Arabian Nights...in a new improved packaging now

In my post a couple of months ago, I had mentioned how much in love I am with Al nakheel located at the corniche. (http://dandydish.blogspot.com/2011/06/long-absence-from-my-last-post-is.html)

Well, yesterday was an extended new version of this love.


Red Sea mall was the venue. Wife and me visit this place once every fortnight on Tuesdays for some social commitment. Most of the time we end up having dinner in the food court here as we are usually short on time. Yesterday we reached this place a bit early and had time to kill. During our previous visits to this place, we had seen that Al Nakheel had opened an outlet here by the name Ara'es Al Nakheel but we never really ventured out there. We still are pretty regular with our visits to the original Al Nakheel at the corniche and something inside always told me that this would not meet up to the orginal standards.

I was wrong!!!

Once inside what struck us most was the chic decor. Very contemporary. Very stylish.
We decided to sit out in the open terrace instead of the seating inside. Turned out to be a wise decision.
The restaurant was sparsely crowded and we found ourselves nestled comfortably in a corner.





We decided to stick with our regulars, a portion of the Hijazi foul, a portion of the falafels. We decided to order a portion of the Egyptian kushary, which is a mix of chick peas, macroni, rice and some tomato sauce topped with fried onions. Wife loves this dish and there was no way we were not ordering this once we saw it on the menu. We told the waiter that we needed the food a little quickly as we had some time constraint, and he cheerfully obliged. The food arrived within a span of 10 minutes and then there was silence on our table. The food was not ony well presented but was extremely delicious as well. We finished the food in record time, taken in by the freshness and flavor of the wares on offer.






I think the prices on the menu is almost the same as that of the original nakheel although the number of dishes on offer may be slightly limited in number. And yes, there is no Sheesha on offer here, you might want to make note of it. So if you are in the vicinity and in mood for some arabic food, think no more and drive right into this arabian fantasy.

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