Modern Toilet

In Fifth Grade, my teacher wouldn't let me use the bathroom until I came up with the "right" word. I asked permission to use the bathroom, ladies room and so on. Finally someone whispered "lavatory", I repeated, and was free. Lavatory. Seriously. And for some reason I still associate the word with laboratory.

There is a lot to be said about Hong Kong bathrooms. I'm self-censoring the disgusting bits. I can safely say you don't really have to know Canto to find the bathrooms here. Signs display "WC" and people most commonly say "wash room" which I've quickly adopted, though I still defer to my native "bath room".

Like everything else in Hong Kong, there are layers of exclusivity that are beyond me (both figuratively and literally.) I don't yet have the key to the executive wash room yet, and I'm OK with that.

But there's one "wash room" I can share with you, Modern Toilet. Anthony Bourdain would frown upon this kitschy cafe, but I enjoyed what is frankly the cleanest bathroom in Hong Kong.

Right this way...

Sign upon entering

Table and seats

Faux sinks under glass plate

Clever dishes

Wall of lids

Warning: Do not tinkle here

Mmm delicious