Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Starbucks = Deventer !

     To start off, I will clear something : I live in Enschede, while my uni is in Deventer [some changes occurred I had to transfer uni location but didn't have the time to move to Deventer yet!]. Enschede is 45 minutes away by train from Deventer. In Netherlands, you can't find so many restaurants\cafes that we're used to go to in Oman [any Arabic country!]. Pizza hut is only in Amsterdam. There is no costa coffee, 2nd cup, hardeez, or Nandos here. Kfc is in some places.. Doesn't matter since I don't eat except halal meat, but yeah you get the idea right?
    Anyone who knows me well, knows how crazy I was about 2nd cup, it was my favorite and I went there almost always in Oman, the staff [different branches] knew me as well. Since there is no 2nd cup here I had to find a replacement! 
    I was never a fan of starbucks, but since it's like the only cafe here and I crave for certain kind of coffee... why not! There is no Starbucks in Enschede.. Bummer! Recently, earlier in September they opened one in Deventer it seems. The advantage and the disadvantage is that it's on the way to uni, 1 minute away from the station, advantage coz it's near and the disadvantage because I go there EVERYDAY! & Yes I drink the same thing every single day, it's something similar to caramel chelate in 2nd cup = caramel frappucino.
    I wanted to try something different but well, it's kinda a hopeless case, I mean I'm just happy that they have starbucks, but no they don't have all the different kinds of coffee like in Oman, I tried ordering something a friend recommended but meh, so yeah sticking to my frape <3
    I love the part where they write your name on the cup, everyone there recognizes me. I'm Pasta! In the beginning I was too shy to say 'pasta' when they asked what's your name but then, it became normal and they actually liked it, I mean it did make them smile, something unusual huh! A blond girl only recognized me and was like 'I know you, pasta!' but then everyone else knew me. Once I didn't even have to say my order, a girl said 'oh hey you're pasta! i know your order, get it by the end of the bar'. It flatters me.
    I'm an IBMS student, and I know what this is, it's a way of marketing you know, keep customer happy and s\he'll come back, much as I want to resist, I find myself going there everyday. I feel special, I bet no one goes there as much as i do, but yeah you can't blame me I almost eat nothingfor 5-6 hours everyday, so a cup of coffee isn't much eh? 


First it was hard for them to digest I meant PASTA, the food =P




Oh hey, they got it finally!


Kaspars decided to join and be the cheese to the pasta =P



Today I told them I want to be a cheese burger. Kaspars was chicken burger but he made a mistake of saying 'drinking here' so he didn't get the paper cup and no name was written, but they sure shouted 'Chiken burger' =P




Well, we should come up with other names soon, I mean ... it's funny when they call you. Deventer Starbucks, you da best =D

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