Brunch
Friday brunch is perfect for a lazy start or end to the weekend, especially once the really hot weather arrives. Popular with all sections of the community, it provides Thursday night revellers with a gentle awakening, while for families it’s a very pleasant way to spend the day together. Many of the venues put on…
Fruit Juices
A variety of fresh juices are widely available, either from shawarma stands, juice shops, ‘coffee shops’ or cafes. They are uniformly delicious, healthy and cheap, and made on the spot from fresh fruits such as mango, banana, kiwi, strawberry, watermelon and pineapple. (The mixed fruit cocktail is a blessing for the indecisive!) Fresh lemon mint…
Bakeries
In addition to bread, Arabic bakeries offer a wonderful range of pastries, biscuits and Lebanese sweets. Look out for ‘borek’, which are flat pastries, baked or fried with spinach or cheese, or the biscuits filled with ground dates. All are delicious, and must be tried at least once. Omani Halwa is a sticky concoction of…
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