Cuisine of Kuwait City for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

It’s not easy to choose the best one among hundreds of attractive restaurants and cafes of Kuwait City, but some places deserve special attention as they differ much from the rest. The Chocolate Bar is an attractive place. It is a cozy cafe, where guests can taste prefect sweets. Both chocolate lovers and fans of pastries, and those keeping figure would find a suitable dessert here. In addition to cakes and fruit desserts, they offer visitors a refreshing drink, tea and coffee specialties.

The popular Mais Alghanim restaurant offers its guests to taste dishes of Middle Eastern cuisine. Visitors will be able to choose a treat for every taste and budget. Among culinary delights represented, there are rare delicacies and traditional home dishes. Those who can’t imagine a meal without their favorite hamburger are welcomed by the Slider Station restaurant. Its menu also provides a decent selection of vegetable salads and light meals. The restaurant also attracts visitors with its reasonable prices.

The Leila restaurant specializes in cooking Lebanese dishes. This establishment has excellent food, pleasant decor and rooms, and attentive staff who will answer all your questions and help to choose dishes. The Leila restaurant is also suitable for celebrations. Excellent restaurant of Japanese cuisine is Kei; every day it is visited by fans of sushi and rolls. Some restaurant's tables are served on the terrace; visitors can also stay in a cozy room decorated in oriental style. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Best pizza and pasta are offered by the Nino restaurant serving Italian cuisine. It is very popular among locals and visitors. Nino is one of the most attractive budget facilities of the city. At their first visit guests may be confused with richly decorated room, but they don’t have to overpay for the design, as prices in this restaurant are at moderate level. The One cafe offers a wide selection of international cuisine, in the morning it often serves breakfast in a buffet-style. Its main clients are tourists and employees of nearby offices. The Fauchon restaurant is considered the best in French cuisine. It will also please guests with an amazing interior decoration and delicious treats.

In Kuwait restaurants specializing in regional cuisine, it is customary to begin a meal with traditional appetizers. The most famous among them is Hummus, which is prepared from various types of legumes with the addition of spices and lemon juice. Another popular snack is deep-fried chickpea balls called Falafel.

An important component of local gastronomy is bread, which is baked here in a special oven. Local bread resembles large flat cakes fried to a crisp. Most dishes are traditionally served with "Aish" bread whose name means “life” in Arabic.

Since local people are Muslims, there are no pork dishes in national restaurants. All meat dishes are made from lamb, goat, and veal, often complemented by very interesting vegetable garnishes. In local restaurants, guests will be offered traditional shawarma and dozens of kebab versions, and the most sumptuous festive dish is “Ghouzi” - stuffed lamb.

Poultry meat is used for the preparation of many meat dishes. A great example is "Harees" - a hearty casserole of veal and chicken. An original dish, which is quite cheap in local restaurants, is “Biryani-Dajaj” - stewed chicken with rice. The most common garnish for meat dishes is rice, and Kuwait's chefs have reached incredible heights in the art of its cooking. They use dozens of rice varieties, necessarily adding various spices and vegetables during cooking.

The choice of vegetable dishes in local restaurants is also huge, while stuffed zucchini and eggplants enjoy the greatest popularity among foreign guests. The menu of regional restaurants in Kuwait cannot be imagined without traditional baked goods. In restaurants of various categories, they bake wonderful sambusa patties typically filled with meat, cheese or vegetables. For dessert, local restaurants often serve sweet pastries, including esh-asaya cheesecake, which is characterized by a very original taste. Here you can also taste all kinds of baklava and sherbet, interesting desserts from fresh milk and special types of donuts with honey. Many original sweets can be tasted in street markets.