I have mentioned this infamous Taiwanese eatery in my earlier post about Taipei, but I felt it was deserving of a more specific mention.
I knew this cafe was in Taipei, and I found out where it was on google maps, and made it in there. I was traveling solo, so went alone, I have no issue with being 'that person' in a restaurant!
I went around 1pm, and it was very busy - but finding me a table was easy, there was one spare one! Funnily, by the time I was getting to the end of my meal, the place was pretty much empty - I got the distinct feeling you'd be able to eat there easily, with a larger group especially, if you went slightly out of the normal meal times.
This is not the only toilet themed restaurant in the world, there's others in Moscow, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles and Ahmedabad. The Modern Toilet Restaurant is a now a successful chain of 10 locations in Taiwan, not bad!
From the moment you enter, there's 'toilet' everywhere - stuffed toys in the shape of poo, plumbing pipes as lighting, shower heads, glass topped tables with a toilet seat inside them and, of course, toilets to sit on when you dine.
The menu has plenty of choice to - I went for a noodle soup dish, and from the moment I sat, until I left, I saw all sorts of dishes leaving the kitchen. You can imagine the creativity with chocolate desserts, served in squat toilet bowl shaped dishes!
The menu is good and of average price, and the atmosphere is fun and despite being very busy, they do a great job at keeping up with everything and getting dishes out on time.
Here's the menu from their website:
It's funny to see it again, I'm reminded of how I felt when I first saw it - what an interesting, eclectic mix of food to choose from! And the word play is great!
So in a nutshell, visit if you can! It's fun, authentic, creative and there's lots of cool and cute souvenirs for sale at the counter.
Bottoms up!
I knew this cafe was in Taipei, and I found out where it was on google maps, and made it in there. I was traveling solo, so went alone, I have no issue with being 'that person' in a restaurant!
I went around 1pm, and it was very busy - but finding me a table was easy, there was one spare one! Funnily, by the time I was getting to the end of my meal, the place was pretty much empty - I got the distinct feeling you'd be able to eat there easily, with a larger group especially, if you went slightly out of the normal meal times.
This is not the only toilet themed restaurant in the world, there's others in Moscow, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles and Ahmedabad. The Modern Toilet Restaurant is a now a successful chain of 10 locations in Taiwan, not bad!
From the moment you enter, there's 'toilet' everywhere - stuffed toys in the shape of poo, plumbing pipes as lighting, shower heads, glass topped tables with a toilet seat inside them and, of course, toilets to sit on when you dine.
The menu has plenty of choice to - I went for a noodle soup dish, and from the moment I sat, until I left, I saw all sorts of dishes leaving the kitchen. You can imagine the creativity with chocolate desserts, served in squat toilet bowl shaped dishes!
The menu is good and of average price, and the atmosphere is fun and despite being very busy, they do a great job at keeping up with everything and getting dishes out on time.
Here's the menu from their website:
It's funny to see it again, I'm reminded of how I felt when I first saw it - what an interesting, eclectic mix of food to choose from! And the word play is great!
So in a nutshell, visit if you can! It's fun, authentic, creative and there's lots of cool and cute souvenirs for sale at the counter.
Bottoms up!
