I went to Diamond for lunch the other day. Before walking into the restaurant the sky was completely clear, but when we went back out the snow had completely covered the ground.
Today feels like a different season though. The weather was beautiful with a high of 17.
So at Diamond we found out that most of the entree prices had a "+ 200" note beside them. Inflation has apparently affected The Diamond Club as well.
For a change, I felt like having something different, so I asked my spaced-out waitress about the chicken burger. I asked her if the patty was made of ground chicken meat and she answered, "No, it's with a couple of pieces of chicken breast". Although that is what I prefer, I decided to go with the cheeseburger instead. I tried to explain that I wanted my meat cooked well, but she got really confused. This was repeated a few times, and she only understood once I started playing charades (I gestured my hand being the piece of meat, and it being flipped over on the grill a few times, this while I'm telling her that the meat should not be pink). Finally she understood and went to the kitchen to put the order through. A couple of minutes later she returned and said, "They just told me that the cheeseburger has no meat, it is only a piece of cheese". How stupid of me for not knowing that a cheeseburger in Armenia is actually a grilled cheese sandwich. So I decided to go with the chicken burger instead. When the burger arrived she said, "We ground the chicken so that it will be easier for you to eat". Did she think I wear dentures?
The next day I head over to the post office to pay my monthly phone expense. I owed 900 drams, so I paid 5,000 drams, and received 4,000 drams and an Armenian crossword puzzle magazine (which probably cost only 50 drams to print). So they made a profit off the change they owed me.
Oh this Armenia (or rather Yerevan). I love you, but I need a vacation.
Today feels like a different season though. The weather was beautiful with a high of 17.
So at Diamond we found out that most of the entree prices had a "+ 200" note beside them. Inflation has apparently affected The Diamond Club as well.
For a change, I felt like having something different, so I asked my spaced-out waitress about the chicken burger. I asked her if the patty was made of ground chicken meat and she answered, "No, it's with a couple of pieces of chicken breast". Although that is what I prefer, I decided to go with the cheeseburger instead. I tried to explain that I wanted my meat cooked well, but she got really confused. This was repeated a few times, and she only understood once I started playing charades (I gestured my hand being the piece of meat, and it being flipped over on the grill a few times, this while I'm telling her that the meat should not be pink). Finally she understood and went to the kitchen to put the order through. A couple of minutes later she returned and said, "They just told me that the cheeseburger has no meat, it is only a piece of cheese". How stupid of me for not knowing that a cheeseburger in Armenia is actually a grilled cheese sandwich. So I decided to go with the chicken burger instead. When the burger arrived she said, "We ground the chicken so that it will be easier for you to eat". Did she think I wear dentures?
The next day I head over to the post office to pay my monthly phone expense. I owed 900 drams, so I paid 5,000 drams, and received 4,000 drams and an Armenian crossword puzzle magazine (which probably cost only 50 drams to print). So they made a profit off the change they owed me.
Oh this Armenia (or rather Yerevan). I love you, but I need a vacation.
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