Category Archives: Food

Food, food related things, restaurants etc. and eating

Le Pain Quotidien Palms

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Ian

I picked up my regular bread at PQ today. And gave the new Photoshop CS5 HDR Pro a tryout.

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Ruby Tuesday Overbearing Service

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Ian

They need to train the people more in the restaurants how to provide nice responsive customer service without overdoing it and annoying the customers. Continue reading →

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Cost of eating healthy in Kuwait

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Ian

Some fruits and vegetables are not too expensive but it is too expensive for good whole wheat flour to make bread. Here is costs 2.5 KD at The Sultan Centre which is approximately 5.3 UK Pounds at today’s rate. Other … Continue reading →

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Fintas Take Away Chicken Restaurant

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Ian

The chicken is quite tasty. It tastes better than the chicken from the Sultan Centre but the Sultan Centre chicken is a bit cheaper at 1 KD. And the staff is very friendly. If you want to see where the … Continue reading →

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Indian Bananas in Kuwait

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Ian

These bananas are available in the Sultan Centre and are not too ripe. They must be in season now in India. I’ve had these in south India and they are delicious. You don’t know what a banana should taste like … Continue reading →

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Fixing Health Care

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Ian

Michael Pollan has an interesting article on US health care in the NY Times. I recently read his “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto and blogged about it. Basically he is saying we are wasting billions of dollars on … Continue reading →

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Shopping at the Mangaf Sultan Center

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Ian

They even have beans from Kanada! And after shopping they help you load the groceries. Note the sun in the photo. A regular hot dusty day.

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In Defense of Food

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Ian

Updated with the video above from Michael Ruhlman Notes from the Food World blog. Link via kottke.org. I’ve written also about overeating recently. And many other posts on food. I just finished In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. It … Continue reading →

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Food Allergies

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Ian

The latest on Food Allergies at the NewScientist. What you are allergic to depends on where you live. Via kottke.org

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Kuwaiti dates

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Ian

Dates are an amazing food, full of nutrients and of many varieties. The date palm as food has been used by people in the Arabian Gulf for over 7500 years. In 2001 world date production was 5.4 million tons and … Continue reading →

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