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 [...]

On the first morning of the year 2011 we decided it was a fine day to go out for breakfast. I woke up with a sore throat but i thought what the heck a good breakfast would surely battle away the flu symptoms… To our surprise the place was PACKED! People were sitting outside in [...]

One thing i always wanted to try is Carluccio’s White Truffle Olive Oil… i actually always grabbed it and tried to sneak it in the cash register but my husband would catch me and lecture me on the fact that we cannot travel with a bottle of olive oil back to Q8. The bottle is [...]

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 [...]

I am not sure how new this novel is… what i know is it’s being sold in the big libraries in KSA… it’s about a woman named hind and the 3askar denotes the society keeping her oppressed or something. Many people are saying things about some controversial sentences that appeared in the story. Some say [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

I have heard mixed reviews about Fatburger… and being a vegetarian i wasn’t looking forwards to trying it. But then my husband told me that they did have a veggie burger on the menu so i thought why not? We order two meals: Mine a veggie burger with onion rings and water and his was [...]

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 [...]

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 went to see “The American” recently, expecting a good courtesy of George Clooney. Boy was i wrong. Those 105 minutes were the longest minutes ever! The movie was long, boring, slow, vague, and pointless. You spend most of the movie guessing who on earth is that man, what is he afraid of, what does [...]

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 [...]

Tucked away in a little street just after New Oxford Street…the is a little cosy bakery called Bea’s of Bloomsbury… after a long day spent shopping or in my case browsing the nearby British Museum, there is nothing better than stopping by Bea’s and having an English Afternoon Tea to rejuvenate… The place is small [...]

One cupcake store i am quite fond of in London is Lola’s Cupcakes. After a long day of shopping in Selfridges i always make sure i stop by Lola’s Cupcakes corner in Selfridges Food Hall, stand in line and choose some cupcakes for the trip back home… As i am standing in line i had [...]

Last summer a new little booth popped up in Bicester Village that sells Crêpes. I tried them the last time i was in Bicester and i could see where there is a long winding queue leading to the little cash register… the smell of crêpes freshly made in front of you… the choices… watching people grasp bubbling hot [...]

Last night’s dinner was an excitingly remarkable one in Saso Ocean Groove. I recieved a very generous invitation from the owner Mr. Anwar Maarafi to try their Ocean Groove and since it’s the perfect time of the year to sit outside in a trendy new restaurant surrounded by the sea… we thought “why not?”… this [...]

You know when you taste something so good, so heavenly, you think how ever on earth did i live without this good bite of heaven?! My friends at work got us some lunch from Zaatar W Zeit… there was a box of cheese samboosa… i never was inclined to taste their samboosa… i mean who [...]

I have been hearing a lot of people raving about Mana2esh El 3am Darweesh for quite a while now. So last week i JUST HAD TO try them… i drove all the way to Hawalli -located right across Qadsiya Clu- parked my car and waited for my order to be taken. Many cars were standing there [...]

Warning: This is going to be a long post with lots of lovely pictures and delicious food description. Since this time of year is the prime time for BBQ’s and outdoorsy gathering… I received a very generous offer from Munch Catering to provide us with a complimentary BBQ. We decided that Saturday would be a good day [...]

On Twitter two of my girl tweeps were talking about Restaurants in Rome when i recommended this tiny little place… I don’t know where i read about it because it is NOT a tourist spot at all, but i remember very well going to the Street it was supposed to be in, searching and searching [...]

You know how you hear/read the wail “No one READS ANYMORE” and “Internet killed the book” and “People are shallow” and “We are a nation that doesn’t read” and “Young Generations Don’t Read” and all that hoopla about how we, Q8y’s and Arabs, hate the books SO MUCH that reading to us is like commiting [...]