Restaurant Review || Shebestan Palace, Souk Waqif

Shebestan Palace, Souk Waqif 

Last week I was blessed to have three friends from the UK join me in Doha for a week of girlie fun and relaxation. One evening I took them around Souq Waqif and one of the girls spotted this delightful restaurant while we were walking around.  

Beautiful hallway leading to the restaurant

The entrance is absolutely stunning and very attractive, the long hallway to the actual restaurant was adorned with coloured glass and sparkles, which was obviously why we were attracted to it in the first place!  

Colourful interior design inside, complete with a soothing fountain

The menu was vast, some meals were budget friendly, but most cost around 110QR and up.  Hummus to start was 22QR and came in a small pot, but, there wasn't anything to accompany it!  

The sparkles lay on the ceiling too!

I ordered a lamb curry dish which came with fresh bread and a side salad which was 50 QR, the bread was plentiful, however, I think I only had around 5 chunks of Lamb in my dish, the rest was sauce and vegetables, the side salad was rather on the slim side too! That aside, it was very tasty and the service was excellent!

Bon Appetit!

Glucose Test in Qatar

Glucose Test in Qatar

As mentioned in previous posts this is my first pregnancy and generally I have no idea what happens at each trimester in terms of the various tests you go through.

However, now that I am 27 weeks (it's flown by!!) I have had my glucose test and can safely report to you what happens!  My Dr and hospital of choice is Al-Emadi on the D-Ring road (it's not far from us, although I do hope these recent roadworks clear up come December as I may give birth in the car he-he... I digress....) and so this is the process I experienced there.

What is a Glucose test?

A glucose test is to check that you have not developed gestational diabetes during your pregnancy, and to check that you do not have preeclampsia either. 

Golden Rule:  Remember to fast from the night before, and only consume water, then go first thing in the morning for your test.

First step: Meet your Dr and have your scan, weigh in and blood pressure checked.

Second step: Go to the laboratory where you will first have your blood taken and provide a urine sample.

Third Step: Drink 50ml of a sugary mixure; mine was lemon flavour, it started off ok, but towards the end it was very sickly (and as a sugar-o-holic I was surprised!), then go away / wait 1-hour - the nurse will tell you the time to return.  

Having read online the experiences that other ladies had during this 1-hour (sickness, dizziness etc etc) I decided to consume around 2 pints of water before I arrived at the hospital (perfect for the urine sample) and also I drank more water straight away after the sugary one, which helped me immensely.  

**DO NOT EAT DURING THE 1-HOUR WAIT!**

Fourth Step: after 1-hour, go to the lab again for another blood test.  

I was advised from the Dr in the first instance, that I do not need to wait for the results (some places make you wait).  If your test is NOT ok and you need to re-test then you will be called that afternoon to go back in. 

With 30 years of consuming masses of sugar and chocolate I think it has paid off, I was not called to go back in which tells me that my body is rather used to processing sugar quite well!  So, perhaps being a choc-o-holic does help :) 

Good luck with yours, I hope my little tips will help you!

xoxo