Tell me some Saudi cuisine

Oh dear, you are just at the tip of the iceberg.

What did you say, Saudi Cauisine? You won't find one. They hardly have any dishes of their own. For example, Falafel is a Sudanese dish, Shawarma is Turkish, Ful is Sudanese.

You'll hear them claiming on a few rice recipes like Mandi, Madbi, Kibsa etc. They are all part of Yemeni causine.

Do check out Labenese foods (a huge collection of bbqs, dishes and juices), Irani restaurants and many others.

Tell me where can I eat Lebanese food in Riyadh (or may be Jeddah because I am going there this Saturday) which will not make a hole in my pocket?

Lebanese restaurants are everywhere. Just look for the word 'Lebanani' (in Arabic) on the sign boards. The restaurant names are usually Tabakh Lebanani, Rukn Lebanani, XYZ Lebanani etc. Can't recall if I've seen any in Malaz.

Jeddah? I know nothing about Jeddah bro.

Al nafora and Yamulsham r one of the best here

TheLegendLeads wrote:

Lebanese restaurants are everywhere. Just look for the word 'Lebanani' (in Arabic) on the sign boards. The restaurant names are usually Tabakh Lebanani, Rukn Lebanani, XYZ Lebanani etc. Can't recall if I've seen any in Malaz.

Jeddah? I know nothing about Jeddah bro.

Ok I will be on the lookout for them. I haven't seen any in Malaz either so may be you are right.

Fidgety Soul wrote:

Al nafora and Yamulsham r one of the best here

I have seen Nafora. It's near White Palace Hotel in Malaz.

For the best and most authentic Saudi cuisine, visit the Najdi village restaurant on Abu Bakr rd. opposite the Prince Sultan university. Check out here for more info:
http://blueabaya.blogspot.com/p/riyadh- … views.html

enjoy

Laylah wrote:

For the best and most authentic Saudi cuisine, visit the Najdi village restaurant on Abu Bakr rd. opposite the Prince Sultan university. Check out here for more info:
http://blueabaya.blogspot.com/p/riyadh- … views.html

enjoy

Thanks! I will visit that place. By the way do you know what is that dish called with rice filled inside a lamb/goat!? Looks really delicious to me.

Saudi traditional dishes are very rarely in the restaurants like
1- kursan
2- jreesh
3- saleeq
3- marqooq
etc..
and you will not even find it and if u find in market its will be not like home made ..

aliweb wrote:

And a couple of days ago I had Rice with Chicken.

There's a place next to my workplace that does that dish.  13sar for half a chicken and rice.  I ended up with a dried, shrivelled, and frankly, what looked like roadkill  (from a Western perspective, it was so flat it looked like it had been run over by a car) There was 3x the rice I needed, and it was wonderful admittedly, but the chicken had hardly any meat on it (one meals portion) and was so dry I struggled to avoid choking on it.  I really prefer my chickens in their proper shape, and juicy.

Beakersful wrote:

aliweb wrote:

And a couple of days ago I had Rice with Chicken.

There's a place next to my workplace that does that dish.  13sar for half a chicken and rice.  I ended up with a dried, shrivelled, and frankly, what looked like roadkill  (from a Western perspective, it was so flat it looked like it had been run over by a car) There was 3x the rice I needed, and it was wonderful admittedly, but the chicken had hardly any meat on it (one meals portion) and was so dry I struggled to avoid choking on it.  I really prefer my chickens in their proper shape, and juicy.

haha sorry you had to endure it. For me the chicken was tasty and I paid 8 SAR for whole meal. It included like you said a tray full of rice with some potato salan on it, salad and a "chatni" bowl.

iMiNGO wrote:

Saudi traditional dishes are very rarely in the restaurants like
1- kursan
2- jreesh
3- saleeq
3- marqooq
etc..
and you will not even find it and if u find in market its will be not like home made ..

Can you also tell for e.g. kursan is chicken dish and jreesh is fish e.t.c.?