EVENT Riyadh: Show You Care BE Aware !

We received this From the organizers of "Show You Care BE Aware !"


" A campaign done by the members of (the Speech Language Pathology & Audiology Student Club) as a fund-raising charity event to promote awareness about cancer and its affect on speech and hearing, and to raise money for the Saudi Cancer Organization. On Thursday the 16th of February in King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center's Ghar garden from 4-10pm

Event Activities:

1) Educational Stations:

- Types of cancer (brain cancer, oral and neck cancer, auditory tumors, and childhood cancer).
- Promoting awareness about smoking and its effect
- Art therapy and its relation to cancer.
- A station dedicated for KIDS =D where they can play and enjoy their time.

2) Art Gallery that will feature some paintings done by cancer patients & the members of the student club, in addition to photos by a talented deaf photographer.

3) PLUS a BBQ!! there will be a Barbecue charity dinner =D where you can enjoy a variety of grilled goods in the Ghar garden along with your friends and family.

** Please buy your ticket here,, LIMITED NUMBER!! =D
Description http://slpasc.ticketleap.com/cancer-campaign/t/666bbcc02ca3ca08e88622724694960e/
** TICKET PRICE PER PERSON: 70SR

please deposit your money to the following account numbers:

Riyadh: SA 8620000002120077499940 Samba: SA 1540000000007007009697

P.S. PLEASE PRINT YOUR TICKET AND ATTACH YOUR DEPOSIT RECEIPT TO IT AND BRING IT WITH YOU ON THE SAME DAY OF THE EVENT, OTHERWISE IT WILL NOT BE VALID
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Chiles shut down by Riyadh municipality

Seven months after Chilies was shut down by the municipality of Abu Dhabi for unsanitary conditions, the Riyadh municipality shut down chillies restaurant tonight. There are rumours all around about the reasons for this sudden shutdown, a call by our office to the municipality did not confirm anything since the municipality preferred not to comment.

Event: Globe Summit 2012

After a successful event Last year, Al Faisaliah is at it again. A taste-bud festivity with it's Globe Summit 2012. High in the skylines of Riyadh city, the Globe restaurant will be hosting 4 International Chefs to participate in this food extravaganza. Yet this time the chefs will also be in charge of preparing dinner for a few selected days in La Cuccina as well as The Cristal restaurants. Continuing the tradition of last year, there will be seminars given by the chefs in addition to the lunches and dinner. The Summit will start off on the 13th of February and will end on the 17th. If you are interested in reservations for this event, please feel free to use artofdining.net or contact us directly.

we will post couple of more posts about the chefs in the next few days, if your interested follow us, and you wont miss out.

 

Layth

Event: rff12 GreekFood Festival at Sheraton Riyadh

Sheraton Hotel is hosting the Greek Food Festival 2012 Part of the Riyadh Food Festival 2012. They have invited Chef Apostolos Dimou from Westin Costa Navarino, Greece to bring in a taste of Greece to Riyadh.

The Sheraton Hotel Riyadh is Hosting this event from 18 January until 2 February 2012 and are promoting it with a unique and exceptional chance to win prizes which include free-night stays in one of their sister-hotels in Greece!

The Festival will be at Al Bustan Restaurant in the Sheraton Riyadh, for more info check out their link:

http://www.albustaninternationalrestaurant.com/menus

 

Event: rff12 Indonesian Food Festival at Al Faisaliah

This is the press kit we received From Al Faisaliah Hotel in regards to the Indonesian Food Festival at La Brasserie:

The Indonesian Food and Cultural Festival will take residence at Al Faisaliah Hotel, A Rosewood Hotel, from the 18^th to 31^st January at La Brasserie Restaurant.Everyone who joins the culinary and cultural extravaganza will be given a chance to encounter Indonesia firsthand.

The Grand opening dinner on 18th January, will launch the Festival and welcome the Indonesian Ambassador, his Excellency Mr. Gatot Abdullah Mansyur ,and other senior officials from Embassies and the hotel in order to officially open the cultural and culinary Indonesian Festival.

"We are excited to bring the rich, celebratory spirit of Indonesia to Riyadh with the arrival of the Indonesian Food and Cultural Festival," said Mr. Peter Finamore, Managing Director for Al Faisaliah Hotel, A Rosewood Hotel." Hotel guests and Riyadh residents will be able to sample authentic Indonesian dishes in a festive atmosphere, a very entertaining option for families."

Regular guests to La Brasserie Restaurant will not recognize their surroundings as the restaurant is transformed into an authentic Indonesian environment featuring traditional music and decorations like traditional uniforms and Gapura, Payun Susun and Indonesian umbrellas. Dance and instrumental Indonesian music will be performed during the Friday Brunches and opening night by the Indonesian School in Riyadh and Indonesian Rosewood staff.Guests will be able to experience different modern and traditional dances as Tari Rumingkang from West Java performed by 5 dancers on energetic beats and Kuda Lumping performed by 6 dancers riding horses.

Admission to the festival is SAR 185, all inclusive, per person for the brunch and SAR 165 + 15% service charge for dinner on all other nights.A mix of buffet selections and live-cooking stations will represent the diverse cuisines of Java, Sumatra, and Bali as well as dishes representing the culinary styles of Indonesia's 6,000 inhabited islands. Guests will be able to appreciate mouth watering freshly grilled sate, lamb, chicken, beef and duck with Satay sauce; starters as Toba lake style duck salad, Gado Gado and Soto Madura; traditional sides of Indonesian pickles, Sambal, crackers and Nasi Goreng; other Indonesian favourites like beef stew with coconut, fried fish with yellow paste and seafood curry and desserts as rich stuffed rice cakes, ice creams, Indonesian traditional stuffed pancakes and Javanese gluten rice flour cake, fresh fruits.

So Here is the summery of the statement:

• The Indonesian Food Festival opens to the public on the 19th and ends on the 31st
• The Event is hosted at La Brasserie Restaurant and is open for Brunch and Dinner.
• Resident Indonesian Chefs will show case the favorite dishes from their regions.
• Prices are : Brunch :SAR 185 , Dinner SAR 165 + 15%
• The schedual will be as follows:
  
  • 
    Day 0- January 17th OPENING NIGHT At Al Kindi Place in Diplomatic quarter with SCTA
    
  • 
    Day 01 - January 18th - Dog dog glonjor 10 dancers OPENING NIGHT at Al Faisaliah Hotel- La Brasserie
    
  • 
    Day 02 - January 19th  - Ria Jenaka 4 dancers
    
  • 
    Day 03 - January 20th - Traditional Indonesia song BRUNCH (not dinner)
    
  • 
    Day 04 - January 21st  - Saman Dance 13 dancers
    
  • 
    Day 05 - January 22nd  - Tari Piring (Dance with carrying plates) 9 dancers
    
  • 
    Day 06 - January 23rd  - Kuda Lumping (Dizzy Horse Dance) 6 dancers
    
  • 
    Day 07 - January 24th  - Rumingkang Dance 5 dancers
    
  • 
    Day 08 - January 25th - Dog dog glonjor 10 dancers
    
  • 
    Day 09 - January 26th  - Ria Jenaka 4 dancers
    
  • 
    Day 10-  January 27th - Traditional Indonesia song BRUNCH (not dinner)
    
  • 
    Day 11 - January 28st  - Saman Dance 13 dancers
    
  • 
    Day12  - January 29nd  - Tari Piring (Dance with carrying plates) 9 dancers
    
  • 
    Day 13-  January 30th   - Kuda Lumping (Dizzy Horse Dance) 6 dancers
    
  • 
    Day 14 - January 31st   - Rumingkang Dance 5 dancers CLOSING NIGHT

Event: rff12 Italian Food Festival at Four Seasons

We were presented with limited info in regards to this event, along with a bit of research here is what we gathered:

• The Italian Food Festival starts on the 19th and ends on the 2nd of Feb
• The Event is hosted at Elements Restaurant and is open from 7PM- midnight
• Chef Marco Terranova is the Guest Chef his linkedin profile
• The Restaurant will still ofer its sea food section and the other sections, but the larger section will be given to the Italian Food Festival

Event: Riyadh Food Festival 2012-- Overview

We are approaching the beginning of the Riyadh Food Festival of 2012. People have been tweeting about it, and many have been asking when and where. We have received information about couple of the locations that are hosting the event, anywhere from a media kit (thank you), to links that give interesting information about the event. We decided to write couple of  posts about it. This being the first, we will just give an overview of the locations and the type of food.

• Four Seasons Hotel with Italian theme.
• Faisalya Hotel (Rosewood Hotels) with Indonesian theme.
• Marriott Hotel with Spain theme.
• Sheraton Hotel with Greek Theme.
• Holiday Inn Hotel with Lebanese Theme.
• Raddisson Blu Hotel with Morrocan Theme.
• Inter Continental Hotel with Nourth Africa Theme.
• Hilton Garden Inn with American Theme.

We will update the links to each of the sites as we find more info about them and post new posts


We are using the hash #rff12 for this event on twitter...

Layth