Category: Arabic

  When we talk about the Lebanese house we enter a world of sunshine and light, of color both subtle and vivid, of simplicity of form and elegance of proportions. We enter the lives of a community that lived in simplicity and in harmony with its surroundings. The rugged nature of the landscape reflects the architecture and design. Gently sculpting the landscape into terraces, they were able to cultivate the land for their living. Inspired by the beauty of their land, they created an architecture from its stones and timbers both simple and refined. The relationship of architecture to...

Beware the concept shawarma’s they say, expensive shawarma’s can’t be trusted. But if people start talking about a restaurant, there’s probably a reason for it, although in the case of Shawarma Shuwaikh, most of the chatter has not vanished after the hot start, and to top it all, they’ve opened another branch 24 hrs! 😯 Priced at around Kd 1.250, (which surprisingly is 0.250 fils more than their Shuwaikh br) many  would somehow prefer to avoid this, but like most things, value comes at a price!  But we need to determine how premium is the entire package  and how much value is attributed to a...

    The Marina Crescent is one of my favorite places in Kuwait. The walkway, the yacht harbor and of course the stretch of international restaurants just makes this place an attraction. Zaatar W Zait is a vibrant Lebanese restaurant with one of its branches at the Marina Crescent. They began operations in May 1999 and moulded the simple Manousheh (Oregano bread) into very interesting dishes. A friend has been raving about this place for quite sometime and finally on a Saturday morning we decided to try out the place.  Think we got there around 9 am and the place...

  Kuwait has slowly been increasing its reputation as a hub for food lovers. Though some might say there is nothing better to do here than eat, I’ll take the explosion of different cuisines as a positive response to this notion. Nestled in the more or less isolated area of Shuwaikh (residential Shuwaikh) is this restaurant. It is the brain child of one of the brothers of the gastronomica group (owners of Sliders Station, Open Flame etc). The interior aura actually reflects the Slider Station. If it was not for a Kuwaiti friend, I don’t think I would have...

I can have shawarma’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner..(ok I’ve slighy exaggerated). But I do love this delicacy and I’m always searching for something different. The inception of the concept shawarma restaurants in Kuwait (Slice, Shuwaikh shawarma, Dean & Deluca…etc) just opened up the traditional dish to another world of possibilities. Head about this Shawarma place managed by Mais Alghanim that was serving the traditional dish with all possible combinations of spices and sauces… and I just had to try it out ! I’m basically deriving my review based on 2 separate visits almost a month apart. To begin...

Fresh, healthy, rich in flavor and diverse, is I believe a good way to briefly describe Middle Eastern cuisine. While everyone has their favorites and Lebanese is comparatively more popular especially among fine dining Arabic cuisine restaurants, I have been trying to explore the diversity in the cuisine. A friend informed me about this Iraqi place and though we had been here couple of times before, we never got down to pen a review… until now. One thing I can begin with is by commending them on the consistency of quality. The choices of dishes available on the menu...

    ..of the many custom Shawarma places that have opened up so far, Slice is our favorite (so far). We visited the place again after 2 months and for starters we were really happy to see that they have made parking available in front of the shop. They still dont have people to come to your car and take the order :(. To better our experience this time, there were not many people waiting and this allowed me to get pics of the kitchen :). I have to add that the place is kept pretty clean. We had...

When we speak to people who have visited Turkey, one thing that everyone commonly raves about is the food. They describe Turkish cuisine as a fusion of Central Asian, Middle Eastern and the Balkan cuisines. Heard about this slightly upscale Turkish restaurant that had opened in the Avenues (Kuwait) and we have been waiting to try it out. Everyone knows that people are generally impatient when hungry, we had gone there twice earlier but because of the long wait, never got the chance. As surely as the sun would shine, we knew our day would come…and it finally did...

Freej Swaileh is a Kuwaiti restaurant located in Salmiya and it’s really easy to find. The restaurant is in the building in between Marks & Spencer and Max (retail store). The entrance is from the back and there is ample parking. The restaurant has 3 floors and I believe the ground and second floor has cabins and is suitable for families.  The interiors were reminiscent of an old Kuwaiti home and they tried as much to lavish upon us the experience of delighting in Kuwaiti food enjoying the ‘stars’ ;). We were greeted by smiling faces and after waiting...