‘Souk el Akl’ food bazar opens in Saida

In cooperation with the ‘No Garlic No Onions’ food blog, the Rotary Club of Saida, inaugurated last Sunday the ‘Souk El Akl’ at the traditional Khan el Franj market in the Old City. Unprecedented in this part of the country, the event’s proceeds will go to the Lebanese Red Cross. More than 2500 visitors from the southern capital and its environs flocked to the souk on the first day to taste the varieties of offered foods, juices and sweets. Different catering businesses based in Beirut and Saida displayed their products in the inner courtyard of the Khan and set tables for the guests, while not forgetting to entertain the kids who accompanied their parents on this outing. On the occasion, Rotaract Club-Saida president, Samira Assi, hailed the large number of participating businesses who competed to offer a wide range of mouthwatering cookeries on the beat of music in the fantastic archeological location of Khan el Franj.” (Al Mustaqbal, April 4, 2016)