Foodie Friday: Mooyah

I have a confession to make.  I have a slight obsession with Mooyah Burgers.  Luckily, my boys are equally obsessed.

Mooyah Oman

Mooyah is a burger and fries restaurant similar in style to Five Guys.  They specialize in fresh meat and fries.  They also offer shakes.  Mooyah was started in Texas (where I'm from though I've never been to one in Texas), and has spread to Canada and the Middle East.  There is a free trade agreement that makes it easier for US companies to set up here in Oman.  Great news for us US expats that miss certain foods from home!

Sama al Wasil desert camp

I heard about desert camps when we moved to Oman, and I knew that I wanted to try one at some point.  The first weekend of Easter Break seemed like an opportune time.  We had no plans to leave Oman, so a staycation of sorts was a perfect fit.  I was a bit worried it would be hot, but we lucked out with beautiful weather.  It actually rained both nights of our stay and we had cloud cover most of our full day in the desert.

The camp as seen from the top of the dune.

Sama al Wasil is a desert camp located near Wasil, Oman.  It is in the middle of the Sharqiyah Sands. We booked this hotel via booking.com.  Sama al Wasil prides itself on being eco-friendly.

Foodie Friday: Casper & Gambini's

There is a restaurant in Avenues mall called Casper & Gambini's.  They serve the best chicken sandwich I have ever eaten.  I even took it off the bun the second time to be good and low carb, and it was still fantastic!

They have a website, but as I'm writing this, it seems to be down.  But you can check out their Facebook page for pictures, offers, menu (in Arabic), and a link to their website.

Let's talk yummy.  They serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, though we have only gone for dinner.  They serve a wide variety of food:  breakfast, sushi, soups, salads, burgers, sandwiches, pizzas, and desserts to name a few.  When we went as a family, J ordered the "Mickey and Minnie pizzas" off the children's menu.  E ordered nachos off the appetizers.  Stephen and I both ordered burgers.  Actually, we both ordered burgers the second time we went, too.  But I did that mostly because I wanted to go back to get the Chicken Mozzarella burger that I had been dreaming about.

The Mickey and Minnie pizzas that have no differentiation between which one is Mickey and which is Minnie.