Category Archives: Food

Restaurant review: China Mood

What are the options for Chinese food in Muscat? Other than Golden Oryx and Silk Route, there aren’t enough decent options around. For a change, we decided to try China Mood at Al Bustan Palace Hotel. Since the weather was … Continue reading

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Restaurant review: Automatic

I have always wanted to try out one of those many Automatic restaurants spread across Muscat, but somehow didn’t happen all this while. The other day we were in Bareeq Al Shatti, and in a mood to eat some juicy … Continue reading

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Restaurant review: Tawa Magic

Tawa Magic is a veg-only restaurant recently launched in CBD area of Ruwi. The restaurant is housed in the first building on the right when you take the road towards CBD from Sheraton hotel. The feel of the place is … Continue reading

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The bill that wasn’t

When our friend suggested that we have coffee together yesterday evening, we jumped at the offer. Later, since we were a bit hungry, we told him that we could shelve the coffee plans and have an early dinner at Kobe … Continue reading

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Restaurant review: Ananthapuri

It’s been ages –– almost four-years –– since I dropped in at a restaurant specialising in Kerala food. In a mood to feast on some fluffy parottas (a South Indian bread), we decided to try out the new Kerala restaurant … Continue reading

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Restaurant review: Silk Route

When in a mood to relish Chinese cuisine, what are your options in Muscat? I have tried Golden Oryx, Wok of Life, Chinese Garden and China Town. I am done with over-hyped Golden Oryx. They seem to be using some … Continue reading

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On the house food reviews aren’t for me

I had made a passing reference to a food outlet some days back on this blog, and yesterday, I received a mail from their manager extending me an invite for two people to try out their menu. This, I guess, … Continue reading

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Chicken biriyani

My mother-in-law makes the most delicious chicken biriyani ever, and last weekend, I witnessed the preparation (pics below) which takes as much as two hours from start to finish. With minimal use of ghee and oil, the biriyani has loads … Continue reading

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Restaurant responds to customer feedback

If you recall, I had reviewed Wok of Life restaurant in May this year. On November 20, a person by name Richi posted the following comment on that particular blog post. Richi said: We were there for lunch 2 days … Continue reading

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Etcetera

PRECARIOUSLY PERCHED: Workers manually cleaning the fibre-glass tiles at Qurum City Centre. ******************** The Cream and Fudge Factory Checked out the newly opened ‘The Cream and Fudge Factory’ at Bareeq Al Shatti complex. My daughter wanted a strawberry scoop, and … Continue reading

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