Friday, October 15, 2010

No We Dont Just Eat Rice and Curry

One question that i get a lot from people is What types of food do we eat in Saudi Arabia with the misconception that all we eat is rice. This is sooo not true although rice is one of our staples we often times pair it with other things such as grilled chicken, and kabobs which is beef mixed with spices and then fried. My mother is an amazing cook and i garuantee what we eat for dinner isnt that far off from what you and your family eat. Sure we have spices that we use that are a little different, we like hummus and hot sauce a lot but you can also find just about every fast food restuarant known to man. Jeddah even has some of their own local restaurant chains, like Al baike, which has amazing fried chicken with even more amazing garlic sauce.

Anthony Bourdain did an episode of No Reservations in Saudi Arabia and actually did it justice. Although i do want to point out that not everyone eats camel, personally ive never tried it.
Check out the video! YouTube "no reservations in saudi arabia" it have 5 parts to it.

2 comments:

  1. Anthony Bourdain is nuts! Another really good person to watch is Andrew Zimmerman.

    Here's a link to his website:
    http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Bizarre_Foods

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