This is where you'll find most Filipinos, especially during weekends. It's a helluva place during Fridays after pay day! Traffic is so bad you can't even get in, and when you eventually get inside, you'll have headaches looking for a parking spot. Avoid Batha at all cost during payday weekend! Don't say we didn't warn you. (Watch out for a more extensive post on Batha soon.)
Pinoy Supermarket
Anyway, Batha houses one of my favorite supermarkets in Riyadh... the Pinoy Supermarket! This supermarket contains almost all the Pinoy goods we Filipinos love and crave for. I just hate the narrow aisles but that's just a minor incovenience in exchange for the happiness a box of Chocnut or a pack of Eng Bee Tin ube hopia gives. ;)
Vegetables from the Philippines
Pandan and banana leaves
More veggie shots
I have no fruit shots because I was taken aback by the price of banana saba... 28SR per kilo! Huwaaat?! Almost P300?! I miss banana cue but I am not paying 28SR for a few pieces of saba! Haha. And even the price of Philippine carabao mangoes surprised me. I immediately withdrew my cart from the section and moved on...
Junkfood from Pinas
Ri-chee and Moby!!!
Okay, so Lay's and Pringles outshine Ri-chee and Moby with their quality and packaging and taste but whatever! I love, love the chips from Pinas. Don't you? The 2SR price is higher compared to the Pinas price but I don't care. Ri-chee is such a staple snack in my childhood. Also Kirei Yummy Flakes and Oishi Prawn Crackers, they're all-time favorites!
Er, I realized I only took photos of food, hehe. I'll post pictures of non-food Pinoy products found here on future entries. And here's a list of my must-buy Pinoy food products in Batha:
Navarro's Aligue in a bottle (11SR for regular / 22SR for premium)
Chocnut
Eng Bee Tin mungo and ube hopia (11SR for a pack, hell expensive!)
La-la fish crackers (love the sweet chili flavor)
Squidballs and fishballs (they taste different from their street counterpart in Pinas but they'll do for now)
Purefoods Chunky corned beef
Lady's Choice sandwich spread
Kopiko 3 in 1 coffee
Muncher coated green peas
Rebisco choco/cream/strawberry sandwich
What's your fave Pinoy find in Pinoy Supermarket? Share! ;)
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I've never been there, but i heard from Filipino's from Riyadh na parang Quiapo daw or divisoria, and whenever nabobored ka, just go there, at mafefeel mo na nasa monumento ka sa grand central sa caloocan. hehe
But ask Blogusvox of the Sandbox, the ever famous Saudi blogger na nakareside with his family dyan sa Riyadh.
You find in Saudi (5)
Quaipo and Divisoria (7)
In Batha, Riyadh (5)
O parang Haiku poem na with three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables...hahaha
@mr. thoughtskoto: yes, batha looks like monumento too, and it even looks like downtown cebu. hope you visit riyadh soon too! :)
@desert aquaforce: thanks for the haiku! we've been rendered speechless... remembering what a haiku is! hahah, parang antanda na namin not to know, haha. but now we remember! thanks for the poetry. more? :)
:)
Number one sa akin: Mama Sita!!!!!!! Hehe.
And Rufina Patis, Marca Piña Toyo, Lucky Me.
Me malunggay b jan? Ung bunga at dahon? Dito sa Khobar marami.
(Ayaw ngang maniwala ng tatay ko na kumakain ako ng saluyot dito sa Saudi, tsaka ng tinolang manok na may papaya at dahon ng malunggay).
Medyo ginto nga lang talaga ang presyo but that's fine. At least we get to taste Philippines kahit wala tayo doon.
Note to self: Appreciate home-cooked Pinoy food.
Ikakain ko na lang kayo. ^^
Hi PINOY SUPERMARKET management, would like to now if you had an employee name CARLITO VILLANUEVA, please tell me to text or call asap! Here my CP no.. 0915-4458132 or 0922-5366105. Thank you and more power!
Cel Mendoza
Hi to Pinoy Supermarket management, para po sa mga tauhan niyo na medyo bago siguro sa customer service... paki lecture lang po para ma maintain ang mga tumatangkilik sa mga pinoy supermarket.....paki turuan lang po ng tamang asal o courtesy... on all section from Grocery to Restaurant. sa panaderya naman paki lagyan ng camera para kunwari nakikita kung ano ang ginagawa ng mga ibang baker and the room hygiene ba...para maimpress naman ba ang mga mamimili... kahit medyo mahal...
Eng Bee Tin Ube hopia has artificial food colors and is banned by US FDA under import alert 45-02 per web page :\
www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_118 .html
HI is there patatim shanghai in pinoy supermarket? and luckyme noodles?
There's Lucky Me Noodles in Pinoy Supermarket. Ready-to-cook lumpiang shanghai (beef version) is available in packs. As for Patatim... you can use slabs of beef instead of the usual pork knuckle (pork being a no-no in KSA).
May mikeni or pampanggas best ba sa pinoy supermarket?chicken tocino at chicken hotdogs?
Yes, we see these brands in Pinoy Supermarket. :)
hello po..meron po bang annatto seed, bulaklak ng saging sa batha?
salamat po :D God bless
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