A sad sun is not a spelling mistake, but I will come to that latter. Its been another week since I spoke about Riyadh. Time has just flown and alas another weekend gone, but none the less, we have a rare Sunday off in this part of the world. Its a national day and a government holiday, so no meetings. Not really sure on what it means cause the weekly off on Friday's is nothing less than a national holiday situation in capital or even more. Shops and malls do not open till afternoon prayers, roads which are generally jammed do not have a vehicle in sight and not a person on streets...it will be closer to a curfew situation than anything.
Well there were days apart from Friday as well and they were good. Dinner is not just a means of food consumption, its a key part of days entertainment and elongated discussions, just that these are over food. In this week we were taken through some nice food experiences which we wouldn't have known had it not been for our Partner from the region suggesting items to us.
Off all things we liked Saudi Champagne the most...well a Champagne in Saudi...don't read too much into the name, its non alcoholic, but none the less good. Its a cocktail of juices, made from Apple and Orange Juice along with Sparkling water. It tastes good and is a decent drink.
Another thing we did try was Arabic coffee. They make it differently here but its fantastic, off-course if the Arabs had not shown us the beans they use world would have been without its favorite drink.
Now apart from the drinks we tried some unheard of Indian dishes in this far away land. One made from eggplant was amazing at Awadh's at Thahiliya street. Now Thahiliya is the place in region and newer part of town for its eateries. We liked Koshi Bashi last time for its Turkish delights and now this. This was a good change on Wednesday night from our mandane week.
Now its almost end of Friday and I have been watching one of the most beautiful sights I have seen yet again. One that I get to experience only during weekends from the high rise hotel room window...the setting sun against the desert background. But alas today the color scheme is not the same. The sun is not setting in horizon but in distant dust clouds before that. May be its a sand storm passing from far away...and today the sun with this color scheme appeared sad...a sad sun that is. but the sight that lead to that was still equally breath taking and one which will make me wait for it...this time not till another weekend, but just 2 more days for Sunday...Cheers all.
Well there were days apart from Friday as well and they were good. Dinner is not just a means of food consumption, its a key part of days entertainment and elongated discussions, just that these are over food. In this week we were taken through some nice food experiences which we wouldn't have known had it not been for our Partner from the region suggesting items to us.
Off all things we liked Saudi Champagne the most...well a Champagne in Saudi...don't read too much into the name, its non alcoholic, but none the less good. Its a cocktail of juices, made from Apple and Orange Juice along with Sparkling water. It tastes good and is a decent drink.
Another thing we did try was Arabic coffee. They make it differently here but its fantastic, off-course if the Arabs had not shown us the beans they use world would have been without its favorite drink.
Now apart from the drinks we tried some unheard of Indian dishes in this far away land. One made from eggplant was amazing at Awadh's at Thahiliya street. Now Thahiliya is the place in region and newer part of town for its eateries. We liked Koshi Bashi last time for its Turkish delights and now this. This was a good change on Wednesday night from our mandane week.
Now its almost end of Friday and I have been watching one of the most beautiful sights I have seen yet again. One that I get to experience only during weekends from the high rise hotel room window...the setting sun against the desert background. But alas today the color scheme is not the same. The sun is not setting in horizon but in distant dust clouds before that. May be its a sand storm passing from far away...and today the sun with this color scheme appeared sad...a sad sun that is. but the sight that lead to that was still equally breath taking and one which will make me wait for it...this time not till another weekend, but just 2 more days for Sunday...Cheers all.
No comments:
Post a Comment