tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678168401515945448.post7763905010296168295..comments2024-03-27T12:00:48.922+02:00Comments on Beirutista: Beirut Souks SpectacleBeirutistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17044182445447487566noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678168401515945448.post-51810820614385627992012-10-16T10:46:29.386+03:002012-10-16T10:46:29.386+03:00Turns out the woman is an art installation by famo...Turns out the woman is an art installation by famous artist Mark Jenkins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jenkins)!Beirutistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044182445447487566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678168401515945448.post-58204340962595986442012-09-28T10:37:17.901+03:002012-09-28T10:37:17.901+03:00They're not available in Beirut. If I were to ...They're not available in Beirut. If I were to guess, they're probably a hit in UAE and the Gulf, where other interesting "novelties", like Burger King's pizza-burger, have been introduced:<br /><br />http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/health/is-it-a-burger-is-it-a-pizza-however-you-slice-it-its-big<br /><br />See also Pizza Hut's Crown Crust pizza:<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/05/01/151781785/what-pizza-huts-crown-crust-pizza-says-about-global-fast-food-marketing<br /><br />(By the way, it's totally untrue that people in this part of the world--at least in Lebanon--can't discern between different American foods as the NPR article suggests. Lebanese diners are very savvy of many international cuisines, and I'm sure few would fall for the burger/pizza fusion. That's probably why it never made it here!)Beirutistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044182445447487566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678168401515945448.post-24458343980586526372012-09-27T22:35:29.208+03:002012-09-27T22:35:29.208+03:00Unrelated, but can you please try these: http://ww...Unrelated, but can you please try these: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/pizza-hut-middle-east-kit-kat-pops_n_1912387.html?utm_hp_ref=food and let us know all about them?<br /><br />Thanks! :DOmandazzzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335339682331362123noreply@blogger.com