The Upside Down Day
Yesterday was a totally upside down day, where I never really knew what to expect. First, my husband was already up when I woke up, and when he heard me stirring, came into the bedroom with his great big smile and shining eyes and said “Let’s go to the Early Bird for breakfast!”
I laughed, and dropped my morning routine and plans to enjoy this delightful surprise. Quickly dressed, we were out the door well before seven, even well before sunrise. As we drove into Fehaheel, I managed to catch the sunrise, although I didn’t see it until this morning when I finally had time to sit down and organize myself. This is for you, Daggero, yesterday’s icy morning sunrise!
Believe me, that shot is a surprise – we were at a stoplight, briefly, and I shot it through the window, not the ideal way to shoot a sunrise. Lucky shot, beautiful day.
The Early Bird was closed! Closed through today! What to do!? AdventureMan remembered seeing a small place deep in the heart of Fehaheel, and we’re in Fehaheel, it is not yet seven ayem and the streets are empty. We drove to the “Arabic Early Bird” and miracle of miracle, on a street that teems with traffic day and night, at 0h-dark-thirty in the morning, it is open and there is a beautiful parking spot, a LEGAL spot, available. We take this as a sign that we are meant to have breakfast there.
Indeed, the cook is ready, and already has betinjan (eggplant) and felafel all fried up for us – YUM!
The waiter brings us all kinds of goodies, most of which are totally delicious. This is my first time eating tomato scrambled eggs, which Mishary wrote about in Some Contrast sorry I can’t find the original article, but he shows you how to cook them. I think he used 12 eggs! Some of the pickles are strange to our taste, but the food is hot and fresh and delicious, and washed down with hot tea.
More food that we could eat! When we got the bill, it was KD 1.750. What luxury! π What a great way to start the day, in every way not what we expected.
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oh, YUM. Those dishes all look delicious. What a fun upside-down day!
Please take me there next time you plan a breakfast outing, this looks absolutely amazing.
YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMY
Look out Early Bird you got competition π
The egg&tomato we just call it baith tomaatt in Kuwait. I wonder what spices he used though because I don’t think there’s a particular set of spices that everyone uses for this dish.
Oh and you might wanna pass by this blog if you get a chance π
http://alflaila.blogspot.com/
LOL @ Arabic Early Bird
I ate tuna salad today… my mom did too! She said it was so yummy π
Intlxpatr : thanks for the sunrise shot
The resturant you went to looks clean from the inside which is excellent .
Egg and tomato has a name in Suadia,it is called Shak shoka(one word)
sounds like a name of a belly dancer !!!
Nice breakfast ! lol @ Arabic early bird π
Wish you were here, Little Diamond. They would love you!
Absolutely, Coeurcountry! π
Ooooh Emmm Geeee! OMG OMG OMG! You’re back! You’re back, 1001 Nights! I can hardly believe my eyes! You’re back!
Ansam, your recipe looks awesome! Might have to try it for dinner tonight!
Daggero – you are welcome! How funny, I think I have heard shakshooka before, and never knew what it was. The restaurant was VERY noticeably clean.
Matthai – It is in an area where it is very difficult to find a parking space, unless it is before seven ayem on a Saturday morning!
and how was your stomach after that greasy food at night ;p
Great shots of the dishes. The hummus and bread are my favorites.
Purg – the food wasn’t greasy! We were great, all day long. π
Bu Yousef – I like hummus and bread, but my absolute favorite is the eggplant / betinjan. We never get anything like that in the US, not prepared that way. I could just have eggplant for breakfast and be happy. π
looks pretty good!! Sorry we were closed , but we’re open now FOR SURE! I’ll have to check out the “Arabic Early Bird”.
We hope you had a great holiday, Early Bird! I think the two places have entirely different menus and clientele, so you don’t have any major competition here. π They don’t have any biscuits and gravy!