Food World, which seems an appropriate name for a store that sells food, is our “bread shop”. It has become known as the bread shop because it is the nearest place that sells Bateel Bakery white bread… soft and squishy white bread without the overdose of sugar that much of the white bread here seems to consist of. The actual sweet white bread here is called Milk Bread. I am not sure as to the relationship between milk and sugar, but I can assure you it does exist. Food World is the usual medium sized food store with bits and pieces of everything ranging from food to perfumes, and the upstairs is currently going through renovations and clothes through to whitegoods are appearing. It is just up on Salwa Road, and really is only just around the corner. Also in the small row of stores is a bookshop, pharmacy and TATA truck and bus “store”. For those that don’t know, Tata buses are big scary Indian vehicles that are very chunky and solid, and many are driven in a bit of a scary manner… we call them potato buses!
Across the road is Al Jazira petrol station… another one of those translations that are evident here. You get used to seeing Al Jazeera written, but of course all the translations from Arabic to English are phonetic so there is normally at least a couple of spellings floating around… and no, that isn’t a ghost making its way across the road… just another local taking his life into his own hands crossing Salwa Rd!
On the way home snapped this photo of Sports City… the Asian Games in full swing! The little street lights in the foreground at the bottom of the picture is our compound.
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