Daily Archives: March 22, 2009

  The Freo sisters in front of The Golden Oryx Restaurant in Ruwi where we celebrated Maritess’s birthday!  Her birthday was Jan. 6th so talk about a belated birthday celebration!!!    Maritess has been an incredible support for Che and I and we are so glad to have family with us here in Oman!  Maritess works for the Sultan’s nephew.  Interesting, huh?  The birthday girl!   The dishes here are INCREDIBLE! I love the beef dishes myself and Che loves anything with seafood.  Most dishes range from 5 to 8 RO and they are usually large servings.   Both times we’ve been here we have over-ordered and walked away with huge ”doggy bags”.  I love the 10-sec timer on my Nikon Coolpix Camera!  Still can’t believe I’m with such an incredible woman!  Mostly found under the “Expensive” heading of Restaurant & Cafe Sections of Tourist magazines/guidebooks, the Golden Oryx is a wonderful place to take someone special on a special occasion.  It is usually classified as “Far Eastern Food” and serves mostly Chinese and Thai dishes.  Open noon-3pm & 7-11:45pm.  One of the restaurants which has an incredible assortment of wines here in Muscat.  (Beware of the “special wines list” which has bottles of wines from 100 to 199 Omani Rials!)  24702266/24706128  The love of my life in the garden at the entrance to the Golden Oryx.  If you live in Oman and haven’t been to this restaurant, give it a try! You won’t be disappointed!