May 2, 2008
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Message
Geisha House, that Kutcher & co Asian eatery on the corner of Hollywood and Cherokee, which we can see from our window as we write this, has added giant white characters to its new, blinding-red paint job. We were pretty sure that since geishas are Japanese the writing would be Chinese, but no, it's really Japanese. The website LA Eater yesterday asked its readers to translate how they saw fit. (t/y Chris)
Best Translation: a haiku from commenter/blogger Food Marathon:
"Hollywood
Uber-Lohan Spicy Burrito Roll.
Silicone. Price Gouge.
Tourists enter here."
Runner up:
Give me your wired, your rich,
Your huddled masses yearning to be famous,
The wretched refuse and the teeming bore.
Send these, the privileged, the obnoxious to me:
I lift my lamp beside the red door.
What it means, according to commenter eileen216 (confirmed by several sources):
Flaming Hot Passion
Sinful Desire
Temptation
All meet right here.
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