Capybaras draw customers to Taoyuan hot pot restaurant

Capybaras draw customers to Taoyuan hot pot restaurant

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Capybaras are beloved by many for their gentle and lazy personality. Now there’s a hot pot restaurant in Taoyuan where you can dine right alongside these laid-back creatures. The owner bought a pair to live in their restaurant because his daughter loves capybaras. Diners are welcome to interact with them, becoming a huge draw for this simple family establishment.

A pair of capybaras stare off in different directions, adorably unmoving. Aside from watching their delightfully dazed expressions, people can also go inside their enclosure to interact with them.

If you thought this was a farm, you’d be wrong! Just outside of the enclosure there are people eating hot pot. That’s right—these capybaras are inside a restaurant.

Customer
It’s one of those places where you can eat right next to two capybaras. I think it’s cool. Farms don’t usually let you touch them. But at this place, you can walk right inside and pet them.

Customer
It’s unfamiliar because Taiwan doesn’t have them. They’re cute. I’m just afraid they’ll bite.

The owner of this restaurant in Taoyuan said that his daughter fell in love with capybaras after seeing them at a farm. After a year and a half, he bought a pair to raise himself. During down times, he lets them roam around the restaurant, but if they’re busy, it’s back into the enclosure.

Chaung Yung-sen
Restaurant owner
The pots are kept very hot. If they’re allowed out, I’m afraid they’ll knock into things or cause an accident. It would be bad if a customer gets scalded. So we do let them out to roam around, but only with the customers’ permission. If it’s too busy, we won’t let them out.

They also provide treats to feed the capybaras, which are fully chipped and immunized. At NT$200,000 to NT$300,000 each, the animals definitely require extra care. But they’re also drawing in no small amount of business for this family establishment.

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桃園火鍋店"卡皮巴拉"招財! 顧客嗑鍋還能摸水豚

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水豚因為憨厚慵懶的外型，受到不少民眾喜愛，桃園就有一間火鍋店，業者因為女兒喜歡水豚，乾脆買了一對水豚夫妻養在店內，成了鎮店之寶，不只能欣賞，還能近距離互動，果然吸引不少客人。

兩隻可愛的卡皮巴拉水豚君，一隻面向左邊，一隻面向右邊，模樣超級萌。現場除了可以欣賞他們放空的呆萌模樣，還可以打開門，走進去跟牠們互動。

您以為這是在哪個生態農場嗎？抬頭一看，竟然有顧客在吃火鍋，沒錯，養水豚的地點，是間火鍋店

[[顧客]]
“就是那種餐飲的地方，然後裡面放兩隻這種大水豚，我覺得很酷。基本上那種農場的水豚好像都不太給人家摸，然後這種就是可以走進去看的那種，然後可以摸牠。”

[[顧客]]
“對這種動物陌生，因為台灣沒有。可愛啊，只是怕牠會咬人而已。”

飼養水豚君的火鍋店，位在桃園，業者說，因為女兒去了農場玩後很喜歡水豚。一年半前，買了一對水豚夫妻回來飼養，客人少時，就有機會讓牠們放風透透氣，但如果客人多，就先禁止會客。

[[火鍋店業者莊永森]]
“我們是火鍋是熱的，如果放他們出來的話，怕會去撞擊到或什麼都會影響，燙到客人也不好，所以說我們就是，也是放他們出來讓牠活動，但是就是要經過客人的允許，我們才會放出來這樣子，如果真的很多人的話，我們就不敢放他們出來。”

現場有提供飼料，讓顧客互動。該有的晶片、預防針一個也沒少。因為一隻水豚要價20-30萬，當然要細心呵護。如今這對可愛的卡皮巴拉，儼然已經成為鎮店之寶，確實為業者帶來了不少客人。

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