During an impromptu trip to Hong Kong last year, I told my cousin Rupert that I wanted to eat at Modern Toilet. The restaurant, a trippy franchise mostly appreciated by the good citizens of Japan and Taiwan (where it originated), had been getting a lot of press from blogs for its unusual presentation more than its cuisine.
Curry and rice served in a toilet
Modern Toilet serves mostly curry rice and noodle-based dishes in little bathroom-inspired ceramic containers. Honestly, I don’t understand why people are so squeamish about eating from dishes shaped like toilets, sinks and bathtubs—they’re replica serving dishes, not real bathroom fixtures.
Lights shaped like plumbing materials
Urinals mounted on the wall
Don't worry, they're not connected to a water source
The food’s okay; don’t expect Michelin star-worthy cooking. After all, people go to Modern Toilet for the novelty of eating there. (Check out the toilet covers designed with flags of different countries; I wonder if the National Historical Institute will have any of that). There’s an almost audacious feeling, dining off bathroom fixtures while sitting on real toilet bowls, that you get from being in the restaurant. Sort of like, “Look ma, I’m eating while seated on the toilet! This is wrong but I’m doing it!”
Do you really want to eat this?
Customers are required to spend a minimum of HK$20, so you can’t just split an ice cream sundae that looks like a pile of turd and leave it at that. Nonetheless, just to be able to say that you ate at “that weird toilet restaurant,” it’s worth a visit. I’m not sure how long it’ll last, but I suppose there are enough novelty-seeking visitors to keep it alive.
I actually ate here twice, both in 2009. That's one time too many.
The irony of it all is that there are no functional toilets in Modern Toilet. To use the WC, you have to head out of the restaurant to the building’s public restroom.
hahaha..turd
Of course that’s what you noticed :p
i don’t know if i can still eat that ice cream…