Café Mao

Vamoose Killers

Origin of the name? I think it's quite obvious it's an abbreviation of monoamine oxidase.

Degsy

OR it could be named after a chinese peasant brute whose forced labour policiies murdered more people than Hitler and Stalin.
yeah..why not a restaurant called Hitler!
All the food cooked in gas ovens..waiters wear SS uniforms and the best selling dish is Arbeit Macht Fries!
It could just work!

PurpleBerry

I like that idea.

Employee: Hi! Welcome to Hilter's Haven. How can I Aufschlag you today?
Customer: I'd like a Milch, please.
Employee: What size would you like? Groß, Mitte or Klein?
Customer: Um, Mitte.
Employee: Okay, here you go. You'll find zucker and mischer over by the till. Danke schoenfor choosing Hilter's Haven. Guten tag!


Sorry if my German is off.

Degsy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm3XnJe9-j8

The initial campaign to attract customers is a great success!

WindSock

It's meant to be post-modernist or some paff like that. I've never eaten in there myself. Any use?

Vamoose Killers

Don't know. I'll never know. Not going to sit in a ****ing place called Café Mao in all honesty.

WindSock

Vamoose Killers wrote: »

Don't know. I'll never know. Not going to sit in a ****ing place called Café Mao in all honesty.

What if it were changed to Café Miao?

jdivision

WindSock wrote: »

It's meant to be post-modernist or some paff like that. I've never eaten in there myself. Any use?

It's grand, overpriced for what it is.

MementoMori

Very average imo and pricey for what you get. My sister used to be a fan but I've won her over to the Wagamama camp which is just around the corner and far superior in my view.

humberklog

It has pictures of Mao.
It has food for Mao too. Any ol' crap with the all purpose Garlic Chilli Sauce. That fecking sauce is the last refuge of the naff and unimaginative chef. Pants place that should be first for the hop come the revolution. Havana to be the next candidate against the wall. Funny how the biggest ripsters have commie overtoned names. Shams!!!The collective farm would be too good for the owners/managers/chefs.

Mena

WindSock wrote: »

It's meant to be post-modernist or some paff like that. I've never eaten in there myself. Any use?

Average, but some of the spicy stuff really bites and that I can appreciate.

Quint

Degsy wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm3XnJe9-j8

The initial campaign to attract customers is a great success!

For some reason when I saw the heading of the video "Hitler Juggling Fish" I thought it would be actually Hitler Juggling Fish and not a cartoon. Disappointing!

Degsy

Quint wrote: »

For some reason when I saw the heading of the video "Hitler Juggling Fish" I thought it would be actually Hitler Juggling Fish and not a cartoon. Disappointing!

I'm sorry but i've been trawling the archives for the actual footage of the Fuhrer Fish Flinging but i cant find it.


In relation to the food in Moa..its crap.A boiled chicken fillet in koka noodles and sauce sachet for 15 quid.
A pretentious,overpriced dump.

Vamoose Killers

Okay, obviously I wasn't interested in how good the food was. Even if it was reported to be the nicest restaurant in town I would never step foot in the place.

Degsy

Vamoose Killers wrote: »

Okay, obviously I wasn't interested in how good the food was. Even if it was reported to be the nicest restaurant in town I would never step foot in the place.

Good stuff..and remember

Gordon Gekko

Vamoose Killers wrote: »

Okay, obviously I wasn't interested in how good the food was. Even if it was reported to be the nicest restaurant in town I would never step foot in the place.

Ditto. I don't understand how people can bring themselves to eat in a restaurant named after a paedophile mass murderer

Brimmy

I think it's most peoples ignorance and not even realizing.

Much like all the Che Guevara tshirts and posters that everyone seems to love for no reason :S

humberklog

Gordon Gekko wrote: »

Ditto. I don't understand how people can bring themselves to eat in a restaurant named after a paedophile mass murderer

Because Fred West's Taco Grill is always booked up.



In all honesty what's it fripping matter what a place is called? Particularly when the food is that bad and that naff.
In fairness Mao is a pretty good name. Short and memorable and with Warhol styled photos of the good chairman himself it's a fairly good visual connection.
Maybe there's the problem right there. It was a restaurant launched by NCAD post grads.

If that rule or notion goes for Mao then how is it for Little Caesers?