Archive For The “Cravings” Category
The first thing I celebrated with yesterday was the arrival of my Chocolate Brownies from Or Bakery! I called them a day before and asked for half a kilo to be delivered to me on Tuesday Evening. At 4 P.M. Exactly they delivered the
Yesterday i passed by Carluccio’s in the Avenues to check it’s progress and guess what? It looks like it’s going to open VERY SOON… I peered through the window, i saw a fridge with fresh fruit inside, i saw baskets with something that look like pastry inside… and do you recognize this little
Today is day ten… which means i have only four more days to go. In four days i am going to weight my self and wear the clothes i have worn ten days ago when i had first started my diet. I will see how much
From the moment i joined the LoFat program i knew that Tuesday will be the Kushari & Om Ali day! I thought they would be starting with week 1 but turns out they started with week 2 and i didn’t get my Kushari after dreaming about all day long.
I LOVE SUPERMARKETS! I love pushing a cart from aisle to aisle, listining to the clickty clacks of the cash registers and the rustle of plastic bags being
The last time i ordered HomeBerry (post) i thought it was pretty good yet a bit expensive. If i order it i have to have 3 cups each costing 3 KD so a total of 9 KD minimum charge. I did order from them twice more as i am having only frozen yogurt for my [...]
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?!
After my Zerda post asking for zerda recipes my dear fellow blogger Bent El Deera contacted me to let me know she has a home made zerda for me!!! For those of you who do not know Bent El Deera… she is an AMAZING cook masha2 Allah la elaha ella Allah tabaraka il ra7man…her blog [...]
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 [...]
Whenever i see the dark green box of After 8 chocolate mints something comes over me and i grab my self a box for me to enjoy later. It is not the best tasting chocolate on earth but there is something different about it’s dark colors and posh feel and it’s tangy minty taste is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I found this very promising looking box of Jaffa cake like biscuits from Milka in the International Mill… there was a chocolate one and a raspberry one, so i grabbed my self the raspberry one and planned to
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…
Whenever it’s Christmas time in London Thorntons chocolatier make those little chocolate boxes. They have little bite sized chocolate bar from the kind they call Alpini which is very yummy… shaped like a log, dusted with sugar powder and topped with a little marzipan bird perched on top… the birdie is very very cute! I usually keep [...]
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
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
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
I was in John Lewis the other day when i saw these Jelly Beans Scented Candles Jar!!! I am a HUGE fan of Jelly Beans… if you want to bribe me give me a fat bag of Jelly Beans :p Alas… whenever i eat them i get severe stomach and abdominal pain for some reason [...]
Tucked away in a little street just after New Oxford Street…the is a little cosy bakery called Bea’s of
