Saudi Arabia, according to FoodByCountry.com. Tradition is important in Saudi Arabia and people are eating many of the same foods today that their ancestors have eaten for generations.StaplesDiet in Saudi Arabia today varies between its urban and rural populations. Urban Saudis enjoy a much more varied food, but still eat much of the same food from their rural counterpart. According to FoodByCountry.com, the most common foods in the Saudi diet are wheat, yogurt, dates and chicken. Saudi Arabia produces more than 600 million pounds of dates per year.