Chikapappi

I’d like to first thank you good ladies for helping me out with your advice on cooking and recipes, so far I managed to “cook” chicken fajitas and Mexican brown rice which was ready in like 30 minutes just to have something when I went over my parents house instead of walking in empty handed. You see, mama’s been nice enough to feed me and him on daily basis so I decided to give her a break tomorrow and get my food (well, along with what we will get take away ;p)

OOOOH, I forgot to MAKE SURE ALL KNOW THAT this was the first weekend elly I don’t have visitors! YEHA! Not that I don’t want people to visit or drop over but it’s been hectic! Cleaning, food, presentation, late sleeping… etc my first goal of sleeping 10+ hours has been successful and now I am working on the 2nd goal and noooo it’s not what you might  think it is @@. I had only a couple over at Thursday and of course we had to think of something for so7oor. Salads and something light, cheese cubes + grapes, coffee sweets, canapes which were “ok” but the cheese mushed it up :/ and of course since I am an FB addict I landed on a group called [ Kiwi Bakery ]  and I liked their pictures honestly so I gave them a call and ordered on Tuesday for Thursday. After work I had to drop by to pay it off and check the place up myself to avoid any embarrassment in front of my guests.

They have a nice seating area inside and I was telling the husband that one day we try eating there

They sell salads not only baked goods or cakes

Here you see how they pack the mini sandwiches and rolls in their cute box

Nummy saj rolls with different fillings

Pumpkin cakes and konafa cakes !

Ohhh I am gonna try this soon! *drools*

Kiwi Bakery’s address

Cool so far!? I paid 18,5 KD including the delivery charge because they don’t have this service as of yet ( by the way Kiwi, the order came late from Mr. Delivery :( ) The portion was big because I was expecting 2 couples but here’s what I got when I received my order

Boxes are nice and practical

Saj rolls with different fillings – my guests liked them, hubby tried most of them and I also ignored my dietitian’s program and gave them a taste. Good but it’s missing some kind of sauce.. I can’t place my finger on what’ missing just to make them rolls perfect like they should be = doesn’t mean they were bad, I am just giving my personal opinion and the dips on the side are good of course but for me a saj roll has to be “wet”

Mr. Delivery brought them cakes mushed up kinda since the dividers are missing from the box and I had to fix them for the picture, the ones shown on FB non the less the cake was delicious especially the mini pumpkin cake and the date cheesecake *drools*

Would I reorder from Kiwi Bakery? Yes of course especially with the new items on their menu like the casseroles and healthy items. Not only that, they can custom make cakes and for more details contact them! With what’s above I served:

el soora el fashla lel canapes with cheese, chives and olives :/

Different kinds of cheese with grapes (which is our favorite snack at the moment)

Salad 1 !

Salad 2 !

Now I dread the fact that I have to rush home inside the kitchen to get Iftar ready to feed 7 persons @@ I AM READY! <– gone bonkers!

annnnd to rap this post up and after quarreling like every newly weds, he surprised me with a much needed gift from my favorite place in Kuwait = SPA TIME *faints* I need a massaaaage and a decent scrub ! so Thanks Boobs and let’s see if I’ll book for you or not ;p

ya3ny VIP ! ;p

Two n’ half hours of sheer bliss

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I am alive, I still eat A LOT! I don’t go out much since I pretty much tidy up, iron, wash, cook then sleep :/ don’t get me wrong but it’s a whole different level of responsibilities and I seriously get why they say it’s tough! AND YES, WOMEN ROCK!

Before I forget,

He heee, I stole Anil’s design and photo-shoped it since everybody else does it ;) <– big hint!

Married women, is there like a schedule you have for meals to cook everyday !? Or your imagination runs you wild o mashallah y’all are Martha Stewart wannabes! no seriously, if you work and you got like an hour n’ half to whip something up from scratch HOW DO YOU IT EVERY DAY?! and if you don’t what are the options? and do you get to go out like before?! Don’t start giving me the “when you get a baby it’ll be worse” talk I KNOW but why is there so much to do while there’s less time :( !

The End !

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and yes I am officially taken! Blogging is not a priority I know but it runs through me like a drug, I just had to! arrived from my honeymoon last week and because I’m internet-less at home, I either have to wait for him to use ego device or knock myself out at work thus no concentration thus kokoness… get me?! El mohem ..

After 4 nights from the wedding reception, we hopped on a plane to Sharm El Sheikh and although I opposed the town before when my mom and siblings traveled, I found myself trying my best to extend but sadly enough Kuwait Airways el araf (and I say this enraged from what they did to us) o I know for sure it’s the last time I book with them – didn’t have bookings. I had fun, I tanned like there’s no tomorrow! I ate lots of Movenpick ice cream and did all the things I like to do with my partner :D and I thank God I lived to see this day! For those of you who didn’t visit Sharm, take your swim suit, cash for food, excursions and mainly water activities. —> of course you can take extra since locals will defiantly try to rip you off unless you got a big mouth ;)

Na’ama Bay Street – where all the cafes – sheesha joints are as well as Pacha and Little Budha ;)

We stayed at the beautiful [ Jolie Ville Maritim Resort ] which is the best ever! It’s in the middle of everything and has it all! I loved it!

The Pool !! *sigh*

Of course, we took a ride – full day thing (diving snorkeling) to Ras Mohammed with lunch on the boat and I got sea sick and slept on the boat! AHHH

Look at the color of the water ;(

When we came back, we sat down to watch the game between Netherlands and god know’s who (not that I care) and them Orange fans went crazy after the win!

Another cool place to visit is [ Alf Leila wa Leila Batrous] , it’s like a village with restaurants and shows after 10:30 PM, got to know about famous Pharaoh-isc ruins and stuff besides the horses show etc…

Ok! Miro is a male belly dancer! Tito’s nephew (another famous belly dancer!) Damnit he is good!

Of course we took the sand dune buggies along with a Bedouin themed dinner gathering -I drove :)

[ Aqua Park ] is also a very nice place to spend the day and get burned from the sun! It’s a hotel as well !

They have aqua aerobics as well !

We finally made it to  [ Soho Square ], basically a strip with coffee shops, restaurants, some retailers, bowling center and hotels of course oh I forgot bars, pubs and nightclubs ;p I happen to like it very very much!

So what did we do there?! Besides sheesha, eating, window shopping, all we did is walk into the [ Ice Bar ] and order a non alcoholic drink with straight faces and froze our butts off wearing sandals !

O mabrouk! ;p

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First of all, I would like to send big kisses and hugs to those who left “welcome back” comments :) love you guys- or should I say girls ;p – I have been jet lagging since Friday but managed to sleep like a dead beat donkey yesterday so I’m all hyper today :D needless to say that jet lagging is a bitch! :@

My good friend Anil would like to invite you to his first paintings exhibition titled: The Soul Awakening, timings and address on the picture below – click it to visit their website

It is our pleasure to inform you that [ Anathoth ], “the art of creativity” is committed to its customer satisfaction through creative graphic designing and finds solutions that suit your industry the best. Anathoth is also UNIQUE Advertising Agency with an Art Gallery in Kuwait.

I had the chance to drop by their gallery / office before traveling and it was cool!

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Ohhh I cracked up inside looking at those cakes at [ The Cheesecake Factory ]! I managed to have a couple of bites of a low carb cheesecake with whipped cream, also light but the place is great!

Loved the service and our waiter Nick was awesome. Portions are good too but those cheesecakes are to die for! They need to start bringing the whole cake menu to Kuwait!

I know the pics are bad, I was too busy thinking of the cakes ;p

Sambosak in the States ;p

Hommous in the States ;p

Yummy herb crusted fillet of Salmon

Low carb cheesecake ahhhh

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Yes I do! I was terrified at the beginning because it’s my first visit to the States but its people are sweet! I love the roads, i love the monuments, I love the food, I love the weather! It’s sunny, breezy then it rains, then the sun shines again and everyone’s just relaxed you know.. I just love it even though I went through 13 hours of a non stop flight from Kuwait via United Airlines urrrgh!I am currently in Washington DC for the [ ITW ] which starts tomorrow. The [ Washington Marriott ]  is cute! It has Starbucks around the corner and many others cafe within a walking distance but there’s no fridge! annnd no safe either !

I haven’t been around properly YET and by all means I will today enshallah but I just wanted to post these pics – IT IS GREEEEEEEEN! <3

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I write this with great happiness as it was my first time to try the Moroccan Cuisine and since I fell in love with [ Yas] itself, the restaurant wasn’t an exception.. I wanted to stay there till it closes but we were tired.

We walked through the corridour and we were guided to enter [ Atayeb] , a Mediterranean taste and  beautiful seating areas both in & out. We decided to have sheesha so akeed we sat outside facing the circuit and the amazing rooftop with the lighting.

Loved the interior a lot!

Lovely Moroccan music

Mezze platter, different taste! My taste buds were happy!

Chicken & lemon tajin, YUMMYYYY without raisins or compote!

Couscous (samolina) & vegetable avec beef

Best tea ever! walla I had like 6 glasses!

Assorted sweets made with god knows what! tasty and light

and finally, the best ice cream ever!! fried sheets of dough, covered with honey and rose water – vanilla ice cream and rose water with fruits around it ! Y U M M O !

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I guess I will never see such a dazzling design, I fell in love seeing it as we were getting closer in the car – It is just beautiful! HOT HOT HOOOOOOOT and the music from the clubs were H O T !! Also note that it has the Formula 1 Circuit as well as a marina and some theme park under construction!

[ The Yas Hotel ] in Abu Dhabi is by far the best thing – place in AD and I want to spend the honeymoon there E7EM ! I don’t care if it’s away from everything else, I do not care if it’s hot or humid! I just want to go spend a night there.. After the show, our colleague decided to take us there to see the place and dine in. I counted 4 restaurants and I guess there are more and we didn’t go around the place because we were all dead beat especially after dinner, next post is about Atayeb at Yas :)

Beautiful lighting of the hotel exterior – it changes colors as well!

Very futuristic designs and landmarks, decors inside the lobby

Formula 1 Circuit inside the hotel

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Yes yes yes, I finally get the chance to write – picture post on this event which is ending GOD WILLINGLY tomorrow ya rab o arro7 beity o anam – at 6 PM and then we’re catching a flight from Dubai on Wataniya babeeeh first class WOHOOOO

MECOM started off fine on the first day and after lunch went kinds dead, I am blogging now from our booth and it’s also quiet except that we had good foot traffic on the booth earlier and all are happy :)

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I finally got to dine at [ The Meat Co.] but at the UAE not Kuwait which is sad because me and the hubby keep planning to do that together but I guess I beat it to that ;p

We called them for the address since the stupid GPS didnt include it’s address and it took like +20 minutes drive from the Marina to where it’s located but it was beautiful since it’s located next to the [ Shangri La Hotel ] and an old / modern souk called [ Souk Qaryat El Beri ] with it’s amazing designs and nice shops, sadly enough we arrived too late and we barely had enough time to eat and by the time we we’re done everything was closed.. a sign from God for me to keep my hands tight! eh

The fine rack of drinks ;p

knives knives knives = kill kill kill !

Inside seating area, which was ok but the outer one was nice if it wasn’t for the huge cockroaches and lizards outside hanging on top of us and I felt really bad / disgusted for the place since it’s big in Kuwait and I was edgy the rest of the night – looking for roaches yukh! oh, and the staff made fun of me for that lol!

The beetroot and chocolate bread – took a slice and that’s it! Not my favorite combo!

Mezze Platter which had calamari, prawns and beef fillet and some other thing that tasted weird! and we had 2 kinds of salads and NO I don’t get apples in a salad!

and of course the steak! I got the pepper coated 300 gms of Black Angus beef, medium well – pink from the inside cut with mushroom sauce – good..

My side order of sauteed mushrooms

Now that I tried it, I can honestly say that it’s “ok” so I dont get the hype about it on the other hand, I loved their friendly smiling, energetic staff! They are cute! and the birthday bashes and amazing I just wanted to get up and do the dance with them!

P.S: NOT CHEAP AT ALL !

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On our way to drop off something and heading to Marina Mall AD, we decided to stop over for a meal at [ Chowking ], which originally is a Philippine-based chain operating in the ME. At first and as I was checking the menu I had doubts but after we finished I was very happy with our finding as we are depending on the stupid navigation for places blekh!

I didn’t manage to get the right names for the pics below but if you get the chance, drop by one of their branches in the UAE and give them a try :)

Chicken Corn soup

Assorted Dimsum platter – basically appetizers

Regular beef + chicken noodles

Schezwan Chicken

Vermicilli Noodles – Rice noodles, my order with shrimps nummmy num num!

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So I am on a 5 day business trip to represent the company at MECOM 2010 in Abu Dhabi, my first time there and I just got the chance to go purchase a screen for the expo from Marina Mall and that’s about it! It’s not Dubai-ish at all! I think I will go there when I get time enshallah but I just wanted to share this fast review of [ Aloft Hotel ] – in [ ADNEC ] which is very convenient honestly, a walk away from where the event is.

The company booked on Al Etihad to land us straight in A.D and I only got to drink coffee on the plane since they were serving snacks only and I am used now to Wataniya’s lavish meals so I kept quiet ;/ bas it was smooth although cloudy and dusty.

What I like about Aloft is the color scheme they have inside, it’s too girly! yeeeey ;p colors every where! and it’s laid back in the sense that it’s not formal – you’ll find pool tables in the lobby and a cute cafe and funky furniture. I didnt go around the hotel yet, will try to take pics of the pool area + the gym along with ADNEC itself which is really cool!

My room is Blue! It’s cozy and cute – spacious enough for 2. Internet is wireless for free and all the amenities you’ll required are available in the room although I bought enough Diet Coke to last me a week ;p

View from the room overlooking the Marina

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