Are There More Starbucks Outlets Than Pidgeons In Hong Kong?
I’m not an Anti-Starbucks kinda guy, in fact I like their coffee from time to time. To be frank, after living with wildy variable coffee-quality in India, iti s refreshing (for a while at least), to have some predictability to what I will find in my morning cup. But, it is kind of alarming how […]
I’m not an Anti-Starbucks kinda guy, in fact I like their coffee from time to time. To be frank, after living with wildy variable coffee-quality in India, iti s refreshing (for a while at least), to have some predictability to what I will find in my morning cup.
But, it is kind of alarming how many outlets there are here in Hong Kong. I saw how viral they can be as I watched Starbucks invade London some 6-7 years back.
Yesterday I discovered yet another outlet within five minutes walk of my home. That brings the total, I kid you not, to six Starbucks outlets within five minutes walk of my home. Stretching out a little further, there are eight within ten minutes walk. Add to that the outlets near L’s office (three within five minutes at last count) and the ones in other districts and that is a lot of green logos and overmilked brews!
So, it goes without saying that pretty well any direction I head out, I pass by one of these places. By contrast, I seem to only see pidgeons once or twice a week (surely HK is the least pidgeon infested global city). Amazing.
[tags] Starbucks [/tags]
