dr.fuzzenstein wrote: » We will see, Dunkin Donuts already failed. I still mourn the apple or blueberry crumble donut. But it was the 90's and people did not understand anthing outside of tea, coffee, soup and sandwiches.
judeboy101 wrote: » We hadn't reached peak hipster back then.
Omackeral wrote: » They can join the umpteen other donut shops that have sprung up around Dublin in the last 18 months. The fad is over. Burrito joints, gin bars... What's next?
Irish Guitarist wrote: » I wonder how many Irish people have any idea how they're supposed to taste. You could probably just buy the same donuts Tesco sell, stick them in a box labelled Krispy Kreme, and sell them for a huge markup and no one would know the difference. I'm convinced if a pizza shop with the same quality as Dominos but without the American brand name had opened up here it would have closed down within a year. The same with Subway. A shop selling overpriced rolls would never have lasted without the brand name. Similarly Krispy Kreme will probably do well because people have seen them in American films.
dr.fuzzenstein wrote: » If it don't look like that, it ain't proper shawarma.
Effects wrote: » Hipsters don't really eat donuts. It's usually people like you.
Keyzer wrote: » More dogsh!t for people to stuff into their gobs...
verycool wrote: » Is that it going in, or coming out?
judeboy101 wrote: » If hipsters don't eat doughnuts then why do vegan pistachio and salted caramel doughnuts exist?
dr.fuzzenstein wrote: » It's actually funny how suspicious the Irish are to "ethnic" food or drink. The amount of scorn that's being heaped on "hipster" food is amazing, those are just people who try to bring you something different than the average Irish fair. I can write down the menu for any Irish food establishment. Chipper: Garlic mushrooms, chips, burger, chicken burger, battered sausage, sometimes fish (processed). And chicken. Burger, snack box, goujons, nuggets... Pub: Beef/pork/chicken from carvery with peas, carrots and spuds. Sandwiches, wraps and baps. And chicken. Burger, snack box, goujons, nuggets... Guinness, Heineken, Budweiser and (maybe) Carlsberg. Bags of Taytos. Restaurant: Like a chipper and carvery combined with some more dessert options. Plus Guinness stew if tourists frequent the place. Except that the plate of food that costs €10 in the carvery now costs €20. And chicken. Burger, snack box, goujons, nuggets... Cafes: Tea, coffee, soup and sandwiches. There will NEVER be a cafe that actually exists to serve cake, cake always has to be an afterthought. And chicken. Burger, snack box, goujons, nuggets... My, you do eat a lot of chicken... For the above, the same applies as to Irish supermarkets: One must never offer anything different, better, cheaper, unknown to the locals, unusual or exotic, unless the others offer the exact same thing at the exact same price.
JohnnyFlash wrote: » What are you on about? Bizarre rant.
dr.fuzzenstein wrote: » It's actually funny how suspicious the Irish are of "ethnic" food or drink. The amount of scorn that's being heaped on "hipster" food is amazing, those are just people who try to bring you something different than the average Irish fair. I can write down the menu for any Irish food establishment. Chipper: Garlic mushrooms, chips, burger, chicken burger, battered sausage, sometimes fish (processed). And chicken. Burger, snack box, goujons, nuggets... Pub: Beef/pork/chicken from carvery with peas, carrots and spuds. Sandwiches, wraps and baps. And chicken. Burger, snack box, goujons, nuggets... Guinness, Heineken, Budweiser and (maybe) Carlsberg. Bags of Taytos. Restaurant: Like a chipper and carvery combined with some more dessert options. Plus Guinness stew if tourists frequent the place. Except that the plate of food that costs €10 in the carvery now costs €20. And chicken. Burger, snack box, goujons, nuggets... Cafes: Tea, coffee, soup and sandwiches. There will NEVER be a cafe that actually exists to serve cake, cake always has to be an afterthought. And chicken. Burger, snack box, goujons, nuggets... My, you do eat a lot of chicken... For the above, the same applies as to Irish supermarkets: One must never offer anything different, better, cheaper, unknown to the locals, unusual or exotic, unless the others offer the exact same thing at the exact same price. Owing to Poe's law: :P:D:cool: