Would You Eat Here?

About two years ago, I blogged about a toilet themed restaurant in Taiwan called Marton, which translates to Toilet Bowl. Well, apparently this isn't the only offbeat restaurant in Taiwan. Yahoo!News recently ran a story on another Taiwan eatery, this time with a hospital theme, where patrons can have drinks dripped down through IV tubes into their glasses, and the tables resemble hospital beds. Here's the story from Yahoo!News:

Bar lets diners tipple from IV tubes

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Taipei restaurant-bar is letting visitors order "medicine" from a menu and dripping it into their glasses from a transparent ceiling-suspended vat, becoming the latest oddball themed restaurant in Taiwan's capital.

As many as 10 visitors can sit around each bed at the D.S. Music Restaurant, a hospital-themed eatery, and watch showgirls dance on weekend nights or chat up "nurses" whose rabbit-ears complement their starched white uniforms.

The 130-seat restaurant, which features crutches hung from the walls and a wheelchair parked in the lobby, is the only one with a hospital theme in Taiwan.

Other touches include a sign marked "emergency room" leading to the toilets.

"Food is hard to compete on with other restaurants, so the part we emphasize is service," says assistant manager Ou Chia-hao, brother of the 29-year-old owner. "In Taipei, pressure on people is high, and they want a place near home where they can feel relaxed."

Ou's brother opened D.S. last year with T$5 million ($150,760) to express his enthusiasm for the care he got at a hospital when he was treated for a liver disorder.

Two more D.S. branches are in the works, with plans to open by the end of next year, Ou said.

Link to the full story. (Photo copyright Richard Chung/Reuters)