Cuisine of Monastir for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

Monastir is a real paradise for gourmands—the coastal city offers myriads of interesting seafood delicacies, unique bakery, and traditional local dishes. The most popular tourist restaurants are located on the waterfront and near the coast. Experienced tourists recommend paying attention to restaurants and cafes in the city centre. They are mostly geared to local citizens and offer visitors traditional dishes at affordable prices. In such restaurants, you should definitely try traditional couscous prepared with either poultry or fish. There are a few dozen recipes of the dish. Cooks often add sweet dried fruit and special spices to it.

A popular snack here is brik, a small deep-fried pastry parcel. It can be filled with lots of different foods: various types of meat and fish, vegetables and eggs. They are sold in all local cafes and restaurants as well as in small stands on the streets. Another traditional dish called felfel mehchi—sweet peppers stuffed with meat—is more complicated and sophisticated. A filling for the dish is traditionally cooked from young lamb. It can be tasted in restaurants of different levels.

A traditional menu includes a wide choice of first courses. You can try rich meat and vegetable soups here in any season. Chorba soup is one of the traditional dishes. According to a classic recipe, a lot of spicy pepper is traditionally added to it. The main ingredients of the soup are veal and seasonal vegetables which can vary depending on the season. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Interesting fish and seafood dishes are served at Monastir restaurants all year round. They are usually fried. Seafood platters from various types of shellfish, molluscs, and squids are popular with tourists. Those who love sweet foods can relish sophisticated cakes with nut and fruit fillings. Fragrant yoyo doughnuts, usually eaten with honey syrup, are a popular dessert here. The most unusual dessert is a mhalbiya cake filled with rice and nuts.

Le Pirate is one of the most popular restaurants in the city. It offers visitors a variety of traditional regional dishes. The restaurant is located in a very beautiful historic building whose interior decoration managed to remain almost intact. The hall was decorated with authentic antique furniture and works of art. You can taste here dozens of seafood dishes, wonderful salads, Mediterranean-style starters, traditional soups, and drinks popular with local citizens.

The Ali bar—which has as good a choice of dishes and drinks as many famous restaurants—is very popular with thrifty tourists. Tourists like the bar for its affordable prices, simple and incredibly delicious dishes from fresh regional products. The signature dishes include seafood pasta, fresh vegetable salads, and fruit desserts. Besides, the bar has a huge choice of drinks.

The Marina the Captain restaurant specializes in European and Mediterranean cuisine. It stands out among numerous competitors through its marine-themed decoration. The restaurant serves wonderful fish dishes. Besides, you can try meat dishes cooked over an open fire as well as vegetable snacks and salads. Despite its huge popularity, the restaurant has affordable prices.

Pizzerias and Italian restaurants are widespread in Monastir. One of the best restaurants of this kind is Soprano. Dozens of pizza types are cooked here, including very filling meat ones and special vegetarian ones. The restaurant has attractive prices and is a great place for a family rest.

One of the city’s most original eateries is the Safari lounge restaurant located on the territory of the local zoo. The popular restaurant offers visitors to taste traditional dishes of Tunisian cuisine; magnificent couscous and affordable poultry dishes are cooked here. Beer fans will definitely like the restaurant, as it’s part of a complex together with a pub and a brewery. Despite such an unmatched nature, Safari is considered a perfect place for a family rest; the menu has a large choice of dishes suitable for children.