Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Cabbages & Condoms, Sukhumvit Soi12, Bangkok


Before your thoughts go astray ... Cabbages & Condoms is a restaurant ... and there is nothing sleazy about this place !!! 

For folks more trivia inclined ... the name was coined by owner Mechai Viravidya who envisioned condoms to become as ubiquitous as cabbages ( ! ) ... and they are, at least in this establishment. Apart from being on display all over ... you are also presented with free condoms along with your dinner bill instead of the usual mint :-)

 
 
 

The restaurant has a great ambience with both indoor and outdoor seating. The food is delectable and the calamari we ordered was not at all rubbery :-))

Dining here helps you contribute to a social cause ... all proceeds go to the Population and Community Development Association dedicated to AIDS prevention, promotion of safe-sex and family planning in Thailand. 

Directions : If you are taking the Sky Train get down at Asok and walk to Soi 12, Sukhumvit. The restaurant is about 500m into the lane to your right.

Would a concept like this work in India ( that is if our myriad fundamentalist groups allowed the restaurant to survive in the first place ) ??? What do you think ???


3 comments:

  1. are you nuts ? the sena would send out a demolition squad on day1 before they served the first order.

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  2. have you ever tried buying condoms at a drugstore in Calcutta? They give you a dirty look if you dare ask for it loudly, and wrap the product in reams of newspaper....totally against Indian culture, dada!

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  3. Nice concept, pretty sure we will have to wait for 50 years before this works in India....

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