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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I had tried visiting @jeleep in their Dammam branch before but got turned away since they didn’t allow singles. It was a humiliating experience and I decided the place was not for me. But recently they opened up a branch in Khobar and I decided it was time to see if anything had changed since…
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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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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.105) 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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