Winner is Chili's with 6 votes
Others : 4 votes
Big Al : 2 votes
Atlantis Restaurant : 2 votes
T.G.I Fridays : 2 votes
Rib Eye : 1 vote
Thank you all for voting !! :)
Man Bag or Man Purse!?
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Columbus Cafe at Avenues Mall
This weekend we had a blast!! Our first stop was at Columbus Cafe...
Avenues is always packed for the weekends and all the cafe's are filled with people..but luckily we found a seat or two empty at columbus cafe.. Our feet were killing us!! they have good desserts ,sandwiches and salads but we wanted only drinks for now...
We ordered :
Fudrocker Latte and Toffee De leche...
Fredrerickos latte is a hot drink & B's favourite .... i tried their new Toffee De Leche and it was delicious!! i loved it!! :)
Cost:
Fredrerickos latte is 1.500 KD & Toffee De Leche 1.400 KD Total of 2.900 KD :)
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Pizza Hut -New P'zone Meals
The Flyer:
Our Order:
Last Night we ordered Pizza... B told me that he had seen an Ad on Al watan for Pizza Hut so we thought of giving it try!!!
P'zone is basically like Empanadas but in a bigger version
The P'zone new meals offers were :
P'zone was OK...should be eaten when its hot! we had 2 choice one meaty and one margarita..both came in with a thick tomato sauce...
we really enjoyed the quantity we got !! :)
Contact : 1815050
Last Night we ordered Pizza... B told me that he had seen an Ad on Al watan for Pizza Hut so we thought of giving it try!!!
P'zone is basically like Empanadas but in a bigger version
The P'zone new meals offers were :
- 1 P'zone + 1 patato wedges + i Pepsi(250ml) is for 1.950 KD
- 1P'zone + 1 small Pizza + Garlic Bread (4pcs) + 2 Pepsi (each 250ml) is for 2.950 KD
- 2 p'zone + 1 medium pizza + 1 starter variety + 4 pepsi (each 250ml) is for 4.950 KD
You can choose from 5 different flavors only i.e Super supreme, Vegetarian, Margarita , chicken or meaty.
We ordered the big meal for 4.950 KD which came upto total of 5.200 with delivery charges.
P'zone was OK...should be eaten when its hot! we had 2 choice one meaty and one margarita..both came in with a thick tomato sauce...
we really enjoyed the quantity we got !! :)
Contact : 1815050
ADEATERS - 9th FEB 2010 Avenues
Flyer we recieved with our tickets :
Newspaper Ads :
Event: ADEATERS
Event: ADEATERS
Location: Avenues
Date: 9th FEB 2010- Tuesday!!
Timing: 6:30 pm
Purchase the tickets: At Virgin Mega Stores in Marina Mall
Cost : 5.000KD
Dont miss it guys!! :) we got our tickets already !!!
Update on 4th FEB :Today we recieved our ADEATERS tickets from Speecial Events...Here are the VIP tickets..
Its in the form of a movie roll!! i loved the concept!! great work guys!!
More on ADeaters :
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Lino's coffee -Marble CheeseCake
Yesterday after work we decided to sit and relax at lino's ...
We ordered : one marble cheesecake and caramel cappuccino..
it was bad :( it wasnt nice at all... im sorry guys but so far you guys had good stuff but this one is not one of your best..
The cheesecake looked really tempting and yummy and it was warm..initally it tasted nice but then it went bad...the ends were hard and the crust was not tasty.
The caramel cappuccino was too frothy to drink..
Cost : 3.600 KD
Time Out Restaurant
After work I was hungry as usual :) so B decided to take me out to taste a sandwich from Time Out... We ordered lazeeza sandwich meal and B's and my favourite Amratoor juice which is thick mango juice with a little of chocolate ...super yummylicious!! a must must try !!
The meal was big and satisfying..the chicken fillet in the sandwich had cheese and sausage in it which was something different but tasty.. :) make sure u dip ur sandwich in the ketchup mayo mix it tastes better this way.. the french fries are yummmy!!i some how love the fat french fries which they serve in local restaurants...
Overall all good in quality & quantity...taste's delicious and this all cost us 1.750 KD ...
Location: Salmiya ,matam street next to kurdo restaurant.
Contact:
Salmiya : 25750040 / 25750030
Jaleeb : 24313777/ 24313888
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Bread Pudding with Caramel Syrup & Chocolate Chip Cookies
BREAD PUDDING
Ingredients:
1 whole packet of fresh Bread or Brioche
5 whole eggs
1 litre of milk - i used one litre box of KDD full cream milk
3/4 cup of sugar or more - according to how sweet you like it
1 tablespoon of Vanilla Essence
Butter room temperature
Optional additions : Almonds, mixed berries, wallnuts, dried fruits, chocolate chips, pecans.. you can go funky with it :)
Preparation:
- Pre-heat the oven for 350 degrees.
- Generously grease the bowl or ramekins with butter and sprinkle sugar around it and then slice the bread into what ever size u like and place them in the bowl ..leave 2 inch space on top.
- Beat all the 5 eggs in a bowl
- Heat Milk in a pan but dont bring it to boil meanwhile add the sugar also
- Once the milk is half way heated remove it from the stove and mix the beaten eggs little by little ..we do this because we want to control the temprature of the milk and the eggs and not end up having scrambled eggs :)
- ok after the above step pour this mixture into the bread filled bowl and make sure after u pour the entire thing to poke it around so that the mixture goes in well.
- Sprinkle a little bit of sugar on top and place the bowl in a water bath and put it in the oven for 20mins.
Serve it with : mixed berries, caramel sauce, ice cream ,custard sauce... what ever you like :)
Serves upto 4-5 people
CARAMEL SYRUP
Ingredients:
1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar
Preparation:
- Boil the above ingredients together till you see it turn amberish in colour and then take it off the stove add a little more water ..taste it coz after adding the water you might want to add a little more sugar and mix it. we add the water later coz we want a syrup not candy as caramel tends to harden very quickly.
Please do not spoon it while boiling it ..leave for it to dissolve by itself.
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Ingredients:
1 cup - 226 grams - unsalted sugar
3/4 - 150grams-cup white sugar
3/4 - 160 grams- cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
2 1/4 cup- 295 grams- all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
Loads of chocolate chips :)
you can also add chopped pecans into it :)
2tablespoon of milk
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven for 375 degrees F - 190 degrees C.
- Place parchment paper on the baking tray
- In 2 bowls mix all the wet ingredients separate and the dry ingredients separate
- Now add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix it well and refrigerate it for 30mins
- Take a scooper and scoop the mixture on the baking try
- Bake it for 10-12 mins
This is what we had the day before so i thought of sharing the recipe with you all :)
Usually i eye ball all the ingredients ..i dont really like measuring much ..im very impatient :) but there are a few recipes that one must measure especially when it calls for baking :)
Bread pudding can be made in so many different ways ...it can be an evening snack or at breakfast or a quick midnight snack :)
Coffee and Chocolate Exhibition 2010
I read in so many blogs about this Exhibition and i totally enjoy going for food exhibitions..you can meet so many new bakers and new business people and see how they promote their products and how creative they can be...
So we decided to go for it...during the weekend we couldnt make it but 24th sunday the last day of the expo we went for it..we reached Palms around 7:45 pm and was searching for parking for quite some time...
It was a nice rainy day...This time we had my sister :) D's Sister..hehe!!
The exhibition had : Starbucks, Coffee Republic, Cinnabon, Gloria's Jeans, Numi cafe , Mini delights, Romany Sweets, Gelato, Wicked Bites, The Nut Tree , Cookie Bouquet and much more..
There were many other stalls that were interesting and new but we couldnt try them all coz we were there the last day of the expo at the last minute when they were packing to leave :)
It was small but nice exhibition...we had fun!! :)
Thanks to B and Sister :)
Mini Delights - Coffee & Chocolate Expo 2010
Mini Delights was one of the first we stopped at...we were greeted with a huge smile and a warm welcome!! they had mini cheesecakes ..OMG!!! my sister and i totally love cheesecake..
So we started tasting :) hehe... and meanwhile we didnt even notice B who had left us to search for an ATM machine ...we were busy tasting Mini Delights... :D without B -sorry!! :(
Well Once B was back we decided to buy a small box ..we get 12 pieces in a small box which is 1.250 or 1.750 KD.
Our assorted collection of mini delights had chocolate, oreo, peanut, cherry, raspberry & snickers. Their packaging is beautiful and very well designed.
It was delicious!! we loved it!!
Contact : 7703022
Order Line : 24910019
Loacation : Khaldiya Co- Block 2
The Nut Tree - Coffee & Chocolate Expo 2010
The Nut Tree was one beautiful stall ...Different kinds of nuts all over the place ...so beautifully arranged in boxes with labels!!The owners were so nice!! they welcomed us twice!! yes twice!..the first time we said we would come back coz i was on the phone and there was no network so i had to rush out!! sorry guys..but then again once we came back they were so sweet to us :)
It was crazy !!we were tasting all the nuts and we decided to carry some home.. :)
They had nuts that were roasted salty , chocolate coasted , dried fruits, Honey coated, yogurt coated, asian nuts & A mix of all...
They Also had Gift boxes & trays the small one cost's around 13KD which is really nice to add to a goodie bag :) or gift some one or use it as a party favor!!
we ordered the honeycomb bites yogurt and cornflakes milk chocolate...
You can use them for baking ,cooking and a lot more :)
If you love nuts then this is one place you shouldnt miss...
Branches:
Mishref co-op branch : 25392718
Baitak tower : 22257912
Adasani: 22613161 ex :123
Al Zahraa Co-op : 25241658
More Reviews:
Monday, January 25, 2010
Wiked Bites - Coffee & Chocolate Expo 2010
Wicked Bites stall was right next to the Gelato's stall...
Gelato's owner Mr. Fahad Al Khalid who was representing wicked bites was so nice and welcoming...we were told that they are new in business.
They had some lovely cupcakes ,fudge , brownies and cookies..we got a sample of each...
I really loved the frosting on the cupcakes so rich and yummy....
My sister loved the fudge and i liked the brownies..the chocolate chip cookies were also fresh and nice!!
We bought a bag of fudge and he gave us cookie as compliment...
Thanks Fahad.. :)
Contact : 99499258
Contact : 99499258
Update:
Mr.Fahad is also the Owner of Gelato and Ms.Dalal is the Owner & Chef of Wicked Bites :)
Thanks Ma Vie...Ma Joie
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