Category Archives: Food

La Petite Maison Restaurant in Dubai

I just got back from Dubai after a 4-day visit. I went to La Petite Maison restaurant TWICE in four days.  It specializes in French Mediterranean cuisine. The restaurant is located in Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), Gate Village 8. … Continue reading

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My Tomato Plants- Update

My Tomato Plants are all grown up. I have several varieties such as Black Russian, Black Cherry, Juliet, Shirley, Berry, Garden’s Delight, & Italian Pomodoro. I took a video of some of the plants that I am currently growing. I can’t … Continue reading

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Cooking Tip: How to make your steaks tender?

I had always wondered why when I cooked steaks at home, they were not as tender as the ones I ate at the restaurants. It turns out restaurants tenderize the meat with Kiwi Juice or Papaya Juice. Why? Because Kiwi … Continue reading

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Tomato Plants Update (2.5 months old)

The plants are now 2.5 months old and are doing well, dispute the cold weather. I picked off my first Cherry Tomato and I gave it to my mother and she gave me the seal of approval. 🙂 I don’t … Continue reading

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Kuwait’s McDonald’s Nutritional Meal Information

Today, I went to buy some groceries when I passed McDonald’s. Suddenly I had cravings for French Fries (I blame today’s London-Like weather :P) so I ordered some and decided to eat inside. As I was enjoying my small fries, … Continue reading

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Plant Herbs in Your Garden ازرع اعشاب بحديقتكم

I have always been fascinated when I see Chefs cooking with Fresh herbs on Food Network or Fatafeet. I’d say “Wow. I wish we had that in Kuwait”. Anyway, two years ago I started experimenting with herb seeds. I wanted to see … Continue reading

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Burger Sandwich Calories in Kuwait- Know YOUR Calories! Updated List

I updated the list to include more sandwiches from Johnny Rockets and I added FatBurger Burger Sandwiches. I will continue updating the list as I search through the internet. Most bloggers review Burger/Fast Food restaurants without mentioning the UGLY side … Continue reading

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Burger Calories of Most popular fast-food & Burger Restaurants in Kuwait

Let’s be HONEST. We are now a VERY FAT nation. We’re in top 10 in the world in obesity. It’s embarrassing how often we make the top 10 in the world in everything that is bad such as obesity, pollution, … Continue reading

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Planting Tomatoes in Kuwait (Day 49)

On September 3rd, 2011, I started my second annual planting festival 😛 I sowed 108 seeds from different kinds of vegetables and herbs such as Tomatoes, Bell-Peppers, Eggplants, Chili Peppers, Basil, Thyme, etc. Anyway here is the update on my … Continue reading

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Tomato Plants (Day 20)

It’s hard to believe that my plants grew so quickly with in 20 days.  I find it fascinating how quickly they grew from a seed in to nice plants. سبحان الله I am using the lights from my aerogarden units … Continue reading

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