Medina Dining Experience

The Medina Dining Experience perfectly introduces the region’s culture and cuisine, offering guests a fun and interactive tour of Medina's gastronomic highlights. Begin your journey by learning about the traditional method of preparing Saudi coffee in the region, and how the rhythmical sounds of the Nijr are used as a welcoming signal for strangers to partake before playing a traditional Bedouin rhythm together. Next, learn about the ancient spice routes and put your sense of smell to the test, in a spice identification game before learning how to blend Saudi Arabia’s #1 spice mix, from Medina, to use on your food and take as a souvenir. Watch the ancient techniques of preparing traditional smoke-infused water. before taking your seat around a feast of famed Medini rice dishes. Finish the experience with delicious mint tea made from the many incredible mints grown locally in the region, before taking a lesson in oud, one of the most popular incense in Saudi Arabia before heading home.