This episode’s vocabulary
Periphery
noun — the outer edge of an area.
By the by
idiom — on a side note; by the way.
Establishment
noun — a business or other organization, or the place where an organization operates.
To infuse
verb — to fill someone or something with an emotion or quality.
Limiting
adj. — preventing you from having much choice.
To serve
verb — to provide food or drinks.
Treat
noun — a special and enjoyable occasion or experience.
Outdoors
noun — outside.
Enterprise
noun — an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will earn money.
Dreary
adj. — boring and making you feel unhappy.
Questions and answers
Now Rory is gonna describe a cafe he likes to visit. He's gonna say where it is, what kinds of food and drinks it serves, what he does there, and he's gonna explain why he likes to go there. Rory, Rory, Roro, Rorochka, are you ready?
Yes.
Okay, bring it on to us. Cafe.
Well, I would like to talk about a very special cafe in Domodedovo, which is a small town on the periphery of Moscow. Lots of people think it's just an airport. But actually, it's a city. It's about equivalent in size to my hometown. But that is by the by. The cafe itself is called Yucatan. And the whole establishment is based around chocolate and cocoa beans from Central America and the culture that exists around there. As you might imagine, most of the coffee is infused with some form of chocolate, which you would think would be rather limiting in terms of the range of products, but they actually have quite a variety of them. And they offer straight-up hot chocolate to waffles, to literal chips of raw or very dark chocolate. Admittedly, I'm more interested in what kinds of food and drinks it serves, or at least the kinds that have a little sugar in them, because it tastes nicer. And I almost never have sugar, so it's like a nice treat for me. But there are sugar-free options as well. Regardless of what you decide to eat or drink, there are lots of choices in terms of things to do. You can sit inside, drink coffee, see the process of different products being made. And you can chat to the staff if you want. They're very friendly. And they're quite happy to explain the whole process because well, it's their passion, I suppose. And they want to encourage people to get involved and become interested in this so they come back. If you're less focused on the novelty of the place, and the weather's nice, you can also sit outdoors in the garden and enjoy your coffee in the sunshine. I really like going in there with my friends since it's something that we can all do together, and it's usually where we make plans and relax before we go on long walks and hikes to the nearby forest. It's a great place and a wonderfully colorful enterprise in an otherwise dreary part of town. I have no idea what they would do without it there, but I'm glad that it's there.
When will you go there next do you think?
Well, the next time I'm in Russia, so probably next year or next summer.
Yay, Rory in Russia. Oh my god, we're going to have a welcome party. Parties, Many Welcome parties. Welcome back parties. -