Jasmine Bager
If you feel like snacking on some seafood in Alkhobar and want to go to a fun place that offers a wide variety of modern dishes that merge local ingredients with international flavors, try Tackle Baks on Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Road.
With only one branch in the Kingdom, the eatery has been serving locals for the last five years.
Offerings such as the samurai poke bowl — made of a sushi rice base, lightly cooked salmon, avocado and mango slices, shredded cucumber and pickled ginger with a drizzling of cilantro dressing — are good value for money at SR39 ($10). The establishment also offers several other poke bowl options with different combinations.
Lobster fans should head for chimichurri lobster which consists of charcoal-grilled lobster stuffed with cheese and slathered in chimichurri sauce. If you prefer lobster rolls, they are available too. You can also have a toasted brioche roll stuffed with lobster with a lemon cilantro jam sauce and served with French fries.
If you prefer rice with your seafood dish, head for white rice or a Khaleeji-inspired sayadia or biryani.
If you want something a little less messy, a shrimpship wrap should do the trick. It is a tortilla filled with grilled shrimps, tomato, lettuce, mozzarella cheese and barbecue sauce. The wrap comes with fries for SR29.
If you prefer to have something warm during winter, the establishment has a Thai-inspired shrimp tom yum ramen, with mixed vegetables and lemon leaves. A creamy thyme soup is also available, consisting of grilled red peppers and wild thyme, and a cheesy pink shrimp pasta is also on the menu.
Shrimps are offered either crispy or flaky and both go for SR39. Each has a different sauce and slightly different texture.
The calamari offers customers crispy calamari rings drizzled with a tangy pomegranate molasses sauce, for SR29.
Side dishes include ranch fries (SR19), charred corn (SR15) and charred edamame, which is SR19 if you want it sprinkled with sea salt or SR24 if you prefer to have it coated in spicy sauce.
The space opens from noon until 11:30 p.m. every day except Thursday and Friday when it closes at midnight.
Courtesy: arabnews
