MARINA DEL REY — Eating was never so much fun; vomiting was never as easy.  But now, at the Tiki Vomitorium (and the Anorexia Annex), anorexics and bulimics have finally found a place to call home — at a place dedicated to those who want to eat but don’t want to be filled up.

As every bulimic worth her paper bag knows, it's not always a cakewalk to go out on the town while dealing with incessant guilt and weight gain issues.  Happily, owner Pele Molokai, with his Hawaiian-themed Vomitorium, has found his way to our shores.

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"It's a drag when people stare at you just because you barf under a table or purge in someone's purse."
— Kim Chee, Supermodel

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At the opening, one supermodel/patron Kim Chee remarked, "Girls like us like to eat, but it's a drag, like, when people stare at you when you barf under the table or purge in someone's purse.  It's very frustrating and makes us feel self-conscious.  But here, it's, like, that old expression: 'If you can't fix it, feature it.'  We celebrate our heightened food consciousness."

The menu provides all the simple, unpretentious variety of a typical Hawaiian barbecue chain, but the real attention grabbers are the mock volcanos gracing the center of each table, into which you can recycle your food at your leisure. Hand-pounded purple poi makes for some picturesque chunks especially when it's soaked with a Mai Tai. All this glorious vomitus eventually works its way to a central restaurant volcano that spews molten chunks into the sky every ten minutes, as the diners 'ooh' and 'aah.'

And at the Anorexia Annex, appetizers are measured on micro scales so that patrons can see how many ounces of food they're indulging in.  The mirror in the bathroom is flattering too — a converted funhouse mirror that makes a person seem much thinner or fatter, it all depends on their particular neurosis.

"You know, my sister died from obesity," says owner Molokai. "If she had thrown up more, she would be alive today.  I developed the concept when, at my old restaurant, a customer threw up at a table.  I had an epiphany: Instead of tossing her out, I hugged her and told her 'good job!' And now my customers are living that vision every night."

So why spend the evening staring at your bathroom tiles?  It's time to give back some of what you consume — especially during this food rich holiday season.