Fancy a bowl of cereal?

[marriedfilingjoint]

Stole this from the CEP board. 

tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/london-themed-restaurants/?ref=t-magazine

In London, the most innovative new places to eat aren’t exactly putting their foodiest feet forward. There’s a hot tub restaurant, a packed eatery run by young tattooed twins that only serves cereal, a cocktail bar packed to the gills with Victorian artifacts and a cafe overrun, intentionally, by cats.

Two identical bearded brothers, Alan and Gary Keery, opened Cereal Killer in December 2014. In small quarters outfitted with old wood floors, a brick fireplace, ’60s furniture and ’80s kitsch, they serve over 120 kinds of cereal, 30 varieties of milk — and toast, Pop-Tarts, teas, soda pop and flat whites. There are numerous cereal “cocktails” — mixes of cereals, toppings and flavored milk — and the gratuitous bowl of healthy granola with plain yogurt and fresh blueberries. On view are cereal boxes from around the world and vintage memorabilia for sale. Cereal Killer recently opened a second cafe in Camden Town with arcade games — and beds.

On a canal in Hackney Wick, hungry diners sip Pisco Sours and nibble Peruvian tapas in three wood-fired hot tubs. Upon arrival, guests slip into suits in bamboo-covered stalls and rinse off under an outdoor shower before being led to a hot tub — where others may already be “seated.” (Tickets must be booked in multiples of two, and reservations are required for entry.) During rounds of grilled halloumi and watermelon skewers, the sun sets over the ArcelorMittal Orbit, Britain’s tallest public artwork, designed by Anish Kapoor.


The Last Tuesday Society in Hackney is an imaginative cocktail joint housed in a museum of curiosities. Downstairs, the founder Viktor Wynd’s collection of strange and delightful things boasts saucy pulp novels, vintage erotica, a 19th-century shrunken head, one jar of prophylactics used by the Rolling Stones, surreal collages and a lion skeleton. Upstairs, the bar menu includes kangaroo meatballs — and absinthe. And fittingly, on occasion, the joint hosts literary salons, séances and lectures.


Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium is London’s first crowd-funded cat cafe, where cakes and afternoon tea are served in a minimal setting scattered with feline amusements — and cats (but you can’t bring your own). If the creatures like you, you’re allowed to pet them. And of course reservations are required; the ratio of cats to humans is a delicate balance that must be respected so as not to disturb the, um, very large assortment of cats.

So, here's some GTG ideas, basically. 

[rupertpenny]

Hong Kong loves random, trendy themes too. Apparently there is a new restaurant opening soon that only serves black food :S yum?

[Grimmy]

I have to say, I think I'd enjoy the cat cafe.

[orriskitten]

Those sound fun! We just got a chips shop (French fries). I don't think they sell anything else.

[origami]

I've been to a dog cafe near me. I've heard of a cat cafe locally but I think it's just cat-themed, not with actual cats. The dog cafe had actual dogs and was pretty cute. I would go to a cereal cafe if it meant I could get a good kind. The cereal choices in Seoul leave much to be desired.

[GilliC]

Aug 7, 2015 14:50:30 GMT -5 Grimmy said:

I have to say, I think I'd enjoy the cat cafe.

I went to one of the cat cafes in Tokyo. It was awesome. Not so much for eating/drinking, but if there was a local cat cafe, I would consider paying to rent kitties instead of cleaning fur off of everything I own all the time. (Seriously, there is even cat hair on my iPhone right now.)

[Waffles]

I'm sure I'd love the cat café.

The hot tub one, no thanks.