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| One Man's Junk Food is Another Man's Truffle |
| 02.26.06 (7:49 am) [edit] |
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Wanna know two of the hippest and most expensive places in Damascus? TCBY and KFC. Interesting to me that the only two American franchises allowed/bold enough to operate in Syria are acronyms. Perhaps the regime sees them as less threatening because they don't actually contain any English words in the title. I think that is the philosophy which also operates behind the most infamous brothel in Damascus being called the "al-Mathouna al-Hamra" instead of its untranslated "Moulin Rouge."
There are knock-offs a-plenty, mind you. Among the most egregious, at least to my Southern sympathies, are "Dixy Chicken", "Old Rock Cafe" (with the logo of its more famous pseudo-eponym), etc...
In parting, just pause for a moment to consider that TCBY stands for "The Country's Best Yogurt." I don't know how many people actually know that in America but I'll bet the number is even smaller in Syria where all the overweight (or working furiously at becoming so) daughters of the Syrian privelaged class would be steamed to know they were eating at America's Best.
Best,
Yank
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