My toilet inspired dinner =)
The Modern Toilet Restaurant in Ximending is beside 7-11 and above Rainbow Pixy.
I was checking Google Maps on the exact location of my hotel in Ximending when I saw Modern Toilet listed just a block away. So I clicked on the link, visited their website and saw their concept. Then I remembered that I have read about them a few years back. I was so entertained at the thought of having some perverse toilet humour during a meal, so I promised to drop by.
Tip: Business owners, make sure your business is listed in Google Maps. When I plan my trips, I would inspect the places I am visiting on Google Maps and I can stay glued on to it for hours until my eyes glaze over the screen. I am no different than your next customer who are perhaps more internet savvy than me.
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My original plan was to have lunch here but that didn’t happen due to things that came up. Instead, I came here for dinner.
The restaurant in Ximending has 3-levels and I settled for a table on the 1st level (or I guess 2nd level in Asia). At the entrance by the staircase, I was greeted by a male and female toilet sign. A very suitable welcome I guess. As I climb to the 1st level I can see drainage pipes being used a decorations on the walls. Toilet bowls are used as seats and the tables are lavatories with a transparent glass top. In the middle of each lavatory is a swirling brown poop sitting invitingly. Its (fake) feces up close and personal for proper scrutiny while eating. For sure this place is not for the squeamish type. You have been warned.
Because I have been racking up my tastebuds with the local street food fare, I was not in any inclination want to eat something heavy such as meat. I decided to order a vegetarian hot pot meal that came with a dessert and a beverage (I chose hot tea).
The hot tea quickly arrived in a toilet mug. Then the vegetarian hot pot came, served in none other than in a toilet bowl with a laddle spoon. I think the whole presentation just looked pretty hilarious. I came here precisely to be entertained by these eccentric toilet tableware and not really for the grub. Which I was right though because the vegetarian hot pot was not something to dream about.
Then as the last, the dessert. This was a swirling chocolate ice cream formed like an excreta and served on a squat toilet ceramic plate. Although I would argue that it looked more like a bidet.
The positive side: All these poop and toilet tableware paraphernalia makes good photo material =)
But there is one thing though that was very interesting from the very start at this restaurant. Filipinos. I swear there were 4 different Filipino tourist groups present during my dinner. I thought it was a bit remarkable to be sitting in a toilet restaurant in Taipei with so many Filipinos? Haha.
In summary, this restaurant needs to majorly improve their vegetarian hot pot. I can’t vouch for the other dishes though. But I think for curiosity’s sake, this is a good place to go to, at least once in your lifetime when you are visiting Taipei. It’s all fun!
My hot tea in a toilet seat mug.
Lavatories and toilet bowls for the win! Even the lights are formed like a swirling turd.
Yours truly posing with my unfinished fare in a toilet bowl. You come here to be entertained and not really to eat.
My vegetarian hot potty with rice and some spices.
There goes my poop, er I mean, my dessert!
Travel Period: January 2017
Destination: Ximending, Wanhua District (Taipei), Taiwan
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All pictures were taken by a point and shoot pocket camera or a smartphone.
