Today's local newspaper carried another interesting restaurant (in Taiwan).
How appropriate for FT DiningBuzz.
It probably qualifies as a 'restaurant in the middle of nowhere', considering it's in an office block.
No turbulence at A380 superjumbo restaurant [SMH]
Imagine boarding a plane without security checks or even tickets and more importantly, there's more than just fish or chicken for dinner.
Set in a dull commercial building in central Taipei, the A380 In-Flight Kitchen looks and functions like an airline in many ways, expect that it serves a regular restaurant menu of Western food, sometimes in plastic trays.
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Photos: Inside the A380 restaurant)
Since November, the restaurant has been packing in wannabe passengers, who sit in soft speckled blue seats with headrests covered in white napkins and under oval-shaped windows. Locked white baggage compartments hang overhead.
The restaurant, in Taipei's university quarter, opened after owner Yang Mao-hui figured that he could ride some of the Airbus A380's recent fame in the aviation industry by offering a simulated experience, Lu said.
The diner decor cost about T$7 million (A$310,000), she added.
...Airbus has no actual stake in the restaurant, Lu said.
Taiwan has a smorgasboard of theme diners, including one modeled after a hospital ward, one that holds puppet shows and two that seat customers on toilet bowls.
Another one added to the list!
