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I’m so damn tired today, I couldn’t be arsed to cook dinner.

I bought the Enjoy card recently. It’s RMB 299 / RM 150 for a card which gives you discounts when you dine at certain places, plus a thick book of dining and shopping vouchers, giving you free drinks or wine or more discounts when you spend a certain amount (and given the cost of eating out in Shanghai, easy peasy).

Yes, I’m quite a sucker for this kinda thing.

Anyway, I decided to use one of the vouchers they had for a food delivery specialist in Shanghai, called Sherpa. They basically have a list of restaurants around town, you order stuff from these restaurants and Sherpa delivers it to you (delivery fee depends on proximity of restaurant to your place).

Now my voucher is a “RMB 50 off for any purchase of RMB 50″. So if I buy some thing that’s 50 bucks, I just pay the delivery fee. SCORE!

In Sherpa’s delivery list, I’ve been eyeing the Reuben Sandwich from City Deli (a delivery-only sandwich joint) for some time. But it costs RMB 55 (RM 27), and I’ve been too cheap to spend that amount on a sandwich, despite reading rave reviews about how authentic it is.

With my voucher I’m practically having it for nothing. Wooohooo!
Yeah, that’s how my logic works. Tee hee.

Now, you know what’s really amazing about Sherpa?
You can order via MSN! Just add them to your contact list, and you can just IM your order. No need to pick up the phone. No forms to fill online. Just freaking double click to chat with the friendly person on the other side. And they’ll just send you the invoice via file transfer. Am thoroughly impressed.

Waiting for my sandwich to arrive.
Will review it later.

Half an hour later.

OMG! It’s probably the best sandwich I’ve ever had.

Layers of pastrami. Layers of thinly sliced Swiss cheese. Yummy sauerkraut (which they drained very nicely so the sandwich wasn’t soggy at all!). Crusty, nutty rye bread. There was even an entire gherkin (I only ate half of that).

I am a happy girl. And it’s really a coincidence that Dr.House’s favourite sandwich is a reuben too, ya know. Hee.

The service was great too. The call center called me to let me know the delivery guy was downstairs.

Smart marketing. Bribe your customers into loyalty and approval with a ‘free meal’.

Works for me