The Simpsons Restaurant On A Plane Has Come True...In Ghana

Proving pessimists everywhere that they're wrong: cartoon story lines can come true.

Up, Up and Buffet!

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In The Simpsons episode, "Natural Born Kissers," Marge and Homer are forced to spend their wedding anniversary at the restaurant "Up, Up and Buffet!" (amazing pun) along with their Bart, Lisa and Maggie.

A restaurant on a parked plane sounds fairly glamorous; this is the age of Ryanair after all and most of us have never experienced cooked food on a plane.

Surely Such A Restaurant Could Never Exist?

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Think Again! Say Hello To La Tante DC 10 Restaurant!

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The restaurant is housed in a defunct Ghana Airways DC-1O aircraft in the country's capital, Accra.

It Can Serve 118 People. All Seated In Comfy Airline Seats!

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"Sorry, there's no knives and forks. This is economy class."

The Restaurant Serves Mainly Local Ghanaian Cuisine

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You eat off a table, not a floppy tray-table thing.

So You Can Eat Tasty Nando's-esque Chicken...

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(That would cost like £25 on Ryanair)

...Rather Than Whatever Crap They Throw At You On A Normal Plane

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The Tables Are Spaced Out So There Are No Complaints About Legroom

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Restaurant Director Mathias Dorfe Says Ghana Airways Came Up With The Restaurant Idea

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But The Simpsons Episode Aired On May 17, 1998 - It's Clear Who Owns The Patent

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Matt Groening & Co. need a lawyer

But Really We're Just Happy That A Simpsons Episode Is Now Reality

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It's A Beautiful Thing When Dreams Come True

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