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Im sick of the food in Dubai Media City and Knowledge Villag


freza I agree with some of what you guys say about the quality of the food here: Yes food is cheap in Dubai but fast food doesn't seem appetizing for many reasons. Pizza has got to be one of the worst things that I've had in Dubai, the cheese is so artificial tasting, imho. But there are alternatives to not cooking and not eating out every day. The easiest thing to make is a sandwhich: Arabic bread +Halloumi cheese= grilled sandwich which you can wrap up and eat for lunch, you can hardly call this cooking. What about snacking on rice vine leaves? This is on of my favorite snacks, along with almonds and dates. I also buy yogurt smoothies at Carrefour, they're great as a quick snack. For ordering in, I like L'Auberge - they have all kinds of yummy and healthy stuff: grilled meats, sandwhiches, hommous, fresh salads.
DaveDXB :cry: Im sick of the food in Dubai Media City and Knowledge Village. Its always the same food....how do you guys manage food issues at work? Cooking at home is notan option for all of us? I dont know how to cook, i dont have anyone to cook for me, and good food these days demand atleast 80 AED per day! this cant be a long term solution. And dont ask me to eat less.... MaaaD well alot of places deliver in dubai and especially in the DIC/DMC area .. why dont you get delivery ? XRW-147 Ummm you want to complain about variety? Try JAFZ! Liban D E L I V E R Y .... :D DaveDXB Delivery, give me some examples pls... Dubai media city, andknowledge village already have the top notch restaurants... B2B KFC maybe its not the food im complaining abt , perhaps its the amount of money im paying everyday! is it me? or do i have a problem with eating too much food.... What do u guys eat between 7:00 am to 5: pm (not in the house) what do u order? how manytimes do u eat? most importantly, how much to u pay in the end? when i eat properlyin a day, i loose abt 70 dirhams =/ coffee & breakfast (perhaps a sandwhich) = 25 AED max dinner by 100 pm (niiiice big plate of something with meat or chicken followed by ice cream or some kind of desert) = 45 AED max 45 + 25 = as u can see is not a nice number for an everyday plan. (ok, i conclude im complaining abt the prices then...) not the food. Liban Eating here is DIRT CHEAP compared to the West. If you are from a western country, then not sure why you are complaining. The prices here are a joke :) kanelli Make your own food! It is cheaper and you can make it to suit your taste. XRW-147 Breaky - cheese croissont - 5dhs Morning tea - egg and cheese sandwich - 10dhs Lunch - rice/noodle with veg - 25dhs Afternoon tea - donuts - 5dhs Dinner - Rice/noodle with veg, Salad - 40dhs Supper - cheese sandwich or sauteed mushrooms - 10dhs Liban
You call yourself a man!!! :shock:
Where's the meat dude???????

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themindboggles use your legs and get to Internet City - Fresh does some fab food XRW-147
Still roaming the ranges. Liban
Not if I have anything to say about it :twisted:
Where is my rifle.... Ahhh, just use a grenade... Grenades are a fisherman's best friend... :D DaveDXB
Yeah, this looks very similar to my daily choices pricing....
Cooking myself? i dont know how to cook! id probably die from malnutrition in a week.
I think they are charging us too much....i went to Ibn Battuta Mall, china court...i paid 50 dirhams for noodles and small pices of meat and shrimp...
im happy with ur choices except for
"Dinner - Rice/noodle with veg, Salad - 40dhs"
thats too much for noodles and veg.
I lived in Europe....Hungary...yes i agree food outside is expensive.
But u cannot compare the quality of food in Western and European culturesto UAE (everything imported frozen) lol
even the foods here int he restaurants are garbage...sorry to say...all that money we pay just to flush down the toilet in the evening. XRW-147
Arnie needs to find a "butcher bear" for you :lol: DaveDXB quick morning receipts i do. Boiled / steamed vegetable with chees and salt. You could add (eggs) with it andsausaes. the real problem is....many of us cant eat in the morning....we tak eour tea and tend to get hungry later on in the day. (so much for breakfast) i used to do this for a month. Cereal of any kind + milk + 2 bananas + protein supplement +- raw eggs. all in the blender of course! and dont forget the ice. XRW-147 I can cook, but I barely do so. I found it costs more to cook for just one of me than to go out to eat. The 40 dhs includes getting a side of Thai (papaya) salad - its not just lettuce with oil :D, to go along with my rice or noodles and vegies. Liban
:lol: raidah
isnt this a matter of taste? i mean lot of ppl can t stand for ex chinese food, still for them is the best.
DaveDXB Notice: I eat everything..... I've been eating everything in DMC for the past 3 months...the very thought of eating any of these foods again makes me feel life is starting to loose its wonderful touch in food. geraintindxb breakfast: a piece of cheese cake + fresh bottle milk/coffee/tea (AED15) lunch: delivery KFC/Pizza (AED25-30)or lunch out with colleage(AED50) dinner: with friend in good restaurant (AED80) I can cook, but lazy to do it. feel it's more expensive than dining out. DaveDXB [bgcolor="black"]

AED80!!! wow constantine alright ever since i moved to dubai...have been eating out on a regular basis...but lets be honest folks...nothing beats your own simple home cooked meal...i guess after a long day at work...all you wanna do is go home and chill...but you end up ordering junk for dinner which is the slowest part of the day for your body to digest food...buy fish/chicken...freeze them...and learn simple cooking mate...its not that hard...in fact therapuetic to a bigger degree...and healthy...trust me when you see the amount of garbage that these take a away joints put in thier food...anyways thats my personal opinion...i come home at least 2/3 times a week and force myself to cook a healthy meal...a stake or salmon filet doesnt take much time...ok back to the eating options at hand in dubai media city and internet city MEDIA CITY LA MODA -italian resturant...good pasta/pizza ...set you back about 50 with drinks... there is a SUBWAY in the DELL building and also in the CNBC blgd... in fact the DELL blgd has a lot of options starting from vegetarain indian/chinese/fastfood...the food court there has plenty of variety... The CNBC bldg also has an italian or fusion resturant... there are also really good resturants that deliver...like SUMO(japanese- i think they have a branch in internet city) CHINA GARDEN (they have a outlet in desert springs) SAJ EXPRESS...lebanese and other cousines...heard from collegues quite good value for money and tasty to boot... i am at an advantage as we have an in house canteen which serves up breakkie buffet lunches and dinners...and a brilliant salad bar!! :wink: hope that helps...will hunt out more options and post it here... cheers me DaveDXB i will really consider that...cooking 4myself once in a while. thnks 4 the post geraintindxb I like cooking if I am free with friends. i cook maybe about 2-3 times a week. really really so lazy to do that after hard work. usually go out to eat for lunch with friends or colleague. I like chinese and thai food. also go for japanese or korean food sometimes. Just feeling sleepy after a nice lunch:) Defo Try Charley's at Mall of the Emirates 8) Deeeelicious sandwiches for a fair price (20 dhs = 2 pieces) They do free delivery as well! HP whenever i awake up ,first of all i check the list of rich people in the world and if my name is not there i rush to work. I buy breakfast from Fuel station . All sort of coffee , tea , juice , soft drinks are free in company. I always drink mango juice and cappuccino. Lunch is offered in company , so no worry .Just have to avoid pork :P Dinner ..... i steal the food of arabic girl , who share flat wid moi. :P Food is damn cheap in Dubai compare to west. 1= Shawarma cost 3 AED in Dubai and in Denmark , it costs 15 AED 2=Biryani cost 15 AED in Dubai and in Denmark , it costs 50 AED. 3= Cola cost 1 or 2 AED in Dubai and in Denmark , it costs 10 AED. 4= Dating a girl cost 100 AED in Dubai and in Denmark , it costs from 300 AED. sage & onion Hey HP, which kind of date you talking about? Try going Dutch and splitting the cost :P Concord Davedxb, Buy a bag of apples and a kg of cheese. This along wiht water should sustain you for a week (and you'l save money)! XRW-147
One has to wonder - which 'date' would pay herself for services? DaveDXB Your absolutly right HP FeiPo I can't cook either... but making a sandwich for lunch is not hard at all. Just go to Spinney's or carrefour today after work. Buy some cheese and cold cut, tomatoes and lettuce. Some muffins or coissants. Some pasta and instant sauce for pasta. Some snacks like small packs of chips and chocolate bars. Take a coissant with you for breakfast. Have a banana or orange before lunch have your sandwich for lunch (pack the tomatoes and lettuce separately) chocolate bar or chips for snacks cook some pasta with instant sauce at home Start with easy cooking, eventaully you will become better cook. First you just have to learn how to turn the stove on and boil pasta. That will save you a lot of money. I guess most of the people are just lazy to make their own lunch. You don't need to cook to make some lunch for work. I am sure whatever you can make from home, it will have 100x better nutrutions than the junk you get from the cafetarias or junk food outlets. sniper420
No wonder girls date u just to fill their stomach and then dump their $hit along with u....... :lol:
when i date we split 50 50 -it may b strange to u guys but I am frank and it helps me weed ut undesirables ^ian^ I made my own lunch today, 20 AED for lunch is not toooo bad, but the last food I got from The LunchBox was pretty sub-sub. Today is a turkey, cheese, lettuce sandwich with ranch dressing on white bread. I could make about 10 of these for the 40 AED the ingredients cost. Bargain and tasty! Beat that! Concord
No beating that! avisina avisina Where did you live in Hungary? I lived there myself and I think there they have the same issue!! Remember those Gyroses??? DaveDXB
Gyros,....mm yum yum....but not as good as Arab Shawarma phunkhoney sandwiches? :lol: You should be pro-active and organise some sort of system where your office votes for 5 restaurants and you get one each to deliver lunch for every one every day. I-No-Jack
his a donkey :!: :!: sage & onion
:cry: what does this mean Jack? Louloute
You're first opening line was enough to make me not want to read on. How pathetic is that, in all fairness? "I dont know how to cook and I dont have anyone to cook for me"... what age are you??? Like... FOUR????? How hard is it to knock up something simple like an omelette / baked potato and filling for example.... I dont think its a case of you not knowing how to cook (and dont even get me STARTED on the "I dont have anyone to cook for me" comment), its a case of you being too damn lazy to get off your ar** and do something about it. Otherwise, go home to Mummy who'll do you're cooking for you and stop annoying us with your pathetic moaning!!!! zam
Shu mushkila? Do you know that here in Sharjah Airport Freezone we only have the ff:
Mama Mia(italian),
365(Indian/Russian),
Indian Grills and Spice(of course Indian)
and NOTHING ELSE!!!!! So more often than not, I eat whatever my sister in law prepare in the morning and that's it!
Try to see some positive side in your area dude... :oops:



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