Naked Chef – and Diners

By Jim Hagarty

I am not much for dining out, for a variety of reasons. The first reason is, I have no money. I lied, there are no other reasons.

However, there are restaurants now in Paris and London, both places I have been to, which won’t serve you unless you are naked.

Count me in!

The biggest drawback with dining out is feeling the need to dress up a bit to enter a fine establishment. Any self-respecting hobo would not be seen dead in anything from my wardrobe so this is a challenge for me. If it is now possible to go for a meal without the requirement that I be dressed at all, I just might become a frequent diner.

All the servers in these restaurants, which have waiting lists in the thousands, are naked. After you disrobe, you are offered a skimpy robe if you insist on being somewhat clothed, or you can let it all hang out.

One of my favourite things to do is people watch. I believe attending the proceedings in one of these restaurants might heighten my enjoyment of both my people watching and my other favourite interest which is eating.

Yesterday I got a stronger prescription in my eyeglasses so like a hawk, I can spot a mouse in a grassy field 500 feet below. My optometrist put a special coating on the lenses which she promised would help me see in the dark. I am all set.

Well, I keep writing but I can’t find my way out of the mess this story has become, a story I can clearly see did not need writing, so I had better stop now.

What’s that? I should have stopped sooner?

I agree.

But just barely.

Author: Jim Hagarty

I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.