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Moose: Long gone are the days when Jollibee was our ultimate treat as highschool kids. I remember in 1995 when Qays and I had its coupons, and we stuffed our faces with two family meals- each – followed by a one-on-one full-court basketball game. Of course, the result was a tremendous amount of puke in the school’s sink.

That’s exactly the feeling I got when we walked into Jollybee 12 years later.

Roba: It was 10:30 PM on a weekday. We got a great idea. Let’s go to Jollibee. Jollibee? I haven’t been to Jollibee in over 13 years, and I felt a dose of nostalgia that rendered the idea fantastic. The boys all agreed to tag along, as they were hungry (like usual).
When we walked in, the whole place reeked like old engine oil, and everything from the staircase to the floors was coated with a layer of grease. Surprisingly, the place was crowded for 11:00 PM on a weekday, and it had a lot more families and single guys than the Burger King across the street. Even more surprisingly, Jollibee is more expensive than Burger King, with the average meal costing around 5 JDs.
The interior of the place was crazy. Nothing has changed since I was last there- the same yellow and purple seating, the same wall murals, the same arcades. Yeah, everything was beat and greasy, but not a thing was moved out of place, not even the Arby’s tables and the Wendy’s posters with a cut-out Jollibee logo glued on in place of that of Wendy’s.
Although I’m usually gutsy with food, I decided to skip it and just rely on the boys’ tastebuds, and I was very thankful that I did when I saw the boys’ meals. The boys though claim the food wasn’t bad at all, but I’m not sure if we can rely on their them… they are teenage boys afterall.

Location: Shmesani, across from the police hut at the end of Thaqafeh Street.
Reservations: no
Phone: 568-8006
Recommended Item: Not the fries.

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