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[alexjames2]

there is a pattiserie near harrods called valerie, the cheesecake is £5 but its not very nice at all. In my opinion none of their cakes are. You cant beat cypriot baklava and gadaifi and borekia.... my mouth is watering...oh and that custard filled cypriot pastry!

[Z4]

i just come back from the mall and two english ladies where not happy about being charged 5 "kouid"? for a slice of cheesecake

from what I recall, a slice of cheesecake would cost 5 quid in some places in the UK

For a whole cake in Sainsburys yes!

But how much in a Costa Lot Coffee shop for example?

a lot

[EPSILON]

there is a pattiserie near harrods called valerie, the cheesecake is £5 but its not very nice at all. In my opinion none of their cakes are. You cant beat cypriot baklava and gadaifi and borekia.... my mouth is watering...oh and that custard filled cypriot pastry!

This is the only civilization created by Turks in Cyprus (swits) - even they copied from Greeks of Asia Minor , they brought them to Cyprus.

[paliometoxo]

i just come back from the mall and two english ladies where not happy about being charged 5 "kouid"? for a slice of cheesecake

is that the same as 5 quid?

eee however u spell it they where saying they are going to write a letter somewhere

[EPSILON]

Well prices are sometimes related to people habits.
I was always angree about the coffee/tea price in some places in Athens (coffee Euro 4-5 tea 3-4) until a freind owing a coffe shop explained to me that an Italian paying the coffee at Euro 1.5 however either do not use a chair or he is leaving in maximum 30 mnts. In Greece -I assume also in Cyprus - someone ordering a coffee and stay in place for half a day!!!!

[alexjames2]

EPSILON ha ha ha ha thats so true yes! 4 euros for a coffee in cyprus...but people tend to sit for hours! oh if i wanted a history lesson on baklava and gadaifi i would have asked

[purdey]

Let's talk sweet pastries. I always thought Baklava and Kataifi came from the Lebannon or Egypt.

[paliometoxo]

the woman after complaining left some money in the tip jar

[alexjames2]

purdey Yes i thought they originated from The Lebanon. Do jam donuts originate from the uk?

[cyprusgeoff]

To get back to Pafos and the high cost of the coffee and cakes my friends paid there.

Perhaps someone else has noticed or has there been more complaints?

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=45861

Another little scam these places are up to now is putting a price in £?? along with the €?? price. No mention of the £ Cypriot which is no more, neither is dual pricing needed but to the unwary tourist it looks like a £GB to Euro conversion price or Euro to £GB.