Hyatt Plaza

Went for our first adventure to Hyatt Plaza today. Not actually sure why the name Hyatt is associated with this, but from the looks of it, it is one of the older centres around. Like most of them it is built around a hypermarket with everything from expensive brands down to cheapo stores. Also seems to be designed to be a family friendly centre with an amusement centre plus huge indoor slide in the food court. The hypermarket is a Giant Stores one, which as with them all has a range of things – just about anything you can want under one roof. The place actually seems a bit of a mess, which I think is for one of a few reasons… They are upgrading to compete with Vallagio which is right next door; they are actually going to be integrated as a part of the Vallagio Center; they are trying to fix it up before the Games due to it’s proximity to the stadium; or, maybe that is just the way it is normally and western eyes are a little more critical than they should be!

Note 1 – Fast Food
One of the things you notice is that “fast food” isn’t quite the same. Of course many of the brands are the same (naturally there is no bacon which makes the whole concept of McDonald’s breakfast not very appealing)… the fact seems to be that the whole “fast food” process hasn’t really been adopted fully. You end up waiting quite a while at the counter for your food as I don’t think they actually make anything until the order is put through… given that, what we have tried so far more or less tastes similar apart from KFC (don’t know how many herbs and spices they use, but it sure isn’t 11 although it is all probably still a secret). They also seem to give you tomato sauce with everything; even a pizza from Pizza Hut! My theory on all this is with all the beautiful Arabian foods around you don’t need to rely on the western fast food brands for a quick meal anyway. We just have to work out what we like and more importantly, don’t like! (Haven’t seen any goat out there yet, but know it is out there somewhere!!!!!!!!!!!!)