What WE do Best

A fortnight back, with the leave-taking of a friend who was here on holiday, my friends and I decided to meet up for dinner. We went to one of the most well known Chinese restaurants in Kuwait of Indian origin, as most of them our out here. Caesars, however, is better known for its Chinese cuisine and sizzlers, rather than Indian. We decided to straight away order the main course as we were starving. Some of the guys did go for the very obvious and absolute favourite…Chicken Manchow Soup!!.....however, I perfered it at Avanti Palace, which the boys begged to differ as it was me disagreein! : )



i ordered for the mixed grill sizzler..we had 2 of these. I love this sizzler of theirs in particular …as they r always consistent with the taste …n with lil a do its absolutely delectable…



Noodles…which surprsingly was really good!….



Schezuan fried…ordered by my friend..remained untouched as you can see!..everyone associates the word schezwan in Chinese cuisine with the word spicy….i don’t know how on earth did the chef at ceasars make his schezwan fried rice sweet…I dint even like the hint/tinge of its taste on my tongue!! Since we were all full no one bothered to eat cept for me who tasted abit…dunno how the chef got it wrong!...as I have eaten it b4 at the very same restaurant….mayb he accidently slipped in the sugar instead of salt….more like a one off incident..but if theres a next time…then ill make sure to take it up with the manager on duty.






One of my friends who happens to be a pure vegetarian had the veg.sizzler below….looks appetizing huh?!?! ;)

Well i guess on a weekend, when the restraunt is crowded and bustling with diners, presentation skills are pretty much thrown out of the window!

Others ordered for Biryani, Chicken Manchurian and Mixed fried rice…which i didn't get to take pics of…as the guys, hunger-struck, dug right in!

Bringing in 2009

In a country where hard drinks are illegal, open parties are raided and dancing is banned, it’s a real dilemma to chalk out a plan for New Years Eve! With everyone either travellin out of Kuwait or makin their reservations in advance…my friends n I decided to make do with the lil that we have, go with the flow n decide on the spot as, to what to do and where to go…. In a place like this, after a hectic days work..the first thing that comes to mind is a sumptuous dinner! Hence, we decided to go to 1 restaurant n this time round waited for a table, for bout 30 mins…which was comparably preferable to last year when we dint wanna wait n kept tryin out each n every other restaurant in the vicinity only to find em full n dozens others waitin in long queues, and ended up at Burger King (24hrs open) at 3 in the morning!!..we surely dint wanna repeat tht again!..well…settin it as a tradition wud be sumthin else all together!

Getting back to 31st December 2008, We chose to dine at Oriental (location: Salimya, Kuwait), Chinese being the common preference of our palate. We were showed to a cabin…even tho it deserted us from the rest, we appreciated the privacy we got except, when at the stroke of midnight, suddenly a count down began, balloons were flyin, n a huge cake was being cut to our oblivion! N sitting in tht closed cabin we kinda felt isolated from it all but were pleasantly surprised to hear some gala noise n celebration. So being an inquisitive lot, we took a peek-a-boo n drank in the atmosphere. We then ordered our starters followed by the main course. Hogged on red bell pepper chicken & 95, mixed sizzlers, fried rice n more. We were too stuffed for dessert! Sorry, I do not have pictures of the above. In my excitement, I forgot to take my camera with me, as well as click some from my friend’s! Yea well we’re a pathetic bunch of sorts at times!
After a real lazy n cozy dinner, we decided to head back to my place for more chat n conversation n for those who just wanted to doze off after a glass of wine! : ). In the end, I thought the night n my din of how to bring in the new year turned out just fine! On leavin the restaurant tho, we walked into the night towards our cars into the cold. N like I had envisaged, the beginning of Januray 1st 2009, had brought with it this strong, cold, icy n chilly wind for the new year…to last awhile!

Happy & Peace be this New Year to One and All!




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