LuLu hosts seafood festival across KSA outlets
LuLu Saudi Hypermarket kicked off its seafood festival across all its outlets in the Kingdom on Wednesday. The “Sea Food Fiesta” runs until Dec. 19.
Ali Al-Shaikihi, general directorate for the fisheries department of Saudi Arabia, inaugurated the festival at 7 p.m. at LuLu Hypermarket, Murabba branch in Riyadh.
“The LuLu Group has been organizing the fish festival for several years as part of its annual food festivals. This year we will be showcasing 100-plus varieties of fish, most of which are imported from various countries like Norway, Uganda, India, Netherlands, Turkey, etc.,” the group said in a press release.
Rare varieties of seafood like lobster, rainbow trout, code filefish, scallop shell, farmed turbot, hake fish fillet, live crab, live tilapia, farmed sea bream and scad fish will be on offer during the festival.
“All varieties of hamour, nagroor, naizer, red snapper, rabeeb fish, many varieties of prawns, mullan fish, parrot fish, sea bass, oyster, mullet fish, barramundi, fresh clams, coffer and many more fish variants are available at all LuLu outlets during this festival. Farmed fish from various farms in the Kingdom are also available in all nine LuLu branches,” said the management of the hypermarket.
Additionally, there will be a number of freshly prepared fish delicacies in the bakery and hot food sections, such as grilled fish, fish sarsiado, Machli Amritsari, grilled prawns, fish tikka, charcoal grilled fish, fish bun, prawn pizza, tuna puff, fish biryani, fish strips, fish cutlets, sweet and sour fish, fish masala fry and fish pollichathu.
A collection of frozen and dry fish, live fish grill, free sampling, cooking contests and auction sales are some of the other highlights of the festival, the group added.