The best of food from the capital city of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.
There are two reasons why I visit @thecheesecakefactoryme. The first being, to indulge in my all time favourite cheesecake, the ‘Mango Key Lime’. The other reason is to experience their one of a kind menu, though on the pricier side but offers absolute value for money. I was ecstatic when the ‘Cheesecake Factory’ sent me…
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Commercially farmed fish has seen tremendous growth over the last few years thanks to growing demand for fish and fish protein. This concept is not alien to Saudi Arabia with the ‘National Aquaculture Group’ or NAQUA being at the forefront of pisciculture in the kingdom.They also happen to be one among the largest aquaculture operations…
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There was a time when I frequented @ikeasaudiarabia just to dine in at their restaurant and order my favourite ‘Swedish Meatballs’ with Mashed potatoes and gravy for SR. 10 but that was until the quality of the meatballs dropped and I stopped going to the restaurant all together. The meatballs being a disappointment opened the…
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Instagram has helped a lot of people bring their expertise to the larger public and one such account that came to my attention recently was @aedaskitchen. What really caught my attention was her post on the ‘Friday Special’ – “Hyderabadi Chicken Biriyani’ that would be available for sale. I decided to place an order for…
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There is one thing that I would quite like in the Eastern Province and that is a @ksanandos. It is about time they started one here too! This outlet is in the Turki Square in Riyadh and as always I decided to go for my personal favourite “1/2 Chicken + 1 Regular side” (SR. 51)…
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“Burger Boutique” is a Kuwait based Burger joint in the capital city of Riyadh and I can only use one word to describe this place, POSH. @burgerboutique Do you know what else is posh? THE PRICES! The Signature Burgers start at SR. 65 and I ordered the “Solar Gravity” Burger. Stacked between Red Buns is…
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This place was packed to full capacity when I got here and oh boy this was no small queue. I had to find a seat at the sharing table but after driving all that way, I wasn’t about to return on an empty stomach. ‘Section-b’ is a saudi based and very popular burger joint so…
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The food scene in Saudi is going through a renaissance of sorts with new food joints inspired by food cultures from around the world opening up around the kingdom.@7ribs is a BBQ Smokehouse that opened up in Riyadh a little over a year ago and was recently featured in @destinationksa. I ordered the “Chuck Short…
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It had been almost 4 years since my last visit to Riyadh and I wanted to make it count. Looking up @googlemaps we came across “Najd Village” on Abu Bakr road. Now I have never experienced Najdi cuisine and since this is authentically Saudi, I didn’t want to miss the opportunity.Setup to replicate the traditional…
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We came across this wonderful truckers stop in the middle of nowhere while on our trip back from Abha. We were headed towards Al Kharj from Wadi Ad Dawasir. Hunger started creeping in and we stopped to ask for the closest eatery around. Sialkot Restaurant came highly recommended by the truckers that we had come…
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