abela June 2011 n Issue 4 delicatesse fine food, travel and living Hot, hot, hot (and we’re not talking about the weather) ... Abela’s Hot New Products Arrive and Drive Fast and furious or taking it easy at Yas Hotel Summer Sunsafe Tips Jordan Rocks Summer in the City ABELA SUPERMARKETS June 2011 n Issue 4 AT NOW A NEW KHALIDIY MENU SOON IN KHALIFA in this [summer] issue ... ... a quick word 5 a message from Abela Father’s Day 6 WELCOMES show your dad you care with some unique adventures Bastille Day 9 join in the French national celebrations Crepes and toppings 12 festive food fun with French crepes Scream for ice-cream 14 back the home made ice-cream to cool off your summer New this month 26 check out the new line-up of products Protect yourself 24 a host of sun protection and tips for the summer Arrive and drive, dine, or golf ... 30 there’s just so much to do at Yas Hotel and Marina Anyone for tennis? 32 AED 25 a look at the facts and figures of this historic event Summer specials 34 summer in the city special deals Jordan rocks 36 exploring Petra and the Dead Sea Le Tour 48 lunch the Tour de France this July babela uffet servdelied catessedaily between 11 am & 2:30 pm fine food, travel and living abela delicatesse Designed and produced for Abela Supermarkets by Phishface Publishing Ltd. www.phishface.com - For ad enquiries please call: +971 2 666 8643 fine food, travel and living Written material and imagery contained in this magazine are copyrighted and the sole property of Abela Supermarkets, Phishface Publishing Ltd. or PHISHFOTOZ and may not be reproduced as a whole or in part without express written permission from the publisher. © Abela Supermarkets LLC 2011 3 June 2011 n Issue 4 ... a quick word ABELA SUPERMARKETS Dear readers, Welcome to our fourth issue of ‘delicatesse’, Abela’s free in-store magazine to complement your lifestyle. Summer is finally upon us, but don’t despair as this issue brings you some hot, hot, hot new products available now in our three Abela stores. If you’re staying in the city we’ve got some great ideas to keep you entertained, or if you are planning a short break, you might consider Jordan. There’s a whole host of capital summer deals to take advantage of, tips for keeping safe in the sun, recipes to keep you cool and a fast and furious visit to Yas Hotel and Marina Circuit. The new Smart Shopper Card continues to be a great success with our shoppers and we hope you are taking advantage of collecting points to redeem shopping vouchers to spend in-store. The programme is very simple: shop, earn points, redeem shopping rewards! Look out for the application pack or ask one of our staff for more information. We would like to hear what you think of delicatesse magazine, so please drop us an email and let us know. We wish you all a happy Father’s Day and a fantastic summer break. Sincerely yours David Derrick Retail General Manager Abela Supermarkets 5 June 2011 n Issue 4 June 2011 n Issue 4 celebrating Father’s Day June 19th (USA, Canada, UK) September 4th (Australia, NZ) Father’s Day is a day of commemoration and celebration of honour a living father, a white rose for Dad. It is a day to not only honour your own father, but all a deceased one. It took many years men who have acted as a father figure in your life - whether as to make the holiday official in spite of stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, or big brothers. support from the YWCA, the YMCA, and churches, it ran the risk of disappearing THE HISTOry from the calendar. Where Mother’s Day Contrary to popular belief, the first observance of Father’s Day was met with enthusiasm, Father’s Day actually took place in Fairmont, West Virginia on July 5, 1908. was often met with laughter. The holiday It was organised by Mrs. Grace Golden Clayton, who wanted was gathering attention slowly, but for the to celebrate the lives of the 210 fathers who had been lost in wrong reasons. It was the target of much a mining disaster and it’s possible that she was influenced by satire, parody and derision, including the first celebration of Mother’s Day that same year, just a few jokes from the local newspapers. Many miles away. people saw it as the first step in filling the calendar with mindless promotions. The day, however, was overshadowed by other events in the city, and was not officially registered, so it was not celebrated The day was eventually made a permanent happy again until in 1972, someone saw Nixon’s proclamation of national holiday when President Richard Father’s Day, and worked to recover its legacy. Fairmont is now Nixon signed it into law in 1972. Father’s Day is a celebration honouring promoted as the “Home of the First Father’s Day Service”. 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By capturing this symbol, the people signaled that the king’s power was no longer absolute: power should be based on the Nation and be limited by a separation of powers. The day is declared a national holiday today and in celebration you can see spectacular fireworks illuminating the iconic Eiffel tower and a military parade marching down the beautiful Champs Elysées. 9 ﺍﺷﺮﺏ ﺍﺷﺮﺏ June 2011 n Issue 4 June 2011 n Issue 4 viva la france! In France Bastille Day is celebrated as a La Marseillaise was written in 1792 national holiday - with joyous cries of “Viva and declared the French national la France!” to mark the storming of the anthem in 1795. Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789 BASTILLE Day A NatIONAL HOLIday The French national holiday on the 14th of July commemorates the storming of the Bastille Day was declared the French national holiday on 6 July 1880, on Benjamin Bastille, a medieval fortress and prison in Paris, which took place in 1789 on the same Raspail’s recommendation, when the new Republic was firmly entrenched. The day and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a symbol day has such a strong signification for the French because the holiday symbolizes of the absolute and arbitrary power of Louis the 16th’s ancient regime. By capturing the birth of the Republic. As in the US, where the signing of the Declaration of this symbol, the people signaled that the king’s power was no longer absolute: power Independence signaled the start of the American Revolution, in France the storming should be based on the Nation and be limited by a separation of powers. of the Bastille began the Great Revolution. In both countries, the national holiday Although the Bastille only held seven prisoners at the time of its capture, the storming thus symbolizes the beginning of a new form of government. of the prison was a symbol of liberty and the fight against oppression for all French On the one-year anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, delegates from every region citizens; like the Tricolore flag, it symbolized the Republic’s three ideals: Liberty, Equality, of France proclaimed their allegiance to a single national community during the Fête and Fraternity for all French citizens. It marked the end of absolute monarchy, the birth de la Fédération in Paris - the first time in history that a nation had claimed their right of the sovereign Nation, and, eventually, the creation of the (first) Republic, in 1792.