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FOOD NETWORK TV CLIPS! SHIBUYA BUTLER CAFE, BUTLERS TEACH JAPANESE GIRLS ENGLISH. KAGAYA: CRAZIEST TOKYO BAR.

Posted by La Carmina on July 17, 2012


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Last fall, La Carmina & The Pirates filmed with Food Networks’s “World’s Weirdest Restaurants” for almost a month straight. Oh, the fun we had!

Did you miss out on the TV show? Don’t worry: I’ve uploaded video clips above and on YouTube.

Watch La Carmina and friends explore Tokyo’s wackiest theme restaurants, including Alice in Wonderland, maid cafe, Christon Cafe, monkey waiter tavern, and Zauo fishing boat.

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ince many Japanese men lack romantic spirit, females come here to feel like Disney heroines. The butlers get down on one knee, and present them with a tiara!

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I’m wearing an h.NAOTO dress from Closet Child, and doll-like eyelashes. First Mate Naomi made the drawing of me in the first photo.

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More madness from the Food Network TV shoot: giving Bob Blumer a Goth makeover, and visiting the surreal frog-pond experience that is Kagaya.

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We adore the owner’s spastic performances. Here’s a previous post about Kagaya Tokyo.

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Someone’s about to jump out of the closet, wearing a bizarre costume.

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The whiskey squirts out of the statue’s… yeah.

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When you order a drink, you can choose a country and Mark will do a bizarre interactive performance. This one is “France.”

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Kagaya is possibly my favorite restaurant in the world. The food is delicious: I love the kabocha (pumpkin).

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On the other end of the scale… Mayonnaise Kitchen is the most disgusting theme cafe I’ve encountered.

Skull headband: gifted by Soho Hearts (check out the panda necklace I designed with them)
Blue and black dress: gifted by Iron Fist (I love their zombie shoes)
Black frilled Lolita jacket: Angelic Pretty, from Closet Child

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I explain the Japanese love of mayonnaise, especially the Kewpie brand, and how the ingredients and texture are a bit different from the Western version.

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Personally, I don’t get it. Every dish in this restaurant is doused in mayo — blehh.

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Hardcore customers even have their own personalized bottle.

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I also visited Sumire no Tenmado: a doll-like Gothic Lolita café, run by Kokusyoku Sumire (two classical musicians). Tim Burton drew Jack Skellington and left his signature on the wall.

Hungry for more? Want addresses, photos and stories? Check out my book, Crazy Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo.

Did you enjoy watching us on this Food Network TV show? Which cafes did you like best? Please take a minute to see our video clips on YouTube!

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27 Comments

  1. therealfriction
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 3:56 am | Permalink

    arg! Captain Carmina has done it again!

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  2. Andria
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 4:20 am | Permalink

    Omg I saw you a couple says ago on world’s wiredest restaurants and I like screamed when I saw you on tv. XD

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  3. Kewfug
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 4:49 am | Permalink

    Keep up the great work lacarmina!

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  4. kawaiihoney09
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 5:12 am | Permalink

    you are awesome lacarmina love ur vids

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  5. 742617000026SK
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 5:12 am | Permalink

    Wow that’s marvelous!!

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  6. David
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 6:17 am | Permalink

    Thank you so much! That was such a great day.

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  7. Yukiro Dravarious
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 9:25 am | Permalink

    OMG！what an explicit experience in food and fiesta! XD

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  8. Sam
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 5:57 pm | Permalink

    I’m not brave enough to watch myself on TV, so I will trust everything went ok. But I do want to check out the Kagaya clip; was thinking of heading there one day soon.

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  9. alexander
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 5:58 pm | Permalink

    Fun! Arr! Getting Lost in Shinjuku! Muahaha!

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  10. thebloodyrose
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 10:00 pm | Permalink

    omg a grell bartender! XD

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  11. Dr Mist
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 10:00 pm | Permalink

    OMG Grell Bartender. starts saving up .

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  12. asn
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 12:03 am | Permalink

    SO KAWAII!!!

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  13. Sebastien
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 12:10 am | Permalink

    ‎^_^ !!!!

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  14. Vero Nika
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 7:35 pm | Permalink

    thank you, it was fun! <3

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  15. Kage
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 8:37 pm | Permalink

    awesome video!

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  16. Suz
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 8:41 pm | Permalink

    Sheer delight! <3

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  17. elligons
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 9:07 pm | Permalink

    Grell was never a good butler. I would ask for Sebastian. At least then I could watch Sebastian dodge Grell’s kisses. Then order Earl Grey tea ^_^

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  18. Jen
    Posted July 19, 2012 at 4:20 am | Permalink

    I remember reading about Butlers Cafe and wondering what the appeal was, but then again, my friends and co-workers in Japan asked me why gaijin girls would be into Japanese men. Ah, the foreign appeal.

    Kagaya sounds like a fun place. I love restaurant owners who interact with customers even they’re really strange.

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    • lacarmina
      Posted July 20, 2012 at 3:22 am | Permalink

      Yeahhh totally. There is a butler cafe in Ikebukuro, Swallowtail, where all the waiters are Japanese. It’s quite an experience, being waited upon hand and foot!

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  19. hugo
    Posted July 19, 2012 at 9:20 pm | Permalink

    Oh my goodness I NEED to go to Japan so I can experience all of this amazing-ness! :D looks like so much fun~

    Reply
  20. hagan
    Posted July 19, 2012 at 9:49 pm | Permalink

    you are so cute

    Reply
  21. Kaci
    Posted July 20, 2012 at 3:20 am | Permalink

    I like mayo; but…
    -_-||
    well, it couldn’t have been that bad♥.

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  22. Neeshargo Shabnam Kamali
    Posted February 11, 2015 at 11:29 pm | Permalink

    Do I spot Elizabeth on that mayo?

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