Tag: Kabsa
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The Best Madghout in Saudi Arabia? – ‘Madghout Tahamah’, Dammam
After months of waiting, I finally got to try out the famed Madghout at MT in Dammam with my friends. Located very close to Dammam Railway station, this restaurant is quite popular with the locals. We decided to order, 1. Camel Madgouth – SR. 602. Chicken Madghout – SR. 18 The ‘Camel Madgouth’ has to…
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Traditional Hejazi Cuisine ‘Saleeg’ at ‘مطعم مناحي’, Jeddah
I first heard about “Saleeg” many years ago and I’ve never really looked into it since then. It finally popped up the other day when I was looking for local cuisines in the Western Region and I knew exactly what I had to do. Saleeg (Arabic: سليق Hejazi pronunciation: [saˈliːg]) is a white-rice dish, cooked…
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Middle Eastern Cuisine at ‘The Lighthouse Restaurant’ – Kozhikode, Kerala
The Lighthouse Restaurant in Calicut (@tlhcalicut) scores some major points in terms of its location and design. Located on the by-pass opp. Metro Cardiac Hospital, it also comes with a mini lighthouse built into the side of a cliff. Loved the layout and the mini tents they have set up to house customers. We took…
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Mandi Waleema from ‘Qatif Hospitality Palace’ – Qatif
I have lived in Saudi long enough to try different varieties of Mandi, both meat and chicken and the one mandi that I always fall back on is the irresistible “Mandi Waleema” (SR.150) from “Qateef Hospitality Palace”. No other place has gotten close to perfecting the meat & rice combination like they have. A lil’…
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Lamb Mandi at ‘Sama Deraty’ – Riffa, Bahrain
Another Mandi place visited, this time in Riffa, Bahrain. We drove past “Sama Deraty” on our place to another restaurant but ended up coming back here since the other places were closed. With my fellow foodies Nicky & Blossom, we decided to go all out and ordered 2 portions of the Lamb Mandi. The Mandi…
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Dammamiyah Kabsa at ‘Teef Madhinah Restaurant’ – Dammam
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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Lamb Mandi from “مطبخ البراهيم للمندي” – Al Hassa
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…