Every Sunday, the Qatar Living content team will share their personal recommendations for everything from apps to films and brunches this week in Qatar. As a multinational group, there's a diversity of choices and preference that we hope will cater to everybody.
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1. Eataly at Doha Festival City
Last week I went to Doha Festival City and had lunch at Eataly. I was pleasantly surprised with the restaurant. The ambience and decor are like a bustling Italian marketplace in the middle of Doha.
Apart from the food they also offer quality products from Italy’s many regions, alongside artisan creations from local producers at sustainable prices.
Founded by Oscar Farinetti, Eataly opened its first location in Torino, Italy in 2007 and nowadays has 29 shops worldwide.
In terms of the food, Eataly scores with the main courses. The Tagliatelle ai funghi con fondute di parmigiano is fantastic, as well as the Margherita and Burrata pizzas.
If you visit Doha Festival City and feel peckish, I highly recommend checking out Eataly. For more information about the restaurant visit www.eatalyarabia.com.
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2. The Color Run 2018
If you're looking to have some fun this weekend, you should definitely come over to QNCC and this Saturday. The Color Run™ presented by Sahtak Awalan: Your Health First is a unique paint race that celebrates healthiness, happiness, and individuality.
The Color Run is not about winning but having fun. It's less about your 10-minute-mile and more about having the time of your life. Color Runners are doused from head to toe in different colors at each station.
After Color Runners complete the race, the fun continues with an unforgettable Finish Festival. This larger than life party is equipped with music, dancing and massive color throws, which create millions of vivid color combinations. Trust me, this is the best post-run party on the planet!
Location: Qatar National Convention Center
Date and time: 27 Jan, Saturday. 7 am
Tickets: www.thecolorrun.qa
3. Doha Comics (Located at Calle Reialto, The Pearl - @dohacomics)
This week I'm recommending one of my favourite places to go. Doha Comics!
When they first opened stock was understandably limited, and The Pearl felt like a far way to travel to come back empty handed. Well, they've definitely upped their game over the last few months and now I come back broke after visiting!
Whether your interest is single issue comics, high end collectables, anime, graphic novels, or collecting Funko Pops (and they always have hard to find chase items), Doha Comics has become the choice spot for geeks and collectors alike. The staff is warm and friendly, and is quick to offer an educated recommendation or two if you're a newbie, or shopping for someone else. If I didn't have a wedding coming up next month, I'd be there right now!
4. Über
Berlin, 1945: Moments before Adolf Hitler commits suicide in the Wolf’s Lair to avoid capture by invading Russian forces, one of his generals deploys a devastating super weapon—powerful superhuman soldiers called “Übermensch”. The invading Soviet army is turned to paste, Nazi Germany is saved from the brink of annihilation, and World War II transforms into a horrifying protracted superhuman arms race.
If the summary above sounds even a little bit interesting to you then you should definitely give Kieron Gillen’s Über (2013 - present) a read. Probably one of the only ongoing “superhero” comics worth reading, Über features an uncompromising depiction of the horrors of war, morally ambiguous characters on all sides of the conflict and meticulously-researched answers to alternate history what-if scenarios (What if the Manhattan Project was infiltrated by a superhuman spy? What if Hitler launched V2 rockets loaded with superhumans at London? What if the Soviet Union’s only superhuman asset was a tiny Russian girl who wasn’t really interested in following Stalin’s orders? What if Patton had laser eyes?). It’s a ridiculously entertaining read for both history buffs and fans of ultra-violent pulp.
Read it if you liked The Man in the High Castle (1962) or Watchmen (1986).
5. Firefly Burger
My top pick for this week is for all you foodies out in Qatar. Maybe you’ve heard of the Firefly Burger place located opposite Al Dar Exchange, out on Al Mirqab Street, but if you haven’t, you should definitely treat yourself to one of their juicy burgers.
I went there over the weekend to try their signature Kamikazi burger, which has double beef patties, sandwiched between two soft but sturdy buns, and comes with all the fixings.
The combination of sweet chilli sauce and their signature Firefly sauce made sure the burger was not dry, in addition to the different textures from the pickles, tomato, onion, and lettuce. What I loved especially was the abundance of cheddar cheese, which resulted in a really tasty burger.
The portions served at Firefly are huge for the prices that they charge, and if you want an extra smoky flavour infused in your burger, employees will smoke it in a covered glass dome, right at your table!
If you’re a burger fan, this place is definitely a thumbs up.
6. Abstract: the Art of Design (Netflix)
My pick of the week is a Netflix original show, Abstract: the Art of Design (2017). It’s perfect for those creative thinkers out there who want to look inside the artistic and creative processes of the people who are considered to be the top in their field. Whether they hail from architecture to photography backgrounds, you’ll find their ways of thinking rather inspiring and enlightening.
7. Spirited Away (2001)
Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away is one of my all-time favourite films to come out of Japan's Studio Ghibli.
The film tells the story of ten-year-old Chihiro, whose parents are turned into giant pigs after eating the food at an abandoned amusement park that turns out to be part of the spirit realm. There, Chihiro runs the mysterious Haku, who explains that she must work at the park for its head Witch to free herself and her parents.
Eerie, touching and altogether magical, this film will appeal to both children and adults. The latter will realise all the metaphors and veiled references the film contains (the bath house being one of them), and perhaps appreciate it differently. Regardless of whether you're ten or a hundred, this film has something for everyone.
Let us know in the comments below if you liked our picks for this week. Have a great week ahead and do try some of our recommendations.
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