org, there was an estimated 33.4 million people living with AIDS/HIV in 2008. Of those, it is estimated 2.1 million were children, that is a little bit more than the population of Philadelphia.

So if a condom filled with semen on a bed of sand is not appealing to your palate, try it anyway. Sex on the Beach will only cost you $68 HK. Still weary? 100%  of the proceeds from your little exhibition go to Hong Kong’s AIDS Concern.

Just a note, the condom is a mixture of kappa and konjac filled with fluids made from honey and Yunnan ham. The beach part is shiitake powder.

 Xie Xie