Chili's in C-Ring Road, Ramada Signal has always been one of our go-to places (just across the street from where I work) for lunch on a week day. And I would just want to share one of the new items on their menu that I love, the Mango-Chile Chicken.

Chili's Mango-Chile Chicken

Chile seasoned grilled chicken topped with a spicy mango vinaigrette and a mango salsa, prepared with house-made pico de gallo and avocado. Served with rice and steamed broccoli.

I have been looking for the best mango salsa ever since I tried The Noodle House's Wasabi Prawns. Although delightful, this does not compare to The Noodle House's.

The chicken was cooked perfectly, tender and juicy, and the hint of chile was just ideal, not too overboard for my liking.



The thing I love with Chili's is that you can always ask to change the sides. But for this meal, I decided to stick with their recommended sides, which is steamed broccoli and rice.

The meal costs QR65 which is not bad at all.

Lastly, here's the nutritional information (if you're into the whole calorie counting thing, which I'm not, obviously) of this meal I got from the Nutritionix website (of course, this might not be accurate, but just to give you an idea):

Looking for a great place to have brunch on a Friday? I luckily got an invite from Doaa of Hungry Birds Doha (she also manages Food Bloggers Qatar, God bless her) for brunch at Crowne Plaza's Aramede Restaurant for their Be Social Brunch.


"Why Be Social?" you might ask. Well, there's kind of two answers to that question. First, we all need to put down our phones every now and then and start being social at the dinning table. That's just what we, together with the lovely ladies of Food Bloggers Qatar, did. Subsequently, they also encourage social media, which we all know everyone uses these days as a means of communication. Thus, the hashtag #BeSocialBrunch.

I arrived at Crowne Plaza a little past 12:30 and I'm embarrassed to say the I missed the first part of the tour. But that doesn't mean I didn't get the chance to try all the food, I just don't have enough photos. I'll just have to direct you to the other bloggers (read on until the bottom for a link to their blogs) who were also there with me.

The very first thing I notice when I entered Aramede was this very attractive wall of cupcakes, which is both welcoming and tempting.



They offer a variety of food from salads to curries, cupcakes to cheeses, pizza to sushi. I'm sure you can get something, whichever cuisine you fancy.

So here's where I caught up with them...

Carved Meat section

Seafood section

 They have shrimp, calamari, mussels, oyster and octopus. You can ask them to cook it any way you want. Our table had buttered garlic shrimp which Allyson (of Life with Karlly) requested to be cooked and graciously shared with all of us.

Sushi section

Now, the sushi spread was my favorite part of the buffet. Unlimited maki, sashimi  and nigiri sounds good, right? Mind you, all their seafood are fabulously fresh.

Bread section

Cheese section

And, of course, we were not to miss out on the dessert table. We specifically set aside one hour of brunch just for dessert.

We came around 7 pm, and needless to say, we were famished. We headed straight for the hotel booths and ordered some burgers from Movenpick Hotel. And as you might have noticed, I didn't get a chance to take a photo (proves just how hungry we were). I know, I'm a bad blogger. To make up for that, here are some mouthwatering photos for you to feast on.




By the way, the price of the food ranges from QR5-40.

The Yalla Natural Roadshow trailer is handing out free healthy meal. Every hour, their chef is cooking up something hearty for the crowd. They were offering Spinach Pasta when we passed by.


They also had some nutritionists near their trailer to assess the people. Aside from that, there were booths set up with doctors to take your blood pressure, among other things. There was a huge cue, though, so we skipped that part.

There are a bunch of affairs around the park, aside from the food, which I know everyone will enjoy. 

There's the live cooking show hosted by Qatar Airways in the Cooking Theatre:


There was a bunch of acts lined-up at Main Stage, we came across these Pizza Freestyling Duo:


And stumbled upon this group of Qatari men playing some traditional instruments:


Of course, there's Dinner in the Sky which is also hosted by Qatar Airways and the Qatar Tourism Authority.



This dinner costs 500QR. I, personally, couldn't gather up the courage to try it. Maybe some of you would like to try and share your experience?

The highlight of the night is definitely the fireworks display:

The Events schedule for QIFF 2015 can be found here:QIFF 2015 Events Schedule

We might be back any day to try out Marsa Malaz Kempinski's Oriental High Tea or their Dinner Set.


This year's annual QIFF kicked off yesterday, March 24, and will run up to March 28. So be sure to pass by until then. It's a very fun event with so much activities and food you can enjoy.

Also, please remember that there is no parking in the venue, you can either park somewhere near in the Corniche and walk or go to the designated parking areas (please see here), there is a shuttle that goes to and from the venue.