Eating like a bird at the ‘Treetop Dining Pod’ in Thailand — and other crazy dining experiences

Picnics in the woods may be lovely, but why not elevate that great-outdoors dining and nosh among the tree branches?

At Soneva Kiri Eco Resort in Thailand, guests can sample Thai delicacies 16 feet above the ground in nest-like bamboo pods for two surrounded by stunning views of the surrounding rain forest and coastline.

Diners are hoisted up and down by a winch, waiters access the nests by zip line, and wallets are quickly emptied — at $442.00 CAD for dinner for two, eating like a bird certainly isn't "cheap."

If dining off the ground isn't for you, maybe dining underwater is. The Ithaa Undersea Restaurant on Conrad Maldives Rangali Island offers 180-degree views of reef and marine life 16 feet below sea level.

Can't wait for winter? You'll be supplied with gloves and a cape at the Arctic Icebar in Helsinki, as your seat will be a block of ice. Closer to home, Pommery Ice Restaurant in Montreal's Snow Village is the only snow-and-ice-built restaurant in North America. A three-course dinner will set you back just $69 a person.

And don't wear white — or at least pack a Tide-to-Go stick — if you're headed to California-based chain Opaque or Toronto's O.Noir where you'll dine in complete darkness.

Other unusual restaurants around the world include Modern Toilet, the bathroom-themed chain of Taiwanese restaurants where patrons' seats are toilets — and so are their soup bowls; Ali Barbour's Cave Restaurant in Kenya, where guests dine 10 metres below ground in an ancient coral cave; and Dinner in the Sky, a traveling culinary expedition that sets up sky-high eating experiences in cities around the world.

What would be your wacky dining experience of choice?

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