Coffee cups

I am in seoul for last 3 days , and while I will do a detailed post on food and shopping in seoul later, let me take a moment to talk about the coffee. People in seoul take their coffee seriously, really seriously . If you thought Americans were crazy about coffee you should check out seoul, there is a Starbucks in 25-30 meter radius no matter where you stand in downtown area. And it's just not about star bucks, there are gazillion home grown shops dotted all across the road

There are coffee shops in rows. 

I have seen people sipping and walking in with one coffee cup into another coffee shop, crazy right ? 

Another really cute thing is how you can collect your order. Since  some of these shops are huge and spread across floors , they give you a e token of sorts , which vibrates and lets you know that your coffee is ready !! Cute no , after we are in cute land ( more on that later)

So if you are planning a trip to seoul, make sure you try as many coffee cups

Starbucks Pre Launch Event

Starbucks is finally in bangalore, after much media space about the location fight for first coffee shop, it finally opened in Kormangala. The event was marked by a gala opening event and courtesy FBAI, some of us food blogger got invited and got a chance to be part of a slightly crazy evening.


As you can see there were people waiting right outside..

Facade 

As soon as you enter, a very cheery welcome from the servers

Happy faces to greet 

So you know what to order 

Your order next

Seasonal speciality 

Motto to live by 

The famous cup

Check out the crowd ..it got really maddening after a while

Crowd @ event 

Happy to see indian estate blends as well..i am guessing Tata plantation coffees

India estates blend ....Interesting !

And just for this evening you could also get your caricature made in your coffee cups 

Absolutely loved this wall paper

Seating upstairs 

Lovely drink to conclude a lovely evening