Monday 30 July 2012

Weirdest Restaurants In the World

Here are my top 10 favorite and most weirdest restaurants, in no particular order.
Have fun reading! :)

10. Tree House Restaurant (New Zealand)


"Let Your Fingers Do the Walking"

The Tree House Restaurant was created in New Zealand for a marketing campaign for Yellow Pages. In order to prove that something big can be completed using the Yellow, they built this restaurant 10 metres up a redwood tree. The whole construction took only 66 days!

Linking to the pod-shaped restaurant is a tree-top walkay to provide easy access. The Tree House Restaurant can seat 30 peas or can accommodate 50 peas standing. Okay, I couldn't help it. I meant guests and not peas. :)

9. A380 In-Flight Kitchen (Taipei)


Named after the Airbus A380, largest airliner in the world

Imagine a flight without security checks, turbulence or even ticketing. A seat with seatbelts and no smoking lights. More importantly, there's more than just fish or chicken for dinner.

Over in Taipei, a restaurant is named after the Airbus A380, the largest double-deck airliner in the world. The A380 In-flight Kitchen looks pretty much like the airliner it is named after. But it has only one floor.

8. Dinner In the Sky Restaurant (Belgium)


Not For the Faint-Heated

Strap on and enjoy the ride! Or rather, your meals! :)

The Dinner In the Sky restaurant in Belgium is definitely not for anyone with Acrophobia (fear of heights). Once you're strapped to your seats, the diner will be hoisted 50 metres up in the air, suspended by a crane.

According to Wikipedia, The Dinner In the Sky Restaurant is called one of the world's ten most unusual restaurants by Forbes magazine. I myself call it one of world's most exciting meals.

Hope they provide airsickness bags up there.

7. Ithaa Restaurant (Maldives)


World's First Underwater Restaurant

Ithaa means pearl in Dhivehi.

It was designed in New Zealand and was supposed to be built on the beaches of Rangali. But due to limited resources, technical difficulties and quality control issues, the decision was then made to have the structure constructed in Singapore and then transport it back to Maldives. It is the world's first underwater restaurant, mostly made from acrylic and secured five metres below sea level at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island in Rangalifinolhu, Maldives.

The five-by-nine meter restaurant has a capacity of 14 people and offers a 270° panoramic view. Meals range in cost from US$120.00 (lunch for hotel guests on Full Board meal plan) to US$150.00 (dinner for hotel guests on Bed & Breakfast meal plan).

You can also spend the night at Ithaa at a rate of a whooping US$11,710 per night! If you do, Ithaa will be closed for the evening for you to stay overnight and I would love to hear your experience!

6. Modern Toilet Restaurant (Taiwan)


Hmm... What's That Smell?

A toilet-themed restaurant in Taiwan proved to be a huge draw. It's called Modern Toilet Restaurant and has now at least 12 outlets all over Taiwan. Not only do customers seat on a toilet, they also get to chomp down food off plates and bowls shaped like toilet bowls and squat toilets or urinals.

The price ranges from 150 to 250 Taiwan dollars ($6 - $10) for a meal set including soup and ice cream. Customers, however, flock to Modern Toilet Restaurant mainly for its quirky dining wares and interior decor.

5. Opaque Restaurant (United States)


Is that Pasta Sauce on Your Mouth? Ahh.. Nevermind.

The Opaque Restaurant allows its customers to experience dining on a whole new different level by heightening our sense of taste, smell and touch. It's not the first to introduce dining in the dark, but its famous for it and it comes with a twist.

Customers place their orders in a lighted room before being guided by the blind to the pitch dark area to have their meals. The waiters are visually handicapped but are trained to provide customers a unique experience!

They have 3 outlets in San Francisco, San Diego, and Santa Monica.

4. Count Dracula Club (Bucharest)


HA HA HA...!

Coming up at 4 is Count Dracula Club. HAHAHA...! Travel back in time as you enter Count's castle. This campy restaurant in Bucharest, Romania is a hit among tourists. It consists of many rooms, each with its own atmosphere. There is the Medieval Room, Transilvanian Room, Hunting Room, The Cellar and many others.

Those who have watched the film or read Bram Stoker's classic novel, Dracula, shouldn't have any problems spotting Count. Food prices are quite reasonable, with main courses from $3.00 to $7.50 HAHAHA...!

3. Buns & Guns Restaurant (Beirut)


"A sandwich can kill you."

That's the motto for Buns & Guns, a fast-food restaurant that was located in Sfeir, a southern suburb of Beirut. This military-themed restaurant was filled with military decors such as fake assault rifles, and camouflage netting, as well as recorded helicopter and gunfire sounds.

Manager Yussef Ibrahim says that the theme reflects the mood of the city during Lebanon's 2006 war with Israel, and that while some patrons may find it disturbing, most are amused. You can order yourself an M16 Carbine meat sandwich, a Mortar burger or a Terrorist meal (which happens to be vegetarian). Dishes were also served with names of weapons like Kalashnikov and Dragunov.

According to Wikipedia, the restaurant was found to be closed when last visited in October 2009. A new fast food restaurant, named 'Shoot', had opened up in its place. According to an employee, the restaurant had been sold a few months before. The theme of the new restaurant had no longer anything to do with guns, but was instead focused on sports ('Shoot' referring to a basket ball or a football, as seen in the new logo).

2. Clothing Optional Dinners (Manhattan)


Don't Worry. The Windows Are Covered.

In Manhattan, a social event is created by nudist activist, John J. Ordover. Clothing Optional Dinners happens once a month where nudists or naturists gather in various restaurants around Manhattan. Once they enter the restaurant, they will disrobe to nothing, either in the restrooms or right in the dining room, and carry on as per normal. Each patron will have to bring a towel to sit on and their motto is "No hot soup".

Such gatherings will definitely raise a few eyebrows, but the mention of actually attending such a gathering is sure to elicit the exact same look on everyone's face. And really, the windows will be covered.

1. Cannabalistic Sushi (Tokyo)


Nom, Nyom, Nyotaimori

Last but not least in the Top Ten menu, is Cannabalistic Sushi. The idea of this restaurant in Tokyo, Japan came from Nyotaimori, an extremely rare practice of serving sashimi or sushi from the body of a woman, typically naked. What's interesting about this restaurant, is that patrons do not eat what's on the body, but rather, the body itself!

Patrons are presented with a "human body" made from dough on what may seem to be an operating table and is rolled out into the dining room. Red sauce is added for life-like bleeding and the internal organs are lovingly and accurately reproduced with sushi and sashimi. You can choose between male or female bodies.


Conclusion

So there you have it. My list of the Top 10 Weirdest Restaurants around the globe.
I'm sure there are a lot of strange restaurants out there but are probably in obscured places.
If you know of any, do share with everyone as we would definitely love to hear them!

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