One thing to make sure is in your luggage and make sure you never board the plane from Heathrow without is the Harrods  cocoa dusted almonds! They are so addictive! You would pop in one almond after the other and savor the chocolaty taste… the chocolate is good… the chocolate powder on top gives the almonds [...]

One thing to make sure is in your luggage and make sure you never board the plane from Heathrow without is the Harrods  cocoa dusted almonds! They are so addictive! You would pop in one almond after the other and savor the chocolaty taste… the chocolate is good… the chocolate powder on top gives the almonds [...]

We took a quick road trip to Khafji in KSA for the sole purpose of two reasons: 1- Find the book Hind wal 3askar i am searching for and 2- Visit Hungry Bunny for a nostalgic childhood meal… Directions? Take 6reej el shalehat, road 30 or 40 i am not sure, go straight straight until [...]

I was feeling a bit cranky yesterday at 9:30… and i was also craving some frozen yoghurt… for some reason New Q8 Bride’s post kept popping into my head so i went to my mother and sister and asked if they want any frozen yoghurt? You should have seen my mother’s beam when i said [...]

Whenever i see the dark green box of After 8 chocolate mints something comes over me and i grab my self a box for me to enjoy later. It is not the best tasting chocolate on earth but there is something different about it’s dark colors and posh feel and it’s tangy minty taste is [...]

If you are planning on a bit of post xmas shopping… one place i would want to start with is the New Selfridges Shoe Galleries! Located on the 2nd floor… it opened up very recently -Last October or November- and it is AMAHZING!!! The vast shoe display area has two entrances… on the doorway of each [...]

The Bodouir commented on my Zerda Post the other day that Crismon Garden makes something similar to the dessert i described. I had to see for my self of course so on Friday i went with my mom and my husband to Crimson Garden Spoons… the weather was amazing and we sat outside, people watching and [...]

I was going through my library sorting my books and arranging some for a new garage sale when i saw Waiter Rant. I can’t believe i never blogged about this book! Back in 2008 when i first started blogging i read about a blogger, Steve Dublanica, who was a waiter and blogged about his waitering chronicles. [...]

One thing i love most about London is the vast amount of interesting exhibitions they have year round! As i am a sucker for anything historic and related to the ancient Egyptian dynasty i couldn’t wait to visit the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead Exhibition in my favorite museum in London.. The British Mesuem! [...]

One guilty pleasure i cannot resist is the orangy translucant gooey texture of 7alwa infused with saffron and nuts… just smelling it makes my heart melt… i cannot resist it… yet i run away from it… when i go to bahrain i make sure to go to the old souk early in the morning when [...]

One thing worth lugging all the way from London is this amazing coffee machine Tassimo. Yes we at home have more than one brand of coffee machines (check here) and we are hopeless coffeeholics. However this machine is MORE than just a coffee machine! How? It looks like every other machine out there. An attached [...]

Yesterday afternoon as i got out of my orthodontists appointment i had to eat something soft to eat… and since i was craving Koshary anyways i thought let me make the trip to the alleys of Hawalli to get my self some… I honked and yelled and cursed all the way Koshary Jo7a in 7awalli, [...]

Since i get so nervous on the day i am travelling back to Q8 i usually only have breakfast and skip lunch… therefore by the time i go past customs into the tax free area in Heathrow Terminal 5 i would be STARVING… Knowing that the only meal that would await me on the plane [...]

FreeDumbTees is a new Q8y business specilized in designing custom shirt for all occasions. I took a look at their website http://www.freedumbtees.com and i truely liked their designs! I am a person who owns 20,000 Tshirts so i know i will be placing my order soon… i just have to clear up some space in the [...]

I love walking through Sloane Square especially on Saturday Mornings when a market is set up and you can find yummy things to buy! I also love sitting in Pattiserrie Valerie in Duke of Yorks Square to watch passerbys… and Partridges is a lovely place to shop for a gourmet treat! The place with the [...]

I woke up this morning with the strangest craving ever… I was craving Koshary! Not only plain old koshary… no no no it won’t do… i was craving koshary topped with chickpeas… something we do not have in Q8… this strange craving comes from reading Ansam’s Post about Koshary Abu Tareq!!! What was i supposed [...]

When i fist so Moaz and to be absolutely frank i was shooting something from across the street of  Moaz while my husband waited in front of it. Since i take forever to shoot he busied himself peering into the not so promising looking place…  when I came back to my husband insisted we go inside [...]

If you are going to London during the Christmas Holidays you must pass by Fortnum & Mason and grab yourselves a red tin of their special Xmas Blend tea! It has a whiff of orange and cinnamon and some other herbs that i cannot place but the resulting aroma and taste is just too good to miss! [...]

If you ever take the train to visit Birmingham i highly recommend you visit the Mailbox especially if you are planning to have dinner… why? Let me show you…  The Mailbox used to be a Royal Mail building that was later turned into a shopping mall… it is a few minutes walk from Birmingham New [...]

I found this very promising looking box of Jaffa cake like biscuits from Milka in the International Mill… there was a chocolate one and a raspberry one, so i grabbed my self the raspberry one and planned to have it for breakfast… With tea it was the perfect weekend waking up late breakfast… a couple [...]

Tucked away in a tiny busy street of China Town is a tiny Crepe making place called Pandora… Never before have i seen a Crepe place with a more scrumptious window display!!! Just like something out of a cartoon!!! It makes your stomach turn and want to eat!!! They also sell this Takoyaki treat… i [...]

Earlier that day in London i was at Liberties eying some very pretty beaded braceletes with a blue eye bead in the middle, only when i flipped the price tag i found to my astonishement that they cost £70-100!!! The bracelet was so NOT worth £20 let alone £70+! I let it go of course… later in [...]

On my last day in London I planned to meet with FourMe for a good bye chat in the evening. We decided to meet in Carnaby Street since both of us were in that area… I knew of a small tea house in Kingsly Court, a favorite shopping place of mine in Carnaby Street that [...]

Whenever it’s Christmas time in London Thorntons chocolatier make those little chocolate boxes. They have little bite sized chocolate bar from the kind they call Alpini which is very yummy… shaped like a log, dusted with sugar powder and topped with a little marzipan bird perched on top… the birdie is very very cute! I usually keep [...]

One evening as we were in Euston Station waiting to board a train, we felt like we wanted to have something to eat before our journey. Butootee suggested we try Ed’s diner and i was skeptic. Vegetarians & Diners do not really go together well now do they? To my surprise we found not one [...]

Good Morning… I am back in Q8 but i still have TONS of London posts to share… did you have your breakfast yet?! You might want to wait after this post to order some… Although i am not a fan of Harrods or Ladurée… i ended up there one day with my camera after a [...]

On my last day in London i was wandering sadly & aimlessly through the streets of London… light snow was falling and the weather was FREEZING… when i stopped dead in my tracks as my eyes fell on Amorino across the street from me!!! I couldn’t believe my eyes! Amorino?! If you have read my [...]

I was hoping when i published this post that i would be able to say “This is the City that is going to host the 2018 World Cup in the UK”… Alas the FIFA chose Russia over the UK… who would want to go to Russia instead of Milton Keynes, UK!?! … so now all [...]

One great thing about London is the amazing exhibits you get to see every now and then. This year i was lucky enough to be there during a great exhibit, the Titanic Artefacts Exhibition! The exhibition was at the O2 which i have previously posted about (click here)… i booked my tickets online and almost [...]

One thing i love about London is stepping by the dessert aisle in the supermarket and checking their latest dessert concoctions. This time i wasn’t disappointed as i found a new layered chocolate mousse style dessert by TWIX one of my favourite chocolates Of course i grabbed my self a box and happily devoured it at [...]