Olga and I were trying to reach Pizza Hut’s delivery line yesterday, but it was constantly busy so we had to make another choice for dinner. We went through a pile of menus, flyers, and coupons in our “order some food” box and stumbled upon a few coupons from Burger King. Burger King has been represented in Cyprus for some time now, but neither Olga nor I tried it for some reason. So we decided to order it.
Both of us were very hungry and we didn’t know anything about the burger sizes in Burger King, so we thought it’d be better if order more rather than less. We asked for 2 Cheese Whoopers (that’s a cheese burger) and 2 Beef Whoopers (that’s a beef burger). Since we were using some discount coupons, 4 portions of french fries came with all of that. Additionally, we ordered two muffins and 2 cans of Sprite. That’s about it, I think.
When I called in, I was surprised to learn that Burger King knew all about me – the phone number, the address, and the name. Since I never called them before, I guess they purchased my information from somewhere. On one hand, I am angry with those who sold this information without asking me first. On the other hand, I’m glad that I didn’t have to spell it out once again.
The delivery guy found our place without any help from us, which is rather rare I must say. He arrived exactly 30 minutes after my call. Since we live in the center of the city, I consider it to be a bit too much. We usually get our orders faster from all the other food points. I paid almost 12 CYP and two discount coupons for all the food that we got. By the way, the delivery guy had real troubles calculating the change. That’s a new one. I almost decided to get one extra pound from him, but managed to control myself.
Now, the order that we got looked huge. It was a huge plastic bag with all the burgers and one small paper bag with two Sprites in it. When I opened the plastic bag I couldn’t believe my eyes – there were three huge paper bags inside, which looked rather full. I thought that we would never all of it.
I was wrong. It turns out that Burger King guys just like packing things. One plastic bag had two small portions of french fries and two cheese burgers. Another bag had two portions of french fries and two beef burgers. The third bag had two small chocolate muffins. Overall it was way too much packing for all the food. Instead of wrapping it all in numerous layers they should have spent more time selecting a proper paper. Out of four burgers, paper on three of them was teared. Juice and sauces was leaking through the holes, ruining the fries on the way.
Burger sizes were OK. They were bigger than what McDonald’s offers. The taste was slightly better. The beef burger was rather simplistic, but the cheese burger was much better. The buns looked rather compressed (maybe because of the packing thingy) and the meat tasted exactly like the one in McDonald’s food. The sauce, the cheese, and the vegetables were slightly better though. French fries sucked – small, soft, and boring.
Resume: we were glad we tried it, but I don’t think we’d be offering it anytime soon again. It’s all same old junk food. Now that more than 12 hours passed since we had that food, I can add that Burger King is easier to digest than McDonald’s. That’s all folks.
CYTA has provided sometime back a CD with the Yellow directories.
Conclusion you can only complain if you phone number is unlisted. ;)
already knew all about you? Sounds bizarre – like we’re moving towards Manna – glad India hasn’t advanced that far in this respect! ;-)
Constantinos,
We didn’t ask to be listed. I don’t know if we are though.. :)
Sanjay,
You’ll get there, don’t worry. The good thing is that by the time you’ll get there, there will be a solution for this problem developed somewhere, so you won’t have to reinvent the wheel. Now, did anyone invent the wheel for this particular problem already?
The fact that they already know about you is definitely a breach of privacy. The CD that CYTA released is supposed to be used for private purposes only.
Also, I think we already visited Burger King together with you and Avanesov sometime ago… or it wasn’t with you? In any case, the food sucked. :)
Vlad,
it wasn’t with me. Surely not with Avanesov. You confused me with someone else. :)
Hi,
Do you know from which country is a Burger Kings Manager from Limassol?(loctaion near the sea)
His name is Michael and he said that h”s English..But h”s accent an color of the skin and life histories spoking by his self,hmmm is something bizarre..I think, He”s from Lebanon or Paletine..
Why i”am asking for?He write a e-mails to my daughter :-))
Grretings,
Jerry.Warsaw,Poland
Jerry,
Sorry do disappoint you, but I have no idea. I am a rare guest in fast food places. :)
FOR THE PUBLIC THAT NEEDS TO BE INFORMED! Michael, that might be his fake name, is palestinian, he lies that he is english italian, he is a RAPIST, he raped a girl in Burger king in Limassol,after he was tranfered to Aiya napa Burger King where he raped a married woman,the police came to arrest him, but his friend lied for him, that he wasn’t there. Burger king owners moved him again ,now to larnaca and than he was promoted for operational manager position for burger king in Nicosia, the RAPIST is sitting now in a nice office hiring young girls, cameras in his office so that he can spy on people,he likes very young girls virgins or raping women, because it makes him feel good, when he can commit assault on women,beware of BURGER KING, young girls expecially! BURGER KING corporation OWNERS kept MICHAEL, promoted him after all the crimes he has done againts women, which is really discusting!don’t eat there! MICHAEL is a RAPIST and he will rape again! he got away with it already few times!!!