Possibly the best. Photo. Ever. A bloody vampire, Cheshire Cat and fetish flower girl with Travel Channel TV host Andrew Zimmern, sucking on the brains of a decapitated mannequin. Andrew joked that this is one photo that doesn’t require red eye reduction!

We crammed into a pink jail cell and the crew filmed us chowing down on insane-jail-monster themed foods, such as landmine pizza and Russian Roulette takoyaki. The cocktails were literally cock-tails: one had a floating penis in it, another had to be mixed with a vibrator. You’ll have to wait until the show airs to hear Andrew’s reaction and our “sumimasen” opera singing!

Those who have seen my Crazy Wacky Theme Restaurants book know that customers eat in jail cells and are spooked by monsters…

…and handcuffed by nurses in skimpy outfits! (Check out more photos from the book here.)

Off to Philadelphia!!! Tomorrow, I will be on the Chef’s Table radio show, 3:30-4pm. I hope you can come to my Philly book signing on Saturday, October 17! It’s from 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM at Fante’s Kitchen Wares, 1006 South 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 — tell your friends!

How bizarre is Andrew Zimmern’s world? He travels around the globe, scarfing strange foods and diving bald-head-first into subcultures. And he gets to share his experiences with Travel and Discovery Channel’s many viewers. Posing with a terrorist and a rose nymph: all in a day’s work.

Alcatraz ER is one of the most outrageous theme restaurants in existence (and it’s the first one featured in my Crazy Wacky book.) Andrew knew that my friends would be joining us for dinner — but I don’t think he expected everyone to be dressed like this!

Nyan nyan! Le Comte de Sang is wearing an Alice Auaa leather corset, spider garters and vampiric red contacts. Yukiro is wearing a Cheshire Cat furry jumpsuit and (possibly? hopefully?) nothing underneath.

I didn’t expect to be in Tokyo again so soon (this is my third of possibly four forays into the Land of the Rising Sun in 2009 alone). What a pleasure to see old friends and have everyone be involved in the Bizarre World TV shoot.

Mistress Maya of Midnight Mess infamy tips her hat to the LAPD. She seems a little too eager to get bitten!

What type of theme restaurant is Alcatraz ER exactly? Tomorrow, come into our jail cell and witness the bloody feast…

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