Al Bandar for lunch

...well more of a late breakfast really! One of the places nearby that we knew was serving in Ramadan was a cafe called Nolu's. It's got a nice funky interior and the food was really nicely presented, and fresh.

This was the accompaniment for my toast...

I had Eggs Benedict and Caz had Oatmeal served with fruit, honey and other goodies. We had coffee and their citrus water (shown in the pic) which was really nice and refreshing. 

Nolu's is in the Al Bandar development on Al Raha Beach. There are some really nice apartments next to a Marina. There is also another restaurant/bar/lounge there called Ornina. It looks really nice and we will definitely go back and explore one night. 

Al Bandar is a nice spot with attractive looking apartments looking out across the water to the Yas Marina Circuit and has it's own small marina. There are already good services there including a supermarket, alcohol store, doctor's surgery, nail bar and restaurants/cafes. 

Al Bandar apartments 

Ornina next to the marina

Looking out from Nolu's to Al Muneera (development next to Al Bandar)

Looking out from Al Bandar to Yas Marina Circuit

And the big news of the day is......

A LuLu store has opened in Mohammed bin Zayed City! OMG, is this what our lives have come to when we get excited about the opening of a supermarket! However, for residents of MbZC/Khalifa/Mussafah this is great news, as we now don't have to treck all the way to Carrefour on Airport road (about an hours round trip for us) or to the LuLu at Al Raha Beach Mall which is pretty small. The Mazyad Mall (where LuLu is) will have a Brioche coffee shop, Applebees and McDonalds (oh bliss beyond compare!). Now when we just fancy a quick take away we won't have to put up with a crap chinese or indian from the Rainbow Grill/Hot Plate in Mussafah - which is pretty disgusting or a trip to Pizza Hut on Mussafah Industrial Area, where the the pizzas are even crapier. We are contemplating moving into the City when our first year's lease is up because living out here is somewhat isolated - however in a very small way our lives have now been uplifited by LuLu's, making at least one aspect of living out here more bearable.