{"id":436,"date":"2009-05-14T17:27:58","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T17:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyfork.com\/10_strange_bizarre_and_unusual_page_2\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T19:38:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:38:37","slug":"10_strange_bizarre_and_unusual_page_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/10_strange_bizarre_and_unusual_page_2\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Strange, Bizarre, and Unusual Restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<strong>6) Count Dracula Club (Bucharest, Romania)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"image center\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" width=\"650\">\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Concept: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>A Dracula themed experience in grisly Gothic fashion. None of that Twilight sensitive vampire nonsense, just the classic blood sucking stuff of legend.  <\/p>\n<p><em>Why It&#8217;s Awesome: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because it&#8217;s kind of creepy in an incredibly safe way.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.count-dracula.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.count-dracula.ro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>7) Sehnsucht (Berlin, Germany) &#8212; No Longer Open<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"image center\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" width=\"650\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Empty-Plate.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/files\/empty-plate.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Concept: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a restaurant specifically geared toward anorexics. Menu items are given names that are in no way related to food so customers won&#8217;t feel uncomfortable ordering.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why It&#8217;s Awesome: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because it was bold enough to target the only segment of the population not in the market for food.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/culiblog.org\/2005\/05\/restaurant-for-anorexics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discussed on Culiblog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>8) Dolce &#038; Gabbana Gold (Milan, Italy)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"image center\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" width=\"650\">\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Concept: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ludicrous extravagance. Gold offers &#8220;the ultimate in refined luxury&#8221; and even goes as far as providing customers with gold plated menus.   <\/p>\n<p><em>Why It&#8217;s Awesome: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because there&#8217;s nothing better than sticking it to poor people.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dolcegabbanagold.it\/index.asp?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.dolcegabbanagold.it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>9) Khmer Rouge Experience Cafe (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) &#8212; No Longer Open<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"image center\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" width=\"650\">\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Concept: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pretty much the opposite of Gold, The Khmer Rouge Experience Cafe attempted to take customers back to the Pol Pot era and provide a reminder of genocide. <\/p>\n<p><em>Why It&#8217;s Awesome: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because it might be the worst theme restaurant idea ever.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.banderasnews.com\/0510\/to-khmerrouge.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discussed by Banderas News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>10) Cabbages &#038; Condoms (Pattaya,\u00a0Thailand)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"image center\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" width=\"650\">\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Concept: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the website, &#8220;The restaurant offers an excellent selection of traditional Thai cooking with vegetables, fruits and traditional herbs grown in the resort&#8217;s own vegetable garden.&#8221; But, according to the name and pictures, there are condoms involved.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why It&#8217;s Awesome: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because it makes absolutely no sense.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabbagesandcondoms.co.th\/Restaurant\/Restaurant.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cabbagesandcondoms.co.th<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6) Count Dracula Club (Bucharest, Romania) The Concept: A Dracula themed experience in grisly Gothic fashion. None of that Twilight sensitive vampire nonsense, just the classic blood sucking stuff of legend. Why It&#8217;s Awesome: Because it&#8217;s kind of creepy in an incredibly safe way. 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