Hello Kitty Restaurant

May 13, 2015 6:09 AM

First Hello Kitty Restaurant to Open in June For the Hello Kitty fans and anyone who likes cute food
posted by Yellow (14 comments total)

You like the character, now eat her face!
posted by Nanukthedog at 6:19 AM on May 13, 2015 [1 favorite]

I am so torn - on one hand styling food like this might pull Peanut #1 further out of her year long toddler picky food strike. On the other, I think only people without toddlers might actually have the time to style food like this...
posted by romakimmy at 6:20 AM on May 13, 2015

Since the article is in the Daily Mail, and they aren't cracking "eating kittens at an Asian restaurant" jokes, I can only assume this is paid-for PR.

"Crowds are already flocking to the restaurant following its soft opening."
posted by chavenet at 6:45 AM on May 13, 2015

First Chinese restaurant anyway. There's already a Hello Kitty cafe in the Taipei airport.
posted by thefoxgod at 6:46 AM on May 13, 2015

Did I just die? Is this heaven?
posted by Annika Cicada at 6:54 AM on May 13, 2015 [3 favorites]

Yes, first Chinese restaurant. I've been to HKCR (the "Hello Kitty Cafe Restaurant") in Yokohama, but they closed a few months ago.
posted by Umami Dearest at 7:14 AM on May 13, 2015

Yay, I can eat this on my tweegan diet!
posted by fiercecupcake at 7:44 AM on May 13, 2015 [3 favorites]

I was going to say, there is no way this is the first Sanrio food venture.
posted by maryr at 7:59 AM on May 13, 2015

Yeah there are plenty of Hello Kitty cafes around.There's at least one in Seoul. The one I saw is next door to a (non-Hello) cat cafe, in the Hongdae district. (And to keep the alley they're in from sounding like it was completely taken over by twee, I ought to note that upstairs of the cat cafe was a design shop called FUCKFAKE.)
posted by ardgedee at 8:02 AM on May 13, 2015 [1 favorite]

You gurls DID see the Hello Kitty episode of RuPaul's Drag Race, didn't y'all?

(Link could be NSFW depending on where you work. It's the show's official web site, and the show is about drag queens, airs on a gay-themed cable network, and contains occasional sexual language and swears. If you watch the video at work, I'd use earphones.)

Episode recap with SFW pictures at Vulture
Super tumbler .gif #1
Super tumblr .gif #2
Kitty that walk
GODDESSES
Hello Pearl
posted by The Underpants Monster at 8:05 AM on May 13, 2015 [1 favorite]

Hello Kitty, you're so pretty,
k-k-k-kawaii.

now it's in your head! boom!
posted by bigendian at 8:48 AM on May 13, 2015

Last year they had HK Con in LA and it sold out. This year they're doing the Hello Kitty Supercute Friendship Festival North American Tour!!!
posted by FJT at 9:30 AM on May 13, 2015

I would appreciate a "SL Daily Mail" warning. While I like Ms White, I am not a friend of Mr Dacre.
posted by howfar at 10:28 AM on May 13, 2015 [2 favorites]

(And to keep the alley they're in from sounding like it was completely taken over by twee, I ought to note that upstairs of the cat cafe was a design shop called FUCKFAKE.)

I really do want to visit Seoul.
posted by maryr at 11:05 AM on May 13, 2015