New Barbie Cafe opens in TAIWAN

Move over, Hello Kitty, there's a new destination for the cutest and coolest customers in town. The Barbie Cafe, which opened in one of the busiest shopping districts in Taipei,

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It is  filled with classic and modern Barbie memorabilia, features a delicious-looking menu, and takes people where the prim-and-proper "American Girl" franchise fears to tread. "We picked Taiwan because theme restaurants are very popular and successful here," Iggy Yip, a senior manager at Mattel's Greater China division, told the Telegraph. "We are very confident that the Barbie Cafe can promote our brand image."

The decor cost about 50 million Taiwan Dollars, or $1.7 million in the U.S., and features plenty of pink. Photos of Barbie through the ages adorn the walls in the waiting areas, the dining rooms, and even the bathrooms. These chairs looks like they came straight out of the Barbie dream house.

 

Photo by: Reuters/Pichi Chuang

Photo by: Reuters/Pichi Chuang

Photo by: Reuters/Pichi Chuang

Photo by: Reuters/Pichi Chuang

Photo by: Reuters/Pichi Chuang

Photo by: Reuters/Pichi Chuang

Photo by: Reuters/Pichi Chuang

Photo by: Reuters/Pichi Chuang

Photo by: Reuters/Pichi Chuang