'Dark Souls' café opens in Tokyo in 2014

Ever wondered what an Estus Flask + 7, from the hellishly difficult game, “Dark Souls,” tastes like? Well, wonder no more, because come January 6, 2014, the Dark Souls café will be opening in Tokyo, Japan, according to Kotaku and Computer and Video Games.

 

The café will serve as part of the promotion for the game, “Dark Souls II,” which will be available March next year. Series creator From Software states that the goal of the eatery is to recreate the dark mood of the games. As such, it has been styled to reflect the foreboding and dismal atmosphere of the “Dark Souls” universe.

 

Those dining at the café in January will be given an “exclusive” menu for the month, from which they can select “Dark Souls”-related food such as the “Successor of the Sun”, which is a pasta, bacon, and golden tomatoes mix; the “Ring of Stone”, which are onion rings with mustard sauce and bamboo charcoal; and the curiously-named “Vegetables cut off the Dead C*ck”, which is a salad containing mustard, corn, paprika, and butter sauce. The source of the butter sauce has yet to be determined.

 

The drinks on that same exclusive menu include “Life Overflowing” and “Prayer of Healing”. Though the contents of these two drinks have yet to be revealed, they will apparently be served in awesome-looking flasks straight from the game. Praise the Sun!

 

Beyond January, the exclusive menu will be replaced by the “original” menu, which will offer other treats. Examples are the “Ephemeral Black Meat Bun”, which is squid ink with red pepper and a meat bun; “Pills of Darkness Beans”, which is black peanut; the grisly-sounding “Roasted Mushroom People,” which are sauteed king oyster mushrooms; and “Fried Meat of Snake People,” which, despite its mind-blowing name, is surprisingly nothing more than a simple fried chicken thigh served with ketchup.

 

The drinks include the “Black Dragon Karamitto” and the “Spear of Seoul”, whose ingredients have also not yet been identified. Of course, regular people can still order boring old liquids such as Fosters, Carlsberg, and Guinness.

 

Word has yet to surface whether the game’s infamous “Dung Pie” will be available as a dessert.

 

The Dark Souls Café will be replacing OZ Café, an Australian-themed bar in Nishi-Azabu, Tokyo.

 

“Dark Souls” is an award-winning action/adventure roleplaying game for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. Set in a grim fantasy world, the game has been lauded for its extreme difficulty, the constant dread that pervades its cleverly-designed environments, and its unique gameplay that values timing, strategy, observation and patience over mindless button-mashing and cartoonish combo-driven combat.

 

Japan is known for its strange yet alluring cafes, from dog cafes where you pay to have canines observe your every bite, to cafes that let you nap while a beautiful girl of your choice cuddles you. Perhaps the “Dark Souls” café will be the first one in the world to threaten its customers with grisly, excruciating deaths?

 

The café’s Japanese website doesn’t offer much in the way of clues, simply stating: “it is a shop where you can taste.”

 

Whatever the case, “Prepare to Die”. . .or dine. — KDM, GMA News