2:48AM - Entertaining Kuwait since 2003

Tonight me and Nat passed by the Choowy Goowy bakery to make our own cookies. Originally I had planned a whole variety of cookies to make but due to the fact I am extremely lazy I didn’t get all the ingredients I needed plus the lack of a deep fryer at Choowy Goowy meant I couldn’t fry any cookies anyway.

The result of two hours of baking were the following types of cookies:

– Chocolate chunks cookie
– Chocolate and white chocolate chunks cookie
– Rice Krispies with marshmallow cookies
– Oreo cookies
– Cookies with smacks and a Nutella core
– Plain cookie with a Nutella core
– Cookies mixed with Nutella and white chocolate chunks
– Cookies mixed with Nutella and Frosties cornflakes
– Plain cookies with chocolate fudge on top

I tried a couple of them and they are really really good. Its going to be hard to choose only one to produce. I got a whole bunch of jars filled with cookies I am going to take to work tomorrow and share them. Really delicious cookies.

The Optimus Prime 12inch action figure is back on sale on Amazon.com. I wanted it around 2 years ago but they stopped making them. Good to see its now available again. [Link]

I just found out what an Irish Car Bomb is. I was telling my friend about the Torpedo, which is when you drop a shot of vodka into a pint of beer. In return he told me about the Irish Car Bomb which is when you light on fire a shot filled half with Baileys and half Irish whiskey and then drop it into a pint of Guinness. You are supposed to drink it as fast as possible before the Baileys expands and reacts with the Guinness curdling it. How did I not know about this??!

Two nights ago while sitting with friends for dinner I was told to try out the Iranian kebabs at Malak Sajj in Souk al Moubarakiya… the old souk in Kuwait City. So yesterday for lunch I went with 2 friends to try it and it turned out to be fairly decent.

The place is located in like the food court of the renovated old souk. There is only open air seating but the weather was really good so it wasn’t a problem. Once we sat down a waiter came and asked us what we wanted. They don’t have a menu so the guy just verbally tells you what they have. Everyone ordered something, I ordered a plate of kebabs, a plate of hummus and a coke. While we were waiting for our main course they gave us complimentary soup of the day. A few minutes later our food arrived with a lot of Iranian bread on the side.

The kebab was pretty good and filling. The hummus wasn’t bad either except a fly fell into it and drowned in the oil so we had to maneuver our bread around it. I didn’t like the soup but it was free so it really didn’t matter. Now I was told this was the best kebab in Kuwait so I was expecting it to be the best, but it wasn’t. The kebabs were good but not better then Baba Taher or Kebab 7ejat.

A ma3oon of kebab which is made of 3 kebabs cost only KD1. hummus cost 500fils and the Pepsi 100fils. Service also was good, fast and friendly. A nice combination.

Now for the final rating. I was having trouble deciding what to give it but in the end I decided I would give it a 3.5 out of 5. The kebab was nothing to write home about but the service, speed, friendliness and the price helped keep the score up. Also I tried a piece of chicken taouk from a friend and it tasted pretty good. I would probably visit Malak Sajj again but not before I try the fish and chips from Sha6er 3abbas which is also located in the same place.

Today morning on my way to work I noticed there was a demonstration outside the House of Parliament. I don’t know what they are demonstrating but I hope they are trying to legalize alcohol.

Geo our dog turns one today. We didn’t know what to get him as a gift at first but in the end we settled for honey roasted turkey breast from Sultan Center. My previous dog was easier to shop for, he would like anything to do with cheese. Geo on the other hand is very picky and has no patience so his gift had to be something he doesn’t have too often but wishes he did and something that he could eat quickly. He loved his gift, I think its his favorite treat.

Yesterday Geo gave us a bit of a scare. It got really swollen under his left eye and we had to take him to the vet. Luckily it turned out to be an insect bite and nothing major. While there we saw a huge Saint Bernard and when he came towards Geo I thought he was either gonna eat him or step on him. Geo isn’t small but the Saint Bernard is just really big and heavy.

I was also checking out Geo’s breeders website and it turned out 10 days ago new puppies were born. I was really tempted on getting another one but I didn’t, if I had a garden I would probably have ordered another dog but the way things are now, one is all I have room for. Whats cool is Geo got an email from his breeders back in Belgium wishing him a Happy Birthday. Such friendly and caring people. You can check out their site but its not in English. Lots of pictures though. [Link]

I was talking to one of the owners of Choowy Goowy when we ended up talking about different kinds of cookies and what cookies I would make if I had a bakery. One thing led to another and basically me and Nat are now invited to create our own cookies. Tomorrow evening we will be visiting the Choowy Goowy bakery and with their help we will be creating our own cookies. We will experiment with a variety of flavors and ideas and our best creation will be sold by Choowy Goowy for a limited time.

Now I have a lot of ideas for cookies but I thought I would share them with you guys first. Some sound strange but I want to do them out of curiosity and they might even end up tasting good:

– Cookie with a soft nutella chocolate core
– Pizza Cookies. Cookie dough mixed with tomato paste and stuffed with mushrooms and olives
– 4 Cheese cookies
– Chocolate chip cookie dipped in chocolate sauce
– Rice krispy cookies
– Plain cookie dipped in chocolate sauce topped with cornflakes
– Tempura cookies
– A healthy cookie probably stuffed with broccoli and something
– Bubblegum flavored cookies
– Zaatar cookies
– Cookies with cocopuffs
– Oreo cookies
– Choco-Banana cookies

After sharing my ideas with the Choowy Goowy guy I felt he was going to take his invite back. Luckily he didn’t or should I say hasn’t yet. I will continue brainstorming on some cookie ideas and might add more to the list.

Why don’t they make the chocolate dip compartment larger? The way it is now, the chocolate dip always finishes before the sticks. [Link]

It looks like something from the future. [Link] #

Just found out about this new blog by 3baid called the Kuwait Paper Dump. The idea behind the site is to create a sort of archive for all the paper leaflets, brochures and take-away menus you find on your doorstep or on your car windshield for example. It would have been cooler if he set it up on WordPress since then we could search through the leaflets using tags or a search engine. [Link]

Handmade marshmallows made with Jack Daniels whiskey. Handmade marshmallows made with Jack Daniels whiskey. Handmade marshmallows made with Jack Daniels whiskey. I really can’t believe this exists.. HANDMADE MARSHMALLOWS MADE WITH JACK DANIELS! [Link]

I like mods but I never tried one on my body. This seems like a good one to start with though its not gonna be very fun if no one is gonna see it. The body mod is on how to change the color of your pee to blue.. [Link]

This very unappetizing picture is of a Shrimpy meal which K.theKuwaiti ordered. Although I have been craving Shrimpy for a while now, after reading his story and seeing the pictures I think I will focus my attention back to donuts or cookies. They should never have shut down Long John Silvers, it was like a better version of Shrimpy. Anyway you can read his experience by visiting his site. [Link]

Who makes the best fish and chips in Kuwait?

note: title of this post is an inside joke which no one will get

I posted about Auction it TODAY last month. They are a company in Kuwait that take care of selling your stuff on eBay. Well I was checking out what they were currently auctioning off on eBay and I ended up finding some strange items. Keep in mind all this stuff is located in Kuwait which makes the actual items strange. Like the Food Dehydrator or 35mm camera. If you check their previous sold items you will find even stranger stuff.

You can check out their auctions by clicking [Here].

These emails I keep getting just get weirder and weirder:

amir wrote:
Respected people!

As we all know that lulu supermarket is one of the best superstore in Dubai. I have seen a dream of lulu supermarket being the biggest chain of superstore in all over the world.So i request you to open your another super store at Karachi.As it is going to be the best superstore of Pakistan. I will be very grateful to represent lulu market in Pakistan.

Thank you for your important time.

Bonus: Here is another one I got last week:

cathy casares wrote:
hi…I am cathy casares, ptc vice-president of Mother Goose Nursery. We were considering Go Nuts Donuts for our field trip. I would like to inquire further on your magical tour. Is there a number that we can call? I have your brochure. However, there is no telephone number found. Please let me know who we should look for so we can make the arrangements.

thanks and hoping for your immediate response.