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The owner of a flooded restaurant in China scrapped plans to close it down - after business picked up.
Diners in Xiangfan are enjoying the novelty of eating their meals in ankle-deep water, reports Xinhua Net.
News of the flooded restaurant spread and the restaurant is now packed with diners while waitresses say they are struggling to keep up with orders.
The owner said he was prepared to temporarily close the restaurant after the heaviest rains for 50 years brought floods to the city. But he had a change of heart when he heard how the eatery’s new wet look was bringing in the customers.
“It’s very cool. Not only in temperature, but also for a fun new way of having a meal,” said one diner.
Very often, things just happen out of the blue and you have to be quick to grab the opportunity. This restaurant owner saw the opportunity flooding in (pun intended) and capitalized on it.
But think about it - doesn’t this just give you ideas for a novel business? I can think of a couple already :
- floating restaurant (I know - already done)
- floating diner - where diners sit in sampans or rubber dingys (anchored of course) and the waiters bring your food via sampans too.
- how about a direct copy of this flooded restaurant - where diners sit in a hall with water flowing around their ankles or even waves generated by a wave machine? Would take some investment in pumps and water outlets though.
- or how about a in-the-pool diner where your customers actually sit in swimsuits and dine at tables (bolted down to the floor of course) in 2 feet of water with a backdrop of palm trees and blue skies?
I hear a few chuckles already and some of you are wondering if I’ve gone mad. I must be honest though and say that in the midst of that flood of ideas, I wondered if it was BAD Feng Shui to sit and eat in the middle of water!
But the one thing I know is that ANY idea can be turned into a money making business if you follow it through. In this crazy world, everyone’s game for anything.
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One Response
Money Flowing
August 5th, 2008 at 4:42 am
1People thinking of starting a small company have enough to worry about without the risk of their premises being flooded. Money Flowing
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