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popular - Jeddah's women come to let their hair down. The food is great, with fish and
seafood a speciality.
Green Island$$
SEAFOOD
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( 694 1234; North Corniche; mains SR45-110; 5pm-1.30am)
Spread across the water in the form
of little chalets-on-stilts - with glass floor panels that reveal the fish and the water beneath
- this is the place to come if you're after a final splurge or a romantic revival. The menu is
a fusion of Lebanese, Indian and Continental cuisines with seafood dominating most
dishes. The
cafe
(
8am-2am Sat-Thu, 1pm-2am Fri)
is also
694 0999; North Corniche; mains SR15-30;
excellent.
Shopping
Jarir Bookstore
BOOKS
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(
www.jarirbookstore.com
; 9am-2pm & 4.30-11pm Sat-Thu, 4.30-11pm Fri)
There are branches of this
bookstore on
Falasteen St
(
673 2727)
,
Sary St
(
682 7666)
and
Jamea Plaza
(
687 2743)
.
Khayyam Al-Rabie Est
FOOD
( 647 6596; off Al-Qabel St; 9am-2pm & 4.30-11pm Sat-Thu, 4.30-11pm Fri)
For dates, nuts and
nibbles, head straight for the famous Khayyam Al-Rabie Est which, with its fairy lights
and floor-to-ceiling rows of goodies (including more than 50 varieties of dates in all
shapes, shades, colours and textures), is like an Aladdin's cave for the sweet-toothed.
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