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Ice-cream held in mini toilet bowls at Modern Toilet diner in Taipei
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This Taipei restaurant might consider it a compliment to be called an outhouse as the Modern Toilet diner is one of the chain themed eateries appealing to largely young clientele with a special toilet humor.
All 100 seats in the diner are made from toilet bowls, not chairs. Sink faucets and gender-coded "WC" signs appear throughout the three-storey facility, one of 12 in an island-wide chain of eateries with a toilet theme.
Customers eat from mini plastic toilet bowls. They wipe their hands and mouths using toilet rolls hung above their tables, which may be glass-topped jumbo bathtubs.
"Most customers will bring their cameras in because the place is quite special," said Yang Chung-chi, a manager at the restaurant in Shilin district, north of Taipei.
Owner Wang Tzi-wei opened his first Modern Toilet in 2004 after being inspired by a Japanese cartoon and the toilet themes run through the food and drinks menus.
Modern Toilet draws on people ages 15 to 35, especially students from the three universities near Yang's facilities because they're "easily excited," Yang said.
"It's really unusual, so special that it doesn't gross me out," said Betty Tsai, 16, a Taipei high school sophomore trying Modern Toilet for the first time on a friend's recommendation.
But for a few customers, the toilet humor is too much.
"My son thought it was disgusting and didn't know if he could finish his food," said Taipei mother Lin Li-ju.
Managers of the restaurant say the restaurant's popularity shows that Taipei customers, who have a choice of theme-eateries that resemble jailhouses and hospitals, appreciate creative dining.
"In the evenings, we easily fill up," Yang said. "Our headquarters is still looking at expansion."
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這家臺(tái)北餐廳可能會(huì)因被稱(chēng)為“廁所”而感到“光榮”，因?yàn)檫@家名為“便所”的主題連鎖餐廳以其特有的“廁所式”幽默吸引了很多年輕顧客。
這家餐廳總共有100個(gè)座位，全部由抽水馬桶組成，而不是普通的座椅。餐廳上下三層隨處可見(jiàn)洗手水龍頭和區(qū)分性別的“WC”標(biāo)記。整個(gè)臺(tái)灣島共有12家?guī)黝}連鎖餐廳。
前來(lái)就餐的顧客從塑料制的“迷你”馬桶狀容器中取食，并用掛在桌子上方的卷筒手紙擦手和擦嘴，而桌子看上去則是一個(gè)加了玻璃蓋的大浴缸。
這家位于臺(tái)北北部的士林區(qū)分店的經(jīng)理?xiàng)畲撼卣f(shuō)：“大多數(shù)客人來(lái)就餐時(shí)都會(huì)帶著相機(jī)，因?yàn)槲覀冞@確實(shí)很特別。”
第一家“便所”主題餐廳創(chuàng)辦于2004年，創(chuàng)始人王子偉的靈感來(lái)自一個(gè)日本漫畫(huà)。“便所”餐廳的菜單和酒水單全都圍繞著“廁所”這一主題。
據(jù)楊經(jīng)理介紹，“便所”餐廳吸引了很多15歲至35歲的顧客，尤其是餐廳附近的三所大學(xué)的學(xué)生，因?yàn)樗麄儭叭菀着d奮”。
16歲的高中二年級(jí)學(xué)生Betty Tsai 在一個(gè)朋友的推薦下光顧了“便所”餐廳。她說(shuō)：“這個(gè)地方確實(shí)很特別，我一點(diǎn)也沒(méi)覺(jué)得惡心。”
但有些顧客則認(rèn)為“廁所幽默”玩得有些過(guò)頭。
臺(tái)北的林麗菊女士說(shuō)：“我兒子覺(jué)得很惡心，吃不下去那里的東西。”
這家餐廳的管理層認(rèn)為，“便所”餐廳受到追捧，說(shuō)明創(chuàng)意餐飲深受臺(tái)北人喜愛(ài)。除廁所餐廳外，臺(tái)北還有監(jiān)獄、醫(yī)院等主題餐廳。
楊經(jīng)理說(shuō)：“到了晚上，餐廳一下子就坐滿(mǎn)了。總部正考慮再多開(kāi)幾家分店。”
（英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）
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