Yesterday Afternoon my mother had some fresh coals burning on the portable dowwa to make some chai fa7am… So a thought had struck me… why don’t i try to make Qer9 Moqla?!  Of course all i needed was a moqla (pan)… some butter… and the qer9 moqla mix! So i got the ingredients out to [...]

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 going through a box of old junk the other day when i found the above cartridges!I was immediately pulled back in time to my childhood… lazy summer mornings… us in Pajamas waking up to run downstairs and turn on the tiny TV and the MSX Sakhar computer… playing all day long while sipping [...]

Once upon a time in Q8… visiting someone who came back from abroad meant recieving a soo’3a (souvenir) was a guaranteed thing! People coming from the UK always brought flake and mini cadbury chocolates and sometimes M&S swiss chocolate coins. People coming from Mecca always brought some necklaces and something that looks like a little TV that you [...]

Once upon a time very long ago, we gathered in the tent in front of the dowwa in the then freezing Q8y winter… one of my aunts would bring a little pan (moqla)… mix some eggs milk saffron cardamom & flour with sugar, then pour the mix into the pan and over the coal she would make [...]

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 [...]

Whenever i see the snow pictures my eyes tear up… it was so so SO beautiful… i believe it still is though i have prayed that Heathrow would have been closed to cancel my flight on the day of my return… Alas Allah ma ketab… If you are planning to go now see how much [...]

Re7taw London wella ga3deen?! Bema inah many people i know took the planes to London despite the weather conditions… gelt awarekom ishwayat pictures of London Xmas Lights… Oxford & Regent St. lights didn’t change much for the past 2 years but Carnaby Street did and this year they are AMAZING! I like the theme much… [...]

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 [...]

While posting about the Body Shop Gift Set the other day i remembered how much i loved the Body Shop. Growing up i always vowed to spend my first ever hard earned salary buying everything in the Body Shop By the time i did actually get my salary, the first thing i bought was a [...]

I saw this Toy Story Woody Cowboy Costume the other day and i immediately went back in time to the early 90′s! I have a cousin who was a woody fanatic (yes A. that’s you ) and he had a similar costume back then that he adored! I cannot look at the woody suit without remembering [...]

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 brought home with me a tiny little box of this newly discovered chocolate in Marks & Spencers London…There are three kinds of Micro Bites: Rocky Road, Chocolate Cornflake, and Extremely Chocolaty Mini Bites… the only one i have to photograph is the Cornflake one. They are yummy but not as yummy a the Extremely [...]

I was in the body shop the other day when i saw the gift set above and smiled to my self. I remember when that gift set was the coolest gift to give for someone’s birthday EVER! It was late 90′s and every one got body shop gift sets for every one else too… specifially those [...]

I had forgotten how good it was to be winners of something. The last time we won it was YEARS ago! When was it?1997? 1996? God knows! The thrill and excitement of winning something, the happiness you see spilling out on to the streets… the pride that sends tears to your eyes, tears of happiness! [...]

One place i like to go to in London is the O2 Dome or what was peviously known as “The Mellinium Dome”… What is there to do exactly? Where to begin? The main attraction i suppose is the O2 arena where many events and concerts take place.  But that’s not all! There are many other [...]

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 [...]

If there is one chocolate that defines my 80′s childhood… it’s Kakaw Bu Nathara!!! How we loved the little foil packaging that looks like glasses… how we held them up against our eyes and looked through the little holes… how we popped the little sugar & colour coated chocolates happily and ate them… i don’t think they [...]

OMG! I can’t believe i have totally forgotten about this show! I remember watching it in the UK during the invasion on Kuwait! Me & My siblings LOVED IT! Then they brought it over to KTV2 and it was again even more fun… the games were actually fun and they would collect crystals and then [...]

Once upon a time when Re7ab Complex wasn’t all about video games, there was a library in the basement called “3alam Thaqafat El6efel”… they made subscribtions for kids and sold educational books and toys… they also sold Arabic Tin Tin Comics. My father came home one day with a bag full of Arabic Tin Tin [...]

I clearly remember Wednesday afternoons of my childhood in the 80′s. I would come home from school and there would be a collection of new magazines waiting for me “Mickey, Majed, Sameer, Sa3ad, and Mickey Jeep”!!! I loved sitting on my bed and losing my self in all those magazines on Wednesday afternoon <3 Mickey [...]

I do not eat packaged potatoe chips. I haven’t eaten any in years simply because i loathe the taste and feel against my fingers -and the smell- There is only one exception: Hula Hoops! I simply cannot resist the salted. I can never board the plane back home without getting my self several packets of [...]

I have been decluttering lately when i dug into an old dusty box and found these! OMG! i remember how crazy we were about these when we were kids -and teenagers!- i remember going to from one Co-Op to another, looking at the little orange boxes sold in the kolaf store and trying to choose [...]

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 [...]

Who doesn’t remember the most popular cartoon of 1990!! Right before el’3azo! I remember hearing someone say that Sally kan wayha faqer 3la il q8 because the invasion happened right afterwards but then other countires weren’t invaded fa shako :p I still enjoy watching it… i still remember the lovely life she had before her fathers death… [...]

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I love Rolo’s! Always did and always will! and these little Rolo chocolates taste the same and are even cuter than the big sized ones… I always make sure i get my self tubes of Little Rolos before i come back home. I am not sure if they are sold here or not but if [...]

  As i was walking in the Book Exhibition my eyes fell upon the neat rows of green little story book i once adored as a child. I think this might be the first ever series of books i collected… the stories were wonderful and there were so many of them. At one point i [...]

On a recent quick weekend trip to Dubai we decided to change the hotel we always stay in and stay somewhere else. Wishing to remain withing the Dubai Mall District we chose to stay in Almanzil Hotel. We have to say we didn’t regret our decision at all. I already miss the place and i [...]