DISQUS

Nice. I see the silouette of a man in a Dish-dasha, arms wide, holding back a wall of blue flame. How about some Ramadhan themed paintings?

Every time I read something like this in the papers, I can only think that there are a lot of people in the government who are not working hard enough.


Seriously, we have massive unemployment, rampant inflation, troubles with our youth, and this is what some bright spark at MOCI comes up with?



Great post, as usual.

I saw the (shockingly mis-spelled)advert for that and almost died laughing. I cut it out to post on my blog under the heading "words Fail Me" but never got around to it. Great post!

That is Hilarious.


We call that area the Top of the Lamb chop. Visualise the Beard that Metallica's lead singer used to have... Looks like a Lamb Chop.



Anyway, I screwed up Stone's beard a while back, and we let it grow for a couple of days, then I used some markers (lots of natural colors) to color in each hair where the lamb chop ends, I darkened both sides slightly, and made them even, and it looked great. It took more than an hour though, and he sitll hasn't forgiven me for screwing it up in the first place.

Fan-freaking-tastic post!


Second life as a portal to promote Oman tourisim? Joke. I am calling your bluff man, this is a test to see if we are paying attention.



Just in case you are not kidding, I am in total agreement that second life is not the forum to showcase Oman for potential tourists.



In addition to the good reasons that you listed, there are countless PR pitfalls that opening a second life business would leave Oman vulnerable to. Let's say Human Rights Watch stages a virtual Sit in? Or the Rainbow Coalition organises a Virtual Gay love fest to protest discrimination against Homosexuals in the Arab World?



The possible PR disasters are endless, and would likely break into Mainstream media. Bad, Bad, Idea.



Um, Who pays for these seminars? And can I get invited because I really like free food, and Chocolate Fudge.



:)

Yes! Way to Lay the verbal smack down!


In paragraph 2 You have encapsulated my greatest worry for the future of this country. Why no innovation? Why no arts, opera, skilled trades? What a sad "tradition" to be upholding.



I almost peed on myself when I read "the West stole algebra from us, so we have the right to steal 3D Studio Max" Hilarious, and depressing.



Great post.

It's fantastic. I can almost taste orange candy by looking at it.


I'll keep his email, and see if I can send him some business someday.... You know, from like the bored housewife mafia. ha.

Thanks! I had no idea it could be turned off.

Blu,


fantastic logo. Fantastic brand name. Who designed it for you?

Stone's laptop runs vista. It crashes a lot. Mostly it is driving us bonkers with it's constant interruptions to ask if we really really really want to do domething. It's like having a four year old inside my OS. How do you turn that off?


I spent five years updating my XP so it would stop crashing. Microsoft can have my XP when they pry it from my cold dead hands.

Ha. that's a good image.


They must have felt conflicted.



Thank you for the gift, may I burn it now?

Interesting review.


We like MM for the view, but prefer woodlands for flavour, and Curry house for convenience and price.



I'm in agreement with Muscati about the overbearing "service" which you find everywhere here, to my vast annoyance. It's petty of me, but I'm like "gaddman it! I have opposable thumbs and a reasonable IQ! I think I can figure how to get the food from the bowl to my plate, and from the plate to my mouth. Go away." not that I would ever actually say that. I just smile and thank them. Serves me right.

I Love hoarding foods that often sell out. My passion is refried beans and tortillas. We have like 250 tortillas in the freezer, and seventeen cans of refried beans in the pantry. It just makes me feel hapy to see them, like a warm glow all over.


good to know I"m not alone.

All due respect to your mother... but there is nothing better than a man who can cook, and who appreciates good food when he sees it. I think it's mostly a generational thing.


Looking forward to the summer updates.

We always tip as well, and always in cash for the same reasons Muscati stated.


Exceptional service gets 20% above average service 10-15% The exception is rude service or lazy service (we are pretty easy to look after so there is no excuse) where we tip nothing.



We usually tip if the service is bad but it's not the fault of the waitstaff. Ie- Bad management.

Great review.


I found the staff well trained, capable and no-nonsense. They knew what they were doing and did it with confedence which is key in an efficient restaurant.



I loved my burger there (I had the one with Mozzerella, basil pesto, and arugula). THe chips were crisp and perfectly seasoned. They seem to work very hard to source product locally and / or organically whenever possible. It would be nice to see more of that around here.



thanks for the review guys.

hey guys! I'm loving the restaurant reviews.


RE: Kobe Sizzlers- I Gotta disagreee on the food. I thought it was unimaginative rubbish overall. Bland vegitables, sauces heavy on cornstarch and light on flavour, meats overcooked before they even reach the table, and random processed cheese showing up where it doesn't belong. I won't be going back.

Well done to have taken the initiative to write in. I coulodn't agree more with the points you raised. How did you find out they were accepting public feedback on the issue?
-S

P.S.-- Great blog, and I'm reading Omani Cuisine also. More restaurint Reviews!