Pu Pu Hot Pot: The World's Best Restaurant Names
by
Ben Brusey
Order:
USA
Can
St. Martin's, 2013 (2013)
Softcover, e-Book
Reviewed by Martina Bexte
W
ell, I don't know if just anyone would cross the threshold of eating establishments with names like
A Salt and Battery
,
New Cod on the Block
,
Pho Shizzle
, or even (big groans all around)
Thai Tanic
or
Hindenburger
, but it's clear that some restaurateurs will do just about anything to attract customers!
A
uthor Ben Brusey has proof - he's '
scoured the globe from Shanghai to Sydney to find the world's best-named restaurants, bars and cafes.
' Really!
H
ere are a few more tantalizing samplings that he uncovered during his quest:
Booty's House of Crabs
,
Cluck U Chicken
,
The Cod Father
,
Lick a Chick
,
Obama Fried Chicken
,
Crabby Dick's of Delaware
,
L'Idiot Restaurant
,
Just Falafs
,
Facefood
... and there are plenty more! Really!
T
his pocket-sized, mostly pictorial tome takes you through North America, Europe, Asia and Australia on a rib-tickling and sometimes puzzling tour of some of the yummiest places in which to open a menu. Make sure you take a copy of
Pu Pu Hot Pot
with you next time you're traveling the globe in pursuit of gastronomical bliss.
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