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TAIWAN FUN MAGAZINE,
March 2003
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Hooters
1,
Lane 16
Chingcheng St.
Tel: (02) 2716-5186
Hours: Sun-Mon 11am-12pm, Sat-Sun 11am-1am |
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By Graham Norris
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Hooters concept has had trouble
adapting to Taiwan. The branch in Kaohsiung and one of two
in Taipei have now closed. But the last holdout, behind
the Nanking East Road MRT station, has everything you'd
expect from a restaurant chain that describes itself as
¡§delightfully tacky, yet unrefined.¡¨
Everything's
made of wood, there are sports on the television,
and the girls perform a hula hoop routine at 8:30pm
every night. There's beer, but no liquor. The majority
of customers are men, and all the prices end in eight.
The
menu lists 16 bottled beers from Asia, the US and
Europe (NT$168 each). Pitchers of draught San Miguel
or Tiger cost NT$638. There's also wine, champagne
and soft drinks, but nothing harder.
Food-wise,
Hooters is renowned for its ¡§almost world famous¡¨
chicken wings (ten for NT$298, fifty for NT$1,388),
with mild, medium or spicy sauce. From the sea, you
can have slightly expensive delights such as Smoyster
Rockfella oysters (NT$568) or steamed clams (NT$498).
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Sandwiches
include terriyaki chicken (NT$328), and Philly cheesesteak
(NT$388). Burgers are priced at NT$278, and there's a choice
of three condiments. If you don't specify which one you
want, they give you coleslaw. You also have to order their
patented curly fries separately (NT$98). Although there's
no desert menu, you get a small piece of cake with every
order.
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When
asked about the hiring policy for Hooters' Girls, Stella,
a shift manager who worked there for eight months, said
that it didn't matter about the face or the body, so
long as the person was friendly and provided good service.
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