Taiwan may be a comparatively small place, but it's well known for a few things: incredible eats, incredible technology, and the best Little League World Series teams this planet has ever seen. We're experiencing the best of those first two this week at Computex, and since we were all the way over on the other side of the planet, we couldn't help but stop by the Windows 7-themed eatery that opened up for just a couple of months surrounding the nation's only hosted consumer electronics show of this magnitude. The place, as we were told by the one and only Andy Yang from Engadget Chinese, is Taiwanese through and though. It typically goes by 100 Seafood, but for a couple of months it has been transformed into a 64-bit dining location with Windows 7 wallpaper, stickers, banners, and even mugs. Each day there's a special menu item that sells for just NT$77 (around $2.38 in the US), but considering that said special was some form of intestines on the evening that we showed up, Engadget and company sprung for dishes with a bit less relation to the digestive system. In all seriousness, the grub hit the spot after a long day on the trade show floor, and the take-home mugs for us media folk made the journey even more worthwhile. Now, to see if the lid closes over if we don't activate the thing in 30 days...
Take a trip to this magical place yourself in the galleries below, or do one even better and jump past the break for a video!
@N900 Don't forget to go for 32-bit seating to ensure compatibility, although the 64-bit will allow more people to assist the chefs, which decreases waiting time.
@SolidSnake That's not pretty awesome. I hosted one of those Windows 7 house parties a while back. It was awkward as hell. Eating here would be no different.
Wait a minute...if you don't get the NT$77 meal then it's not really a Windows 7 restaurant experience so much as ordering the usual stuff but in a restaurant with Windows 7 ads plastered everywhere. Go back and eat some intestines Engadget!
One time in Hong Kong I had assorted beef organ soup. I asked the Chef which organs and he said (my friend translating) that he wasn't sure as he was more familiar with the organs of a pig!
That said it was the best and meatiest thing I have ever tasted.
@(Unverified) OMG that gave me a GREAT laugh! I cant believe it. TSK TSK MS! WHY NOT IN NYC!? lmao, thanks for that link dude! (google translate just made itself useful btw. lol)
@bravokiloromeo I liked that comic gizmodo pictured of the super hero flash dead next to apples logo and it said something along the lines of snow white or something who ate the poison apple. It was funny.
"In all seriousness, the grub hit the spot after a long day on the trade show floor, and the take-home mugs for us media folk made the journey even more worthwhile. Now, to see if the lid closes over if we don't activate the thing in 30 days... "
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posted June 3rd 2010 9:04PM
Thats pretty awesome.
@SolidSnake I'm forhim247 and the Windows 7 restaurant was my idea.
I wonder if Microsoft is really pissed about this.
@forHim247 Yes, I'll have the professional meal, with some Aero on the side.
@SolidSnake do they serve good food?
@N900
Don't forget to go for 32-bit seating to ensure compatibility, although the 64-bit will allow more people to assist the chefs, which decreases waiting time.
@bravokiloromeo
Was the BSOD on your bill's background?
@N900 I'm on a features diet so I'll have the Windows Embedded Compact 7.
@forHim247 haha bitch no it was my idea slap lol
@rutter9
do these still exist? It's been so long since i've seen one.
@SolidSnake
That's not pretty awesome. I hosted one of those Windows 7 house parties a while back. It was awkward as hell. Eating here would be no different.
Wait a minute...if you don't get the NT$77 meal then it's not really a Windows 7 restaurant experience so much as ordering the usual stuff but in a restaurant with Windows 7 ads plastered everywhere.
Go back and eat some intestines Engadget!
@SolidSnake
yea. complete with magical mug
Picture 22 with Joana holding up the box is just full of Win!
Wish I could hold up one of those mugs
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...there needs to be an hour long podcast about that restaurant.
@tekdemon
One time in Hong Kong I had assorted beef organ soup. I asked the Chef which organs and he said (my friend translating) that he wasn't sure as he was more familiar with the organs of a pig!
That said it was the best and meatiest thing I have ever tasted.
@SolidSnake
Did you guys notice that one of the dishes ordered by Andy Young, according to him on Engadget Chinese, was fried frogs?
Did you have computer chips? *comical drum beat*
@Fizz I'm more interested in the HTTP Cookies *comical force beat*
@Lord Vader You just use force as an adjective and expect us to uprank you.
+1
@forHim247
let's just hope the meat was fully cooked.. don't want to get any malware
@Lord Vader
You just made my day. I'm sold, I'm joining the dark side!
@rutter9
even a few bytes could be harmful.
I would love one of those glasses.
hahaha i want to gooo!!!!
There's a joke about Microsoft, cookies, and viruses in here somewhere, but I just can't think of it at the moment.
Anyway... FOOD PUNS, GO!
@Colours
You mean like the Bird Flu?
Weird
Where apples are served without a bite in them...
^_^
Does MS endorse this?
@Sepirioth yes!!
http://www.microsoft.com/business/smb/common/zh-tw/promo/fried77/?WT.mc_id=mscom_hp_hottopic
@(Unverified)
OMG that gave me a GREAT laugh! I cant believe it. TSK TSK MS! WHY NOT IN NYC!? lmao, thanks for that link dude! (google translate just made itself useful btw. lol)
looks like a fat joint would be needed to eat there to me! lol =]
We need one of those in the U.S.
Microsoft's new market!
I bet the Apple restaurant would be a vegan restaurant...
@bravokiloromeo
I liked that comic gizmodo pictured of the super hero flash dead next to apples logo and it said something along the lines of snow white or something who ate the poison apple. It was funny.
@Btbessey
cool story bro
@Btbessey :-\
Perhaps a link would be better.
@bravokiloromeo
Also "Take a trip to this magical place yourself in the galleries below..."
I'm sure Apple patented magic.
Geek's best place to eat!!
32-bit? pshaw
@infernus
With 64-bit, there's got to be major compatibility issues; no flash in your food!
@hiroo
Pfft, it's Windows 7. Only thing I can think of not running would be some old peripherals. Time to upgrade, yoz.
"In all seriousness, the grub hit the spot after a long day on the trade show floor, and the take-home mugs for us media folk made the journey even more worthwhile. Now, to see if the lid closes over if we don't activate the thing in 30 days... "
I guess it sux being you :-)
I think you'll find the meals "uninstall" themselves if you don't activate them in 3 hours.
So the meal goes
Appetizer> Home Premium?
Entree> Professional?
Dessert> Ultimate?
@Engadget: "magical place"? Are you sure you aren't referring to an iPad restaurant?
@smp +1 for the fabricated @ ;)
can i get a "Safari" noodle soup and some "Apple" juice?
I want the Blue Screen Special