i had lunch at a restaurant called madeena today .. which means "our past" in arabic .. it's a theme restaurant .. the building is built like an old saudi mud house .. even the faucets are built to look like old water pots ( jarra ) .. they have booths which are like the inside of a bedouin tent .. the waiters are dressed in old traditional wear .. they even have a '52 cadillac parked outside .. overall it is a pretty cool place .. and the food was delicious .. there's some pictures on my flickr page if anyone is interested .. but anyway that's not the point .. don't worry i wouldn't waste your time with a boring story about where i ate .. all that was just an introduction :P
so inside the booth they had this paper on the wall .. with a bunch of things written on it .. like they have food manners written on there and what not .. but at the bottom they have some custom poetry which i thought was kind of funny .. it goes ..
نحن قوم لا نأكل حتى نجوع و اذا فرغنا فالهواء ثلث ما فينا
فاغسل يدك من قبل أن تبدأ و سم بالله عن كل الدعاء يكفينا
كبسة مطازيز و مرقوق سوينا فقط تخير كل أنواع الزاد لدينا
و اضرب بيدك و لا تأكل بملعقة و تهنئ بأكلك فأنت بماضينا
6 comments:
Mohammed,
I LITERALLY cannot believe it about this restaraunt since when I was there back in the days of the dinosaurs NO such thing existed. We were SO excited when a pizza place opened in Khobar that you could call ahead, order your pizza and drive up to a window to get. It was the best thing EVER. The only decent restaurant was at a hotel which is more than likely non-existant anymore. Now you have REALLY got my curiosity in high gear and I am waiting anxiously for pictures. PS, I am feeling REALY old!
lol it's just great to revert to your primitive roots and start eating with your hands..who needs cutlery!! so suitable for a romantic date..you both digging into the rice of kabseh..wow..such a sight :p
what's mahazeez?? it's a hilarious word but i don't think i can eat something called matazeez :S
lol yeah baini w bainik ana akalt bma3la2a .. the guy with me used his hands :D
and sara7a i don't know what matazeez is although i've heard of it before .. ba3raf inha akleh that's all i know .. and i don't know if would eat it either it sounds too much like teez lol .. i don't even know what margoog is???
we just got a kabseh and sa7en mashawi and some appetizers :D
and i know you are making fun of bas il ma7al kteer mrattab so it actually would be a cool place for a date .. but a fun date not a romantic one :p
robin lol that's hilarious .. so if you got that excited about a pizza place opening up i think if you came back now for a visit and saw how things are you might go crazy :p
and about the pics .. they should be ready by next week hopefully :)
sahtein. margoog sounds like a kind of bread "you know how the dough binra2?" lol @ teez :p i don't think they use that word there do they??
lol as if a romantic date is an option in ksa..i imagine they ask for your marriage certificate before they let you in :p
hmm you might be right .. bread and rice and meat i guess o_O
and as a matter of fact they do use teez :P
and stop being so hard on ksa .. it's not as bad as you think :|
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