Domestic helpers are a common sight in Singapore, but have you met one who is dressed up as a French maid and will slap you… for a fee? That is the fan service offered by pop-up cafe Moe Moe Q, which has a bevy of anime-inspired Japanese maids, known as “meido” in Japan, serving diners.
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The “maid culture”, as the pop-up puts it, is a “fun, fantasy-like experience where you’re treated like royalty by maids in cute costumes”.
Moe Moe Q (named after ‘moe moe kyun’, a Japanese phrase used to express cutesy excitement) is located at Orchard Cineleisure. This pop-up operates only on certain dates and occasions like Christmas and Chinese New Year, with the next session happening on Feb 22 from 3pm to 10pm.
This is because the cafe shares a space with a dance club called Fatebyhavefun, which opens from 10pm. There is a cover charge to enter the cafe — from $18 for an hour per pax for a “stool seat”, which comes with free-flow soft drinks and a “Meido Magic Drink”, which is served by a costumed meido while performing a special chant.
You can also pay extra for more fan service, like selfies with the meidos, playing board games with them, getting head pats, being fed snacks or even getting slapped for fun. The latter is priced at $20, and yes, even getting slapped costs good money these days. This isn't the kind of adult fun some folks might expect, though. The 'slap' is more like a light, playful tap that is meant to resemble an anime slap.
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Even more unusual, you can marry a meido in a “marriage ceremony experience” on Feb 22. According to an Instagram post, each meido can only marry one man (that’s pretty wholesome monogamy there), and if a maid receives multiple marriage proposals, the would-be groom will be picked via a lucky draw.
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House rules
Since the meidos are young women on a job, there are also obligatory house rules to protect them from skeevy customers’ unwanted advances. For instance, customers can’t take photos of the maids without their consent in the cafe, make physical contact or pry for their personal information and exchange contact info. And definitely no “waiting for maids to enter/leave or ambushing them”.
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Hiring butlers
The meido experience is apparently not just for the guys; the pop-up is also hiring male and female ‘butlers’ for an upcoming “butler experience”, and interested parties can DM Moe Moe Q with their photos to be considered.
Moe Moe Q is at #08-01 Orchard Cineleisure, 8 Grange Rd, S239695. Next session on Feb 22, 3pm to 10pm. More info at www.instagram.com/moemoeq.maid.cafe
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