Starbucks is considered like the ultimate coffee experience. So when I passed by the new Starbucks café in Bangalore, I decided to give it a try. This special day I discovered the turned out to be a Sunday. A closer look and I realised that getting inside the café was a near impossible task atleast for a few hours as the queue of people waiting to get a taste of the special nectar from the coffee beans extended a few blocks down the street. Well my mouth fell open seeing the queue. The queue reminded of the people waiting to buy alcohol outside the liquor shops in Kerala. Guys this is just another café selling coffee and they are not selling the nectar of immortality. I had to return back disappointed.
Determined to have taste of the Starbucks cuppa, I decided to visit the café again the next day. And this time I was lucky. There were just few people waiting. So I joined the queue. It was indeed a good gesture by them to serve the eager java seekers a taste of some of their special brew in the form of small complimentary shots. It did taste really good.(when was anything free ever bad? ;-)) While waiting for my turn I ended up downing 3 glasses of their complimentary drinks. Geee!
Once we reached the
counter, my friend and I, we ordered our drinks and snacks. I decided to go for
a Hot Praline frappe and Double meat sandwich. While my decided to go for
something cold. A cold caramel coffee and a veg rolls.
I eagerly wanted to
get my name written on my cup and when the guy at the counter wrote my friend's
name on both the cups, I was irritated. How could the guy deny me the
opportunity to see my name on my Starbucks cup??? I asked the guy to get me a
new cup with MY name on it. Finally there it was! A Starbucks mug with my name
on it! Yesss!!!
Despite all this
excitement, we had to wait a few more minutes to get a table to sit. Well
neither of us were coffee drinkers. So I really cannot comment on the taste of
the coffee we ordered. But yes it did taste good. :-)
Then when I bit into
my double meat sandwich, I tasted heaven! That was easily the best sandwich I
had ever had. Trust me on this. The sandwich was filled with Chicken, sausages,
beef, egg, cheese and mayonnaise. (Definitely not something calorie conscious
people should try.) This is a meat lovers' delight. I savored every bite of
it. Though the sandwich like the coffee cost a fortune, it was worth every
penny spent.
After treating our
taste buds, while leaving we spotted some souvenir mugs. So I decided to get a
Starbucks India mug as souvenir. On the whole, my first Starbucks experience
was worth savoring, specially for the sandwich. :-)
