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| Table for one? Restaurant offers giant stuffed animals for company | Table for one? Restaurant offers giant stuffed animals for company |
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| Hate staring blankly at that empty restaurant seat? Always end up spilling food on your book? A restaurant in Japan has found the solution to lonely solo dining by offering its customers the option of eating opposite large stuffed animals. Let's face it, finding a cuddly date for night out isn't always easy ... | Hate staring blankly at that empty restaurant seat? Always end up spilling food on your book? A restaurant in Japan has found the solution to lonely solo dining by offering its customers the option of eating opposite large stuffed animals. Let's face it, finding a cuddly date for night out isn't always easy ... |
| The stuffed toys are characters from Finland's Moomin books and are offered to customers by staff at the Moomin Cafe in Tokyo. | The stuffed toys are characters from Finland's Moomin books and are offered to customers by staff at the Moomin Cafe in Tokyo. |
| But if Japan seems like a long way to go for a dinner date, there's nothing to stop you recreating your own. The only major drawback is that they won't be offering to pick up half the bill. | But if Japan seems like a long way to go for a dinner date, there's nothing to stop you recreating your own. The only major drawback is that they won't be offering to pick up half the bill. |
| I love the idea #moomincafe but I tried #leftover #pizza with #et and #stimpy and I still felt #lonely #thirdwheel pic.twitter.com/WjpsAYIfqK | |
| The Moomin Cafe has just opened a branch in New York, where eating alone is commonplace. | The Moomin Cafe has just opened a branch in New York, where eating alone is commonplace. |
| What do you think? Does the idea of sitting opposite a stuffed animal fill that gaping hole of loneliness? Or do you enjoy eating alone? Share your thoughts in the thread | What do you think? Does the idea of sitting opposite a stuffed animal fill that gaping hole of loneliness? Or do you enjoy eating alone? Share your thoughts in the thread |