According to the paper, as soon as one enters the unnamed restaurant in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, one's attention is immediately drawn to the glass booth in the middle of the restaurant. If the hermetically sealed glass booth's curtains are drawn open, the image of a long-legged Russian beauty, laying enchantingly in shorts and a sleeveless shirt, is revealed.

A restaurant in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul where people can appreciate a well-proportioned sleeping Russian beauty in a glass booth while eating.

Mr. Han, the owner of the place, said, "As a way to break out of a business slump, we built the thing so that diners could experience both dining and visual pleasure through 'peeping' at the beauty in transparent glass... The customers' views vary, but we get young women asking to be hired for part-time work and there are a lot of people who pass by our restaurant just to look." After getting the idea from a restaurant in California, he opened his Cheongnam-dong store in March, and is now planning to open franchises in Apgujeong-dong and Jeju Island.

The paper reported, however, that the responses from costumers have been rather negative. Mr. Pak, an office worker, said, "I felt sorry for the woman in the glass booth," and Mr. Lee, another office worker said, "It's not a strip show, so whatever it's trying to show isn't really coming through."

(englishnews@chosun.com )