This cardamom (pelaga) flavoured tea is traditionally served to visitors in Saudi, poured using a special jug. It is an acquired taste, better to drink it with dates. No female serving the tea by the way, all male staff in Saudi. It can cause gastric discomfort as a colleague of mine found out, she took it on an empty stomach.
This is the outside my favourite mandi shop in Madinah. It is about 10 minutes away from the mosque. FYI, mandi means lamb cooked in a special oven called tanoor served with rice
Tanoor. Underground oven fueled by firewood. Seen them use this too cook our meal during my last visit but this time the cook shooed me away.
We've seen lamb on the rocks, now it's chicken on the rocks. This is also very yummy.
A meal fit for a king. Add some salsa, green chillis and jarjil(a kind of rocket lettuce) and the meal is complete.
Close-up of chicken and lamb mandi. Makes my mouth water just looking at this. Why can't the mandi in Brunei be like this??
