The neighbourhood

The neighbourhood around Al Hitme where we lived was an interesting one. We could walk to the Corniche, the mall, the Souks and to many restaurants. There were many different ethnic restaurants within walking distance, Turkish, an English cafe, Indian, Italian, several franchises such as Costas coffee and the ever present McDs.

Ras Alnasaa was one of the more traditional Middle Eastern restaurants. We liked to show the new people this restaurant because of the surroundings, very ornate and plush with lovely big chairs to sink into. It was respectfully referred to as the brick restaurant. I enjoyed the food, some fo the meat eaters did not so much. There is a photo of Lyn, Kerry and I eating there on her blog. Imagine our dismay when we saw that they were pulling down our restaurant.

The diggers were at work pulling down the neighbour so as far as I know the Ras Alnasaa is still standing. The building pulled down wasn't that old, it just was in the way of the new airport somehow. The removal of the building caused heaps of dust in the area and lots of noise at night as the hammers on the diggers banged away at the concrete. Construction noise at night, a fact of life in Doha in general and Al Hitme in particular.

The photos are of the Ras and the pearl on the Corniche in the early evening.