Food in the cafeteria

As the employees of the hotel are mainly foreigners from around the world, the food in the staff cafeteria is also setup in such a way that there is always something for everybody. Just to side-track a little, 90% of the workforce in the Saudi are foreigners, why? Because people in the country are so rich they don't need to work :) They're either business owners or somehow related to the Royal family. The workforce comes from mainly around the region - India, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Lebanon, Philippines, Egypt etc.

Back to the cafeteria food, this is also one of the better ones I've had in a hotel. There are at least 6 dishes everyday, each from one part of the world for eg. Arabian, Indian, Asian, Italian, African etc. There is also a wide selection from the salad bar and there is always cakes for desserts. :) And I've been walloping the cheesecake everyday after lunch... heehee.... getting fat liao :P

But one thing missing is the freshness in the fish dishes. After coming from a place where fish is the freshest, the fish here do not taste half as fresh at all. It's probably due to the fact that we're in the middle of a desert, the heat and travel times makes it difficult to maintain the freshness. Even in the restaurants, there are not much fish dishes or seafood. Mainly is chicken, lamb or beef.

Should have whack more seafood while I was in Singapore :( Oh chili crab, where art thou? Hahaha... I siao siao again... :P