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School uniform restaurant, Mr. J Italian and French Kitchen II, Jay Chou's secret kitchen
by kelvin@multistars - 5th April 2008Source: UDN
After finishing filming his movie "Secret" which he starred in and directed, Jay Chou dragged the backdrop in the movie to his restaurant, the waiters wear school uniforms, on the wall are pictures from the movie, an antique piano in the corner, this has allowed the customers, who were endlessly touched by the movie, relive Jay and Rain's romantic piano duet.
Mr. J Italian and French Kitchen II which opened in June last year is Jay Chou's second restaurant, the style is completely different, store manager Fiona said that beforehand they were not thinking about making it into a movie themed restaurant, just when the movie finished filming, they didn't know where to put the school uniforms worn by the actors in the movie, Jay Chou was hit by inspiration, he took them and made them into the waiters uniform in the second restaurant, they became the live signboards for the restaurant. Even though it's a restaurant opened by an artist, but in the Medical University in Taipei it's not unexpected at all, but because the uniforms and the student temperaments compliment each other, the strong school style flows through, it's especially popular with students.
Fiona smiled saying that when customers come to the restaurant they have 3 places they must take photographs: the piano, the poster and the waiters. Everyday there are customers who request photographs with the waiters, there are also people who borrow the jackets from the uniforms to take pictures. Once a student applied for a job because the uniform looked good, some customers even asked "Can the uniforms be bought?"
Sitting on the comfortable quality-made sofa, our eyes go to the gramophone, the phone booth, the transformers toy, you can see Jay Chou's ideas everywhere. Jay Chou, who on average goes to the restaurant once every month, has thought of a lot of ideas for the restaurant, he has given it his own precious antiques and the Golden Horse Award which "Secret" won for Best Original Movie Song, both these are ornaments in the restaurant.
"Duck can be turned into Italian pasta?!" Jay Chou, who is always "combining East and West" in terms of music style, is also carrying out his "mixed" ideas for dishes. Because he likes duck, Jay Chou asked if duck can be put into a dish; the three cup chicken which he loves to eat also became meat on the pizza. These exclusive specialities all became the main dishes for the 10 "secret set meals".
With Italian food that looks high class but at a low price, a set meal including starters, salad, desert and drinks is about 300 yuan; you can choose any cake, the drinks for afternoon tea are only 100 yuan. Medical student Huang Bai Yao, who spends his afternoon at the restaurant expressed that the atmosphere in the restaurant is very relaxing, the scenery looks a lot like the movie, "it's got a lot of feeling".
Taipei 250 WuXing St
(Inside Taipei Medical University)
02-2377-9090
11:00 ~ 22:00
Add 49 yuan, 89 yuan to make a dish into a set meal
Can add 10% service charge
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