Sorry but where does Australian anything sell for 12QAR/kilo - minimum is around 36QAR and if you're looking at premium beef (ribeye etc) more like 70QAR
I stock up on Aust/NZ lamb shanks when they go below QAR35/kilo
A 1200gr frozen chicken about 12 - 15QAR - a fresh one add on a few riyal
Your veg bill varies depending on where the veg comes from - it is quite cheap if grown in Saudi or Egypt but the quality is sometimes not so good. Lebanon veg are usually good and very reasonable. Anything that comes from Holland/Europe is usually very expensive and things like strawberries and tomatoes from there are generally tasteless (although I did get a nice tray of Dutch strawberries last week that were very nice despite costing an arm and a leg). Strawberries are also grown here in the GCC and MENA and are very reasonable in season.
I find fruit goes bad fairly quickly so I only buy what I'll use in a few days - evern bright green bananas seem to go directly to brown spotty icky in about 2 days.
Megamart (aka Megabucks) often has items you can't find elsewhere, but you pay for that. I like Giant and Family Food for Lebanese vegetables, chicken is pretty safe to get most places - good beef, that can be spotty, I buy at Carrefour, Megamart and Family Food. I've had good luck but others are pickier than I am.
Lulu is another popular hypermarket with a good variety of veg and an extensive meat counter - I just don't go there often because (a) it's inconvenient for me and (b) I hate shopping in a mob scene, and even on Friday mornings it gets really busy really fast.
And to ooooya - a 25 litre bottle of water in my home country is about 40 - 50 QAR - but then, we can drink water from the tap safely there (and it isn't scalding from the cold tap even in high summer).
Sorry but where does Australian anything sell for 12QAR/kilo - minimum is around 36QAR and if you're looking at premium beef (ribeye etc) more like 70QAR
I stock up on Aust/NZ lamb shanks when they go below QAR35/kilo
A 1200gr frozen chicken about 12 - 15QAR - a fresh one add on a few riyal
Your veg bill varies depending on where the veg comes from - it is quite cheap if grown in Saudi or Egypt but the quality is sometimes not so good. Lebanon veg are usually good and very reasonable. Anything that comes from Holland/Europe is usually very expensive and things like strawberries and tomatoes from there are generally tasteless (although I did get a nice tray of Dutch strawberries last week that were very nice despite costing an arm and a leg). Strawberries are also grown here in the GCC and MENA and are very reasonable in season.
I find fruit goes bad fairly quickly so I only buy what I'll use in a few days - evern bright green bananas seem to go directly to brown spotty icky in about 2 days.
Megamart (aka Megabucks) often has items you can't find elsewhere, but you pay for that. I like Giant and Family Food for Lebanese vegetables, chicken is pretty safe to get most places - good beef, that can be spotty, I buy at Carrefour, Megamart and Family Food. I've had good luck but others are pickier than I am.
Lulu is another popular hypermarket with a good variety of veg and an extensive meat counter - I just don't go there often because (a) it's inconvenient for me and (b) I hate shopping in a mob scene, and even on Friday mornings it gets really busy really fast.
And to ooooya - a 25 litre bottle of water in my home country is about 40 - 50 QAR - but then, we can drink water from the tap safely there (and it isn't scalding from the cold tap even in high summer).