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Music and Antiques: A Must Visit in Jeddah

Nested in Box Park Center on Al Batterjee, Music and Antiques is the new go to place in Jeddah. A new concept store that is bringing the retro 70s music cafes to Jeddah while giving the option for all the visitors to buy whatever they lie their eyes on within the walls of the shop.  […]

March 15, 2023

By Karim Taleb

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Eating Outside The Box

Get your DIY barbecue and burger kits from the city’s top food joints and bring the grill party home. These boxes enable you to create your own restaurant-style meal using the same ingredients that are used at the restaurant. Check out these recommendations and unleash the chef in you for some mega din dins! 1. […]

April 1, 2020

By Zahra Anwer

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Food Truck Fever

Delicious food roams the streets of Sharqiya. Back in the day, the only “food truck” we’d see around our neighborhood was the ice cream truck (if we were lucky). Now these trucks are all the rage and come bearing all kinds of decadent goodness. From burgers to waffles, we’ve rounded up a list of our […]

May 1, 2017

By DS Staff

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Coolest Food Trucks From Around The World

Food Trucks have been around for a long time, but they’ve only just started popping up all over Saudi Arabia. So naturally, we’ve been thinking about the quirkiest and coolest food trucks around the world. Here’s the list. Keuken Van Het On Gewenst Dier Dutch for “The Kitchen of the Unwanted Animal” is a food truck […]

March 26, 2017

By Rawan Alsaigh

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Saudi Arabia’s Olympic Medal Winners

Saudi Arabia is currently competing for the 11th time in the Summer Olympics. It all started when Saudi Arabia first took part in the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Last Olympics was a special one for the Kingdom as it was the first time that Saudi women competed at the games. Saudi women are taking part in […]

August 9, 2016

By Mohammed Mirza

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Tucked Away: Brain Freeze

Brain Freeze: The Ice Cream Truck of Joy Brain Freeze is a new store that is putting a swirl on the typical ice cream. The yumminess is served out of a delightfully colorful truck. Owned by Sariah Al Jafri, it is specialized in soft servings of ice cream where it offers premium gelato matching everyone’s […]

November 23, 2015

By Destination Team

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Sheikh Alfteer

By Faris Alyahya Sheikh Alfteer, located in Sulaimaniya, is 100 percent Egyptian, from ownership and employees to ingredients. Their specialties are Egyptian style pizza and fatayer, kushari and hawawshi.   They only have one pizza size and the price varies depending on the toppings, and you can add as many extra toppings as you like. […]

September 1, 2015

By Destination Team

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Brinker Bakery

By Sumaiyya Naseem Literally tucked away next to Starbucks, this German bakery is Jeddah’s upcoming hotspot for the oven fresh! Around 70 baked goodies can be found at Brinker. There’s no catch – in fact, they come highly recommended for the health conscious and diabetic by Mr. Brinker himself. Don’t forget to try out their […]

September 1, 2015

By Destination Team

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Juice Bar

You know that one shop in the neighborhood with a wonky old-looking sign that you’d never thought of going into because it seems like a money laundering business? But then circumstances require that you do, and you find out that they make awesome juices and how could you have missed it all these years? Tsk, […]

August 24, 2015

By Destination Team

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Tucked Away Korean Palace

This is an ode to a classic! Korean Palace remains to be the only place in Riyadh where you will find the owner greeting every customer who comes in as he has for the past couple of decades. This, together with the fading Korean posters add to its authenticity. You’ll get the staple Korean dishes, […]

July 1, 2015

By Jou Pabalate

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Pizza The New Yorker Way At New York Cab Pizza

By Mohammed Mirza I recently got to visit New York Cab Pizza and try pizza the NY way with my friend. The place has an interesting appearance externally, covered in glass from the ceiling to the ground. I loved the seating area but it is a bit too small, with just around six tables to dine […]

July 1, 2015

By Destination Team

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Shaikh Al-Manqousha

 For all of you pita bread lovers with amazing toppings that we call Manaqeesh then we highly recommend you try this amazing place that has the tastiest manaqeesh in Jeddah. It has become one of DJ’s addictions that we tend to order from 2 to 3 times a week for breakfast. One of their most […]

June 10, 2015

By Destination Team