• American,  competition,  giveaways,  Restaurant Review

    Ready for Red Lobster – Win a QR250 Voucher

    Everyone loves a free meal and you can indulge in some freshly cooked seafood (and cheddar biscuits) courtesy of our friends at Red Lobster. Studious readers will know I was recently able to sample Red Lobster’s new menu including it’s Canadian lobsters which are flown to Doha weekly. Life on the Wedge is giving away two QR250 vouchers for Red Lobster’s Doha branch so you too can sample their seafood delights (and those cheddar biscuits). All you have to do is: 1. Follow @lifeonthewedge on Twitter and 2. Answer the following question in the comments below: When did Red Lobster open its’ first restaurant in Doha? (BIG hint – check my previous…

  • American Cheese,  Canada,  Cheese,  Food,  Travel,  Unusual Cheeses,  White Cheese

    Curd You Really Drink This?

    It’s the cult food from Canada – Poutine. Basically cheese curds with gravy and chips. the perfect storm of carbs, fat and salt. I think this stirs a particular series of nostalgic emotions in me. When I was a poor student at Sydney University, my friends and I would buy chips and gravy from the cafeteria at Wentworth and sit around solving the world’s problems. all that was missing was the curds. But as always seems to happen with something so wonderfully perfect, someone had to go and take it one step further. A Canadian drinks company, Jones Soda Co, has created what it alleges is a poutine flavored soda.…