TOKYO THEME RESTAURANTS*
written and photographed by La Carmina
Mark Batty Publisher - to be released March 2009
* book title is provisional
Hello, may I take your order... and handcuff you to your cell? Theme restaurants are big in Japan, and no experience is complete without monster attacks, sneaky ninja waiters, or French maids that fall to their knees and offer to clean your ears. If Tokyo is ichiban for flavors of weird, then Taipei wins "most disturbing"; where else can you pee in a Gas Chamber or eat chocolate ice cream feces?
La Carmina takes you on a tour of Asia's most outrageous dining establishments, with jaw-dropping photos of the costumes and interiors. Her adventures include a haunted jail, Dracula's lair, Wonderland, Little Hong Kong, and cafes where women are served by waiters dressed as schoolboys. Her advice: stay away from the "God-made-humberger" at the Jesus-themed cafe...
The full-color hardcover will be in bookstores March 2009.