. . . saturdays & food . . .
assalamualaikum (this blog was supposed to be posted on the 30th Aug)
ahhh... another peaceful day after a long week of work (more of like surfing endlessly n downloading tons of things...) another casual saturday which always seem to excite me even though there is a 95% chance that i will spend it sleeping through the whole day. however, for this saturday, i really wanted to go out & walk all day since next week is the start of Ramadhan... yaaaayy!!! s season of forgiveness n cleansing... (as well as starving... hehehe).
this Ramadhan i think will be semi-grueling due to the fact that one; its still summer n its hot as it can be... two; breaking fast would be somewhere around 820pm... another extra few hours compared back in Brunei, it'll be around 630pm at the most...
and so begins my mission to find, as always on my off days, things to stuff my ever hungry stomach. saturday is such a perfect day to find food, bearing in mind that i am also a lazy-ass who is lazy enough not to cook on off days... its rare for me to cook some kind of concoction early on saturday mornings. i just feel like sleeping... but then again its summer n its really hot... so i'd prefer to exchange it by going outside n enjoy the dead heat plus slurping happily to a Movenpick Ice Cream... yum2... or even McFlurry's!
before that, i will hunt down my usual menu, Lebanese kebab. A close friend n her cousin, Susan & Sibel, once told me that the Lebanese kebab here isnt as Lebanese kebab as the real Lebanese kebab... (did ur brain register that yet?)
however, being the hog that i am, anything that makes me feel close to home just happens to satisfy me quite a lot (trust me, i would consider on eating Nasi Katok, Cucur Pisang, Pais... etc but theres none here) theres also a Singaporean restaurant here but its either too salty or the amount of food is ridiculously little... or even both. so, i wouldnt suggest too much on going there.
lemme tell u a bit of kebab joints in Geneva. there is a heck lot of em here. i mean, theres like 20 of em within a 5km radious... or something like that... fact of the matter is, there lots of kebab places for u to pick. theres like so many, it took me quite a while to choose one which i really like. well, actually there are two places that i like best n would recommend you to go n try it for ur self.
Ali Haydar, situated along Rue de Lausanne, a very small restaurant. try to get a seat near the entrance coz its too hot inside. bear in mind that the sauce will add to the surrounding heat as well. they usually serve the order with 3 different sauces (depends if u want it or not also). 3 sauces; Spicy Mustard, some kind of mayonnaise with herbs & my personal favourite, thick (VERY HOT) chilly sauce or as they would say it in french, sauce piquant! absolutely fabulous. i always tend to order their assiette plate which is full of salads n meat of ur choice (lamb or chicken).
the other kebab joint, Parfum de Beyrouth. basically it sells food as similar to Ali Haydar or as any other kebab joints in geneva. i would say confidently that the only thing that makes the difference on how good each kebab place, is the sauce(s). i like the fact the d piquant sauce in Parfum de Beyrouth is a bit watery, very tasty f u try it with their famed shawarma.
either way, its for you to decide, if come to Geneva, do stop by these two places. dont hesitate to try the others as most of them are Halal.
wassalam
ahhh... another peaceful day after a long week of work (more of like surfing endlessly n downloading tons of things...) another casual saturday which always seem to excite me even though there is a 95% chance that i will spend it sleeping through the whole day. however, for this saturday, i really wanted to go out & walk all day since next week is the start of Ramadhan... yaaaayy!!! s season of forgiveness n cleansing... (as well as starving... hehehe).
this Ramadhan i think will be semi-grueling due to the fact that one; its still summer n its hot as it can be... two; breaking fast would be somewhere around 820pm... another extra few hours compared back in Brunei, it'll be around 630pm at the most...
and so begins my mission to find, as always on my off days, things to stuff my ever hungry stomach. saturday is such a perfect day to find food, bearing in mind that i am also a lazy-ass who is lazy enough not to cook on off days... its rare for me to cook some kind of concoction early on saturday mornings. i just feel like sleeping... but then again its summer n its really hot... so i'd prefer to exchange it by going outside n enjoy the dead heat plus slurping happily to a Movenpick Ice Cream... yum2... or even McFlurry's!
before that, i will hunt down my usual menu, Lebanese kebab. A close friend n her cousin, Susan & Sibel, once told me that the Lebanese kebab here isnt as Lebanese kebab as the real Lebanese kebab... (did ur brain register that yet?)
however, being the hog that i am, anything that makes me feel close to home just happens to satisfy me quite a lot (trust me, i would consider on eating Nasi Katok, Cucur Pisang, Pais... etc but theres none here) theres also a Singaporean restaurant here but its either too salty or the amount of food is ridiculously little... or even both. so, i wouldnt suggest too much on going there.
lemme tell u a bit of kebab joints in Geneva. there is a heck lot of em here. i mean, theres like 20 of em within a 5km radious... or something like that... fact of the matter is, there lots of kebab places for u to pick. theres like so many, it took me quite a while to choose one which i really like. well, actually there are two places that i like best n would recommend you to go n try it for ur self.
Ali Haydar, situated along Rue de Lausanne, a very small restaurant. try to get a seat near the entrance coz its too hot inside. bear in mind that the sauce will add to the surrounding heat as well. they usually serve the order with 3 different sauces (depends if u want it or not also). 3 sauces; Spicy Mustard, some kind of mayonnaise with herbs & my personal favourite, thick (VERY HOT) chilly sauce or as they would say it in french, sauce piquant! absolutely fabulous. i always tend to order their assiette plate which is full of salads n meat of ur choice (lamb or chicken).
the other kebab joint, Parfum de Beyrouth. basically it sells food as similar to Ali Haydar or as any other kebab joints in geneva. i would say confidently that the only thing that makes the difference on how good each kebab place, is the sauce(s). i like the fact the d piquant sauce in Parfum de Beyrouth is a bit watery, very tasty f u try it with their famed shawarma.
either way, its for you to decide, if come to Geneva, do stop by these two places. dont hesitate to try the others as most of them are Halal.
wassalam
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