Themed food and drink outlets are hardly something new, but Japan is still ahead of the rest when it comes to strangeness. However, as is often the case, lifestyle trends in Japan regularly find their way to China. The Post takes a closer look at some of the themed bars and restaurants in the two countries.
The Vampire Cafe in Tokyo includes a Dracula VIP room with Gothic decor featuring skulls, thorns, curses and blood. Staff in tailcoats and French maid outfits, wearing ghastly makeup complete the picture. A coffin-shaped menu offers a roast chickendish dubbed “The rebel’s punishment, death by fire”.
Tokyo’s Science Bar Incubator is decked out like a biology lab with beakers, alcohol lamps and test tubes. Customers are required to wear white lab coats when they enter. The manager is a biology researcher who wanted to create a place academic exchanges.
Drinks are served in test tubes, meals come in laboratory glassware and there is litmus paper to test the acidity of the food. The bar also offers “DNA fortune-telling” which predicts the fate of diners by taking skin samples and testing them using proper laboratory equipment. Ninjas are an important cultural symbol in Japan and were active in real-life espionage between 1603 and 1868.
With more than a nod to history, the Ninja Tokyo restaurant recreates an ancient ninja village. A sign at the entrance reads: “Ninjas are in training, please press the button on the sword for assistance.” At this point a ninja se.