Taif

Delicious Food of Taif

Taif is famous of Motabbaq, and it varies between sweet and savory. Savory Motabbaq is a thin layer of dough stuffed with minced meat, beaten eggs, and leeks. While sweet Motabbaq is prepared with banana, local cheese, and sugar.

On cold winter nights, the smell of cardamom and grated almonds of Almond Coffee cups spread throughout Taif, while Jamar Tea spread its warmth to the visitors of the city’s park as many tea stalls that are dedicated to preparing different types of tea are opened. Sobia drink is a landmark of Taif.

Hijazi Restaurants in Taif

The most exciting part of the trip to Taif is to try the Hijazi dishes in the city of roses.

 Abu Zaid Restaurant

Abu Zaid Restaurant offers a variety of Hijazi dishes and the unique tastes of Masoub, Qalabah, foul (fava beans), even eggs with small chopped red tomatoes pieces will take you to the authentic worlds of the Hijazi cuisine.

 Harmann Restaurants

Go to Harman Restaurants and forget all the flavors you knew previously, you will be impressed by the different ways in preparing different dishes; starting with the Saliq that is made from white mashed rice, Madghout, Mandi, and the Saudi Kabsa –which is considered to be the most famous dish.

 Hashi Basha Restaurant

For meat lovers and those who are enthusiastic to taste new flavours, you can try camel meat in the Saudi recipe that highlights its delicious flavour.

Souq Okaz

Souq Okaz in Taif is a prominent tourist attraction due to its long and ancient history. It was a tremendous cultural, social, and economic forum that offered a unique opportunity to learn about a mixture of art, heritage, and culture through events that attracted people from all over the globe every year.

The annual gathering in Souq Okaz contributed to highlighting poets whose poems were immortalized in Arabic poetry, including Hassan ibn Thabet, Tumadir bint Amr -known as Khansa- Amr ibn Kulthum, and many others.

Al-Balad Market in Taif

Al-Balad market holds a huge stock of cultural and social heritage, people go there to enjoy the pleasure of shopping in a traditional atmosphere. Al-Balad Market contains popular stalls in which they sell the essence of their expertise in the spices that give their traditional dishes a unique taste, and other items that are popular in Taif’s traditional culture.

Gold and silver shops can be found there in abundance as well as shops that sell toys, antiques, cooking equipment and supplies, equipment for lovers of road trips and camping, and spice shops famous for local products, such as honey, ghee, and Taif roses, in addition to some cafes and restaurants.

Jouri Mall

Jouri Mall contains stores displaying a wonderful mix between the elegance of international brands, and the creativity of the local ones. The store-filled hallways of the mall are also adorned with water fountains. You can also rest on one of the provided seats while checking out the fancy women’s elegance and beauty stores or men’s stores that are always up to date with the international fashion lines.

Your children are guaranteed to have exciting adventures at Billy Beez in Jouri Mall. If you are a fan of Arabic coffee, do not miss your chance of trying the authentic Arabic taste at Dafe and Cafe. Do not forget to enjoy the tastiest desserts at Golden Basbosati cafe, and end your journey at one of the food courts that offer the most delicious plates from both national and international cuisines.