Where LoC means Lots of Coffee by Vinod Sharma - The Hindustan Times
Islamabad
One need not travel to Lahore and Karachi any longer for a taste of the Pakistani entrepreneurship, humour and its thinking people’s irrepressible urge for democratic freedom. The proof lies in the pudding served 24X7 at Civil Junction, a thoughtfully named cafeteria in the heart of the Pak capital.
CJ’s ‘Vajpayee’s cup of Coffee’ is one hot favourite: old, poetically smooth, chronically alone, mythologically brewed, firmly soft and, in short, more than you can expect.
“There is no foreign hand in its making,” the cafe’s elaborately done menu assures of the cuppa served since the Indian and Pakistani troops were eyeball-to-eyeball on the borders.
Of identical vintage and price, ‘Musharraf Guesspresso’ is CJ’s best bet: khaki and brewed under high pressure of discipline. Its base very, very strong; the real kick being in its aftertaste!
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