Those bloody vampires. They really do get everywhere don’t they?
It’s not enough that they’re taking over the rest of popular
culture, now they need their own bleedin’ restaurant too.
Oh, who are we kidding? Be there in one flap of a bat’s wing. It’s
hard to resist the appeal of a restaurant with such dedication to
its theme. And the Japanese do have a knack for horror, as any film
fan will tell you.
The Vampire Cafe is located in Ginza, Tokyo. All the clichés are
there: vampy-named dishes, crosses, bats, skulls, coffins,
blood-red cocktails, Gothic thrones, Baroque music, candles,
candelabras and even red blood cells on the carpet.
You can hide in darkly lit private
booths hung with velvet drapes, and imagine yourself Dracula’s
private dinner guest. The waiting staff dresses as monochromatic
butlers and maids.
The only thing missing are a few
open coffins to curl up and take a snooze in after your bat wing
dessert.
Despite the theme, this restaurant is not a very touristic
place.
it’s tricky to track down on the
7th floor of a nondescript building.
But it’s well worth swooping
by, and sinking your teeth in.
