Have you ever seen an Arab eating rice ... ofcourse u haven't ...
Having worked among Arabs Egyptians, Saudis, Yemenis, Palestinians etc. for almost a year now i have gone for lunch with them many a times ... and i found their way of eating, rice in particular, very strange .. we all know its according to the Sunnah to eat with your right hand and there is one Hadith which says to eat in small bites, if i am not wrong ..
They are ok with the first part but small bites ... no ... either i am wrong or they havent heard of this Hadith ... they dont eat using their fingers .. they use the whole palm of their hand... what we eat in three bites .. is one bite for them ... and the strangest thing is , its common in all Arabs
I went out with a Saudi guy, he had studied in London and spoke English fluently, which is very rare here, and he dressed nicely and evrything ... but when he started eating.. it was like he is eating for the last time .. i mean .. it was totally barbaric ...
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Monday, 23 March 2009
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
'AL BAIK' Naam hi Kafi Hai !
1 extra thoom (garlic sauce) please .....
This is my line whenever I receive my take-out order, u just cant get enough of it. If you are dining in you can have as many as you want. And now they have introduced a cocktail sauce for shrimp orders ... have u tried it yet? its awesome..
Of the major cities in Saudi Arabia only Jeddah has been blessed with this gift. Sometimes I wonder what have we (the Jeddans) done, to deserve it.... and the CEO of this food chain company Mr Rami Abu Ghazaleh does not intend to launch any branch other than these few Western Region cities... its gives me a strange joy to know this....
I can say with utmost certainty that Al Baik serves the best (yet economical) spicy fried chicken in the world. You will see the elite class and the labor class standing in a single line for the order.
and the kids... its normal to see few tables occupied by 5 to 12 year olds ... how often do you see that .... The price is only one of the allurements which Al Baik provides....
For instance... well... the omnipresence !.... you cannot drive in the city for .. i would say 10 minutes ... without glancing at one of its outlets. There is one on Tahlia St, beside which there is a KFC .... and u can prominently see the difference ... I have seen hardly more than two people there whenever I have passed by.... why is KFC even operating in Jeddah !!
Talk about fast food .... Your number will come within 15 minutes even if there are 40 people ahead of you .. 38 to be precise ... so on average 2.53 customers get served per minute.... isn't that something .... its just a great spectacle to watch those Bengalis maneuver their hands and arms so fast at work .. it reminds you of those kids building cup pyramids in a flash.
Then there is the aroma.... you can just fall in love with it... it will seduce you like a sensuous evil lady... I call it evil cuz .... u have to admit it ... it does not save you from getting obese ... its all cholestrol man! ...
It is one of those things you will severely miss when you're abroad, honestly. I can go on and on.... but I should stop here lest you take me for a marketing rep of Al Baik, not that it needs any.
This is my line whenever I receive my take-out order, u just cant get enough of it. If you are dining in you can have as many as you want. And now they have introduced a cocktail sauce for shrimp orders ... have u tried it yet? its awesome..
Of the major cities in Saudi Arabia only Jeddah has been blessed with this gift. Sometimes I wonder what have we (the Jeddans) done, to deserve it.... and the CEO of this food chain company Mr Rami Abu Ghazaleh does not intend to launch any branch other than these few Western Region cities... its gives me a strange joy to know this....
I can say with utmost certainty that Al Baik serves the best (yet economical) spicy fried chicken in the world. You will see the elite class and the labor class standing in a single line for the order.
and the kids... its normal to see few tables occupied by 5 to 12 year olds ... how often do you see that .... The price is only one of the allurements which Al Baik provides....
For instance... well... the omnipresence !.... you cannot drive in the city for .. i would say 10 minutes ... without glancing at one of its outlets. There is one on Tahlia St, beside which there is a KFC .... and u can prominently see the difference ... I have seen hardly more than two people there whenever I have passed by.... why is KFC even operating in Jeddah !!
Talk about fast food .... Your number will come within 15 minutes even if there are 40 people ahead of you .. 38 to be precise ... so on average 2.53 customers get served per minute.... isn't that something .... its just a great spectacle to watch those Bengalis maneuver their hands and arms so fast at work .. it reminds you of those kids building cup pyramids in a flash.
Then there is the aroma.... you can just fall in love with it... it will seduce you like a sensuous evil lady... I call it evil cuz .... u have to admit it ... it does not save you from getting obese ... its all cholestrol man! ...
It is one of those things you will severely miss when you're abroad, honestly. I can go on and on.... but I should stop here lest you take me for a marketing rep of Al Baik, not that it needs any.
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