“Hala Bil Khamis” and what a way to end the week. Thursday in the Middle East is like Friday’s in the United States and we can’t wait to get out the moment it hits 5.Thursday is also the day the guys in the PSS department arrange breakfast and it was Ameer’s turn to bring in…
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Thai House Restaurant used to be a popular haunt for the expats living in the Khobar, Dammam area but it has since fallen on hard times. I used to frequent the restaurant while at school here but a lot has changed since then. The Thai owner Somchai, who had helped plan our family trip to…
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Armed with the @entertainergcc app, it was “Big Chefs” turn to be reviewed by Food with Shayne & fellow foodies Iqra & Shaistha. Located on Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Road in Khobar, it’s hard to miss “Big Chefs” owing to the size of the place. Based out of Turkey, they have a wide range of…
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I finally got to meet the newly married couple (It’s been a year almost) @dheerajnair89 and foodie wife @onehungrymallu and what better way to celebrate than to visit a place you had only heard of but never been to. The “Blue Strawberry Restaurant” in Rezayat Village was a place my ex-boss frequented and which I’ve…
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The food truck scene in the Eastern Province has been on the rise, and this can only mean one thing. MORE PLACES TO EAT ! Eggsplosion came to my attention recently thanks to a post on Eastern Province Foodies (Facebook) and Destination Sharqiyah which are both based in the Eastern Province. It was high up…
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The best part of having locals for friends are the restaurants you get to visit that you wouldn’t have known about otherwise. I have been living in Saudi Arabia for quite some time. So last week my Saudi colleagues decided to take me along for lunch to a restaurant in Dammam called Madhina near Othaim…
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Roma has always been a safe bet and happens to be one of our favourite turkish joints in the EP. Located near Al Shira mall in Dammam, it is absolutely impossible to find a parking spot on the weekends so we usually head there on the weekdays. Serving some of the best grilled food in…
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Now good Thai food is quite hard to find in Saudi Arabia. You don’t have many Thai’s working in Saudi Arabia thanks to a series of incidents but we are not here to talk about that. Phuket Restaurant to me, has to be the best Thai restaurant around. I was quite a big fan of…
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Kufa Restaurant opened its first branch in Thoqbah, Al Khobar and have since expanded to include 2 branches in the city of Dammam. They are well known for 3 items on their menu. 1. The Spicy Chicken Broasted2. The Spicy Fish Fillet Broasted3. The Spicy Prawn Broasted I usually prefer to go for the “Spicy…
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I was recently invited to a colleague’s wedding in a village called Al Omran in the traditional oasis region of Al Hassa. This was my second wedding in Al Hassa and i didn’t want to miss the opportunity of tasting some authentic Hassa cuisine. Introducing the Karouf (Lamb) Mandi, a speciality that was the main…
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