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Bahrain has many great restaurants at all the major cities and towns. Eating out in Bahrain is an exciting experience. All the restaurants have different styles and boasts of their specialties. The capital, Manama being a cosmopolitan city offers a huge variety of food and tastes. There are many Indian restaurants because of the large number of immigrants from the sub-continent.
Western foods are easily available at Bahraini-owned chains and restaurants, of which McDonald’s and Burger King being the favorite ones. Pizza and pasta lovers will not certainly get disappointed as the Italian food has also become a favorite in the Bahraini capital. Manama also offers other cuisines with several Chinese, Japanese and Balinese restaurants. So, from the fine dining to fast food takeaways, you can pick your taste from a wide range of cuisines.
There are many restaurants ranging from cheap stalls, offering local food to fancy restaurants serving food for upper mid-range prices. Most of the western style foods are available around the malls and in the city center. Sea food is ubiquitous in Manama as it is at the coastal area. You must try the delicacies of king fish steaks and prawns in tomato and masala sauce along with baked shari fish.
Apart from this, mutton, chicken and rice are the main Arabian dishes for Bahrainis, while pork is
strictly prohibited. Manama also has diner-on-the-move shawarma stalls selling kebab-like foodstuffs and fast food comprised of pasta, rice, lentils, onion and chick pea mix with a choice of sauce, usually lemon or chilli, offering at amazingly low prices. You can also find many vegetarian restaurants run by Indians here. Juices such as lemon and mint are irresistible in summer.
Drinking alcohol is not prohibited for the non-Muslim adults over the age of 18 and a wide variety of alcohol is available in most of the top-end restaurants and hotel bars in Manama. However, drinking in public places outside these restaurants or bars is strictly prohibited. Even at night in Manama you can enjoy eating out with your friends in some of excellent restaurants, particularly in the Adliya district. So, pick up a copy of the Bahrain Hotel & Restaurant Guide for an exhaustive listing of restaurants in the city. In toto Bahrain is a place where you can find any type of cuisine both for vegetarian and non-vegetarian.
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