THE BUTTERFLY ROOM
- AUSTRALIA -
G'day folks,
Well, here is a restaurant with a difference. Hundreds of tiny dead butterfly eyes gaze down at diners in this Australian eatery.
With its exotic Nyonya fusion menu of Malaysian, Indian and Chinese
cuisine, the Singapore House would stand out simply for its exquisite
food, even without a room full of butterflies.
The food is unusual and highly praised, but what truly takes
this restaurant to another level is its decor. With warm lighting
glowing from suspended lampshades and slanted skylights, the gleaming
mounted tortoise shells and the eyes of various taxidermied beasts of
burden glimmer brightly as you sip Singapore Slings. Reminiscent of the
Victorian era, creature-heavy Dr. Doolittle tales, the Singapore Room is
like stepping into an adventure storybook.
Despite its many charms, nothing is more charming to some, and
disturbing to others, than the Butterfly Room. Hundreds of frames
containing a brilliant color spectrum of mounted butterflies grace the
interior of the most sought after dining spot in the building. Accented
in warm golds and reds, the butterflies clutter the wall in geometric
clusters and leave diners awash with the feel of British Colonialism in
Asia, or for the more squeamish, a thousand bug eyes watching them eat.
Clancy's comment: I guess it could be worse than butterflies, eh?
I'm ...
They gave their lives so that they could be wall decorations. Not impressed!
ReplyDeleteAt least they can be admired after their death. More than I could say.
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