Peep!
I love SoHo. It is called SoHo because it is the area SOuth of HOuston Street (not Hyooston street-- howston street). Technically there is a NoHo but its name never really caught on as much as SoHo. SoHo is very trendy; full of tiny stores with fashionable clothing, fun boutique shops, and stylish restaurants and lounges.
On Prince Street, there is a tiny little restaurant that doesn’t have a big marquis or awning. If you were walking by, you might even miss it. In fact, you might not even guess it’s a restaurant, but rather might think it was a porn shop with its glowing pink lights and small neon sign displaying: PEEP.
The place is actually a chic Thai restaurant (Yes I know that I just wrote about a Thai restaurant, and I have warned Herbelicious about how we ALWAYS eat Thai or Spanish food and we should expand our horizons). But there is something very fun, unique, and NAUGHTY about this particular Thai place. The Bathrooms. There is a reason its called PEEP. The bathrooms (located toward the back of the place) are made up of one-way mirrors so that when you are in the bathroom, you can see out, but no one can see in.
You can stand there and have fun mooning the whole restaurant if you want. If you are a secret exhibitionist you can stand there in the bathroom and do a strip tease—no one will ever know. If you are a voyeur, you can watch people from in the bathroom. Or you can sit at your table and watch people go into the bathroom and wonder exactly what they are doing in there, then see them emerge with naughty little smirks on their faces because of something secret they did while inside.
When Herbelicious and I entered for lunch, we were fortunate enough to be seated at the tables just outside of the bathroom! (Gross! But fun for this place).
I love SoHo. It is called SoHo because it is the area SOuth of HOuston Street (not Hyooston street-- howston street). Technically there is a NoHo but its name never really caught on as much as SoHo. SoHo is very trendy; full of tiny stores with fashionable clothing, fun boutique shops, and stylish restaurants and lounges.
On Prince Street, there is a tiny little restaurant that doesn’t have a big marquis or awning. If you were walking by, you might even miss it. In fact, you might not even guess it’s a restaurant, but rather might think it was a porn shop with its glowing pink lights and small neon sign displaying: PEEP.
The place is actually a chic Thai restaurant (Yes I know that I just wrote about a Thai restaurant, and I have warned Herbelicious about how we ALWAYS eat Thai or Spanish food and we should expand our horizons). But there is something very fun, unique, and NAUGHTY about this particular Thai place. The Bathrooms. There is a reason its called PEEP. The bathrooms (located toward the back of the place) are made up of one-way mirrors so that when you are in the bathroom, you can see out, but no one can see in.
You can stand there and have fun mooning the whole restaurant if you want. If you are a secret exhibitionist you can stand there in the bathroom and do a strip tease—no one will ever know. If you are a voyeur, you can watch people from in the bathroom. Or you can sit at your table and watch people go into the bathroom and wonder exactly what they are doing in there, then see them emerge with naughty little smirks on their faces because of something secret they did while inside.
When Herbelicious and I entered for lunch, we were fortunate enough to be seated at the tables just outside of the bathroom! (Gross! But fun for this place).
The atmosphere is very sleek and loungy with its modern furniture and neon pink lights glowing from under the tables. It’s this lighting that made it extremely difficult to take pictures especially since I try to take photos inconspicuously without using any flash (I don’t want to upset anyone enjoying their meal). I had to set the color palette on my camera to gray which is why the pictures for this blog are dark, reddish and gray, even blurry (my apologies). The decor hints Asian—a giant golden Buddha statue.
Of course Herbelicious and I ordered our favorite Thai Drink: Thai Ice Tea, followed by an Asian salad made up of Bok Choy and Broccoli. It was very tasty.
It was time for me to check out the bathroom. I walked in. It was dark. Of course it had to be dark because of the one-way mirror. If the bathroom were well lit, you would be able to see into it. Think police line-up, where the suspects are lined up in a bright room while the witness is in a dark room viewing them through a one-way mirror. There was really no light in the bathroom except of the TV above the sink. Actually, you can see the light of the TV from outside the bathroom. I peered out of the bathroom. I could see everyone as if viewing them through dark tinted windows. I was now looking at the back of the golden Buddha statue. Herbelicious was sitting right there. I walked up to the class and started waving my hands at him. I did not get his attention so it was apparent he couldn’t see me.
I turned on my camera to see what kind of pictures I could take. It was too dark. I watched a woman come up to the bathroom door and jiggle the locked handle (I forgot to mention that the bathrooms are unisex). She stood there waiting, tapping her foot. Ugh, pressure! Now someone was waiting to use it so I had to be quick about my business. I unzipped my pants (being careful not to let the light of my camera illuminate my privates), peed, washed my hands, and then went back out.
“well?” said Herbelicious, “did you moon everybody?”
“No” I replied.
“Why not? Did you take pictures, I saw your camera light come on through the mirror, and I could see it just like you could see the TV. Was there porn on the TV? The last time I came here, they had porn playing on it”.
“No porn, and it was way to dark to get any kind of good pictures”
The lunch menu at PEEP is a good deal. You get a free appetizer or salad, and an entre for eight bucks. Dinner is about twice as much. I ordered the Ginger Chicken, while Herbelicious ordered the Towel noodles--Wide flat noodles. The food was good, but it didn’t taste particularly Thai to me. It tasted more like Mongolian Stir Fry. I liked that the rice came in the shape of a square rather than in the shape of an ice cream scoop or bowl.
Herbelicous decided to go use the bathroom. I watched him disappear behind the mirror. I couldn’t quite see what he was doing in there, but I know he was doing something because I could faintly see his shadow moving in there as well as blocking the TV. Was He doing a striptease? Was he mooning? Was he flicking me off? He emerged from the bathroom with a naughty grin on his face.
“Did you see me?” he asked.
“No, not really” I replied. He just laughed. “I was sitting on the toilet making faces at everybody! Hahahah.. And there was a naked scene on the TV”.
I think he was dancing in there. Who knows…
We ordered desert to share. Sweet rice with banana wrapped with banana leaves and a slice of chocolate moose cake. The cake was a little too sweet. But the rice and banana was delicious. Very reminiscent of a Filipino dessert my grandmother use to make using sweet rice and also wrapped in banana leaf that we just called cancanun (sweets in Filipino). Herbelicious did not like the rice dessert at all.
Two Women entered the bathroom together! What were they doing in there? Were they a couple? I could see the shadows moving!! I kept staring. They probably could see me watching (without really watching). I’ll pretend that I can see them. I made a face and squinted my eyes. They both emerged sort of embarrassed and headed for the door. We paid our bill and did the same. PEEP is a fun novelty kind of place, and the food is decent. If you are looking for authentic Thai food I wouldn’t recommend the place, but I can imagine being there with a big group of friends having drinks and having fun with the mirrors peeping!
Of course Herbelicious and I ordered our favorite Thai Drink: Thai Ice Tea, followed by an Asian salad made up of Bok Choy and Broccoli. It was very tasty.
It was time for me to check out the bathroom. I walked in. It was dark. Of course it had to be dark because of the one-way mirror. If the bathroom were well lit, you would be able to see into it. Think police line-up, where the suspects are lined up in a bright room while the witness is in a dark room viewing them through a one-way mirror. There was really no light in the bathroom except of the TV above the sink. Actually, you can see the light of the TV from outside the bathroom. I peered out of the bathroom. I could see everyone as if viewing them through dark tinted windows. I was now looking at the back of the golden Buddha statue. Herbelicious was sitting right there. I walked up to the class and started waving my hands at him. I did not get his attention so it was apparent he couldn’t see me.I turned on my camera to see what kind of pictures I could take. It was too dark. I watched a woman come up to the bathroom door and jiggle the locked handle (I forgot to mention that the bathrooms are unisex). She stood there waiting, tapping her foot. Ugh, pressure! Now someone was waiting to use it so I had to be quick about my business. I unzipped my pants (being careful not to let the light of my camera illuminate my privates), peed, washed my hands, and then went back out.
“well?” said Herbelicious, “did you moon everybody?”
“No” I replied.
“Why not? Did you take pictures, I saw your camera light come on through the mirror, and I could see it just like you could see the TV. Was there porn on the TV? The last time I came here, they had porn playing on it”.
“No porn, and it was way to dark to get any kind of good pictures”
The lunch menu at PEEP is a good deal. You get a free appetizer or salad, and an entre for eight bucks. Dinner is about twice as much. I ordered the Ginger Chicken, while Herbelicious ordered the Towel noodles--Wide flat noodles. The food was good, but it didn’t taste particularly Thai to me. It tasted more like Mongolian Stir Fry. I liked that the rice came in the shape of a square rather than in the shape of an ice cream scoop or bowl.
Herbelicous decided to go use the bathroom. I watched him disappear behind the mirror. I couldn’t quite see what he was doing in there, but I know he was doing something because I could faintly see his shadow moving in there as well as blocking the TV. Was He doing a striptease? Was he mooning? Was he flicking me off? He emerged from the bathroom with a naughty grin on his face.“Did you see me?” he asked.
“No, not really” I replied. He just laughed. “I was sitting on the toilet making faces at everybody! Hahahah.. And there was a naked scene on the TV”.
I think he was dancing in there. Who knows…
We ordered desert to share. Sweet rice with banana wrapped with banana leaves and a slice of chocolate moose cake. The cake was a little too sweet. But the rice and banana was delicious. Very reminiscent of a Filipino dessert my grandmother use to make using sweet rice and also wrapped in banana leaf that we just called cancanun (sweets in Filipino). Herbelicious did not like the rice dessert at all.Two Women entered the bathroom together! What were they doing in there? Were they a couple? I could see the shadows moving!! I kept staring. They probably could see me watching (without really watching). I’ll pretend that I can see them. I made a face and squinted my eyes. They both emerged sort of embarrassed and headed for the door. We paid our bill and did the same. PEEP is a fun novelty kind of place, and the food is decent. If you are looking for authentic Thai food I wouldn’t recommend the place, but I can imagine being there with a big group of friends having drinks and having fun with the mirrors peeping!
