Want to learn to cook Kuwaiti Cuisine?

You all must be eating Kuwaiti cuisines at office or restaurants?

Don't you love them? I just love them would like to cook them myself. 

When you are in a foreign land, I feel you should learn about the culture , food and whatever is best in that country.

Here is a chance for you to learn to cook Kuwaiti cuisine......

Arabic Sweets(2)

Arabic Sweets is made with semolina, butter ghee, milk, sugar syrup, pistachios, dates, choclates or dry fruits. I just love them.

Arabic Sweets

Arabic Sweets.......Very tasty and toothsome, they are mainly made from chocolates, coconut, dry fruits and dates.

Arabic Food

As we move around exploring Kuwait and enjoying the Eid carnivals and celebrations, we purchased Arabic snacks and juices, had it in our car before driving to our next destination.

So you thought Arabic cuisine began and ended with Hummous, think again. Arabic cuisine is rich and diverse and to a large extent uses dates, wheat, barley, rice and meats. There’s a ton of wonderful delights to try and enjoy. The food is fresh, not too heavily spiced and generally delicious.

Famous Arabic snacks/ delights are Shawarma (a wrap of any shaved meat or a halal mixture of meats), Ful Medamas (a breakfast delicacy made from fava beans), Shish Kebab, Maqluba (a rice and egg-plant casserole), Couscous (made from semolina or hard wheat), Dolma (a stuffed vegetable dish), Lahm Ba'ajeen (a pizza lookalike), Manakish (also a pizza lookalike), Kabsa (a rice preparation), Kebbeh (made from a cereal called Burgul and chopped meat), Ma'amoul (pastries with dry food fillings), Matboha (a spicy salad made from tomatoes and bell peppers), Baba Ghanoush (an eggplant dish), Hummus, shahan Ful (an accompaniment made from fava beans), Basbousa (a sweetmeat made from semolina), Labneh (strained yoghurt), Ka'ak (Arabic versions of cake), Baklawa (pastries0, Luqmat al-qadi (pastries), Qatayef (crepes), Shish taouk (a kebab), Toum (a garlic sauce), Fattoush (a salad made from bread), Sambusak (Arabic samosas), Falafel and Kleicha (cookies).

Try them out...will surely enjoy the Arabic food.

Eid Celebration Q8

Kuwait is a Muslim country and so Eid is celebrated with lot of pomp and activities. During Eid, we go to different areas to check out the celebrations. For the last three years we had been doing so and this time was no different. But the best part was Mehr was with us this time.

There are lot of Eid carnivals or mela’s {as we call in India} that are held. During Eid, which ever area you go it becomes very difficult to park your car. You can hardly find a place and it appears that the entire Kuwait( citizens and expatriate) is out enjoying. I wanted to buy a sunglass for Mehr from Mothercare and so went to Al Bairaq Mall. Though I couldnot get the sunglass (stock over….the saleswoman said there is lot of sale) , we ended up watching magic show. Infact when we entered there was Arabic music been played and after sometime we saw a magician performing tricks. Both Mehr and ourselves enjoyed the show. We couldn’t stay till the end as we had to go to Mastanji’s house for Eid dinner.

Magic Show

Next day while going to Anupam da’s house for dinner, we saw lot of activities, people and cars parked in Kuwait Magic mall. We couldn’t visit it that day but visited the next day. An Eid carnival was held and lot of people were enjoying it. Lot of games, food stall, toy shops were there. Just enjoyed the ambience.

We also went to 360 Mall and stumbled upon Zain‘s Eid Spectacular. The event included: Face painting, Caricature drawing, Clown Shows, Games and Prizes and Dressed-up entertainers walking around.

We planned to go to Al Kout or Al Manshar Mall but couldnot get a place to park our car. For nearly an hour we moved around and ultimately when we couldnot find a parking place we moved to Ajiwal Mall. We took Mehr to Future Kids where she played some games and enjoyed. There were lot of children along with their parents enjoying. We moved around Fahaheel , ate swarma and returned.

As we went to Lulu Hypermarket @ Qurain we met dress up entertainers( in Disney characters) and they were also distributing choclates.

We even went to Kuwait city. Though every nook and corner of the country has a celebratory mood, but the best place to experience the traditional atmosphere of Ramadan in Kuwait, is in the old souks of Mubarakiya in Kuwait city. It’s a unique experience to move in the narrow lanes of the souks and be part of hundreds of shoppers that throng the narrow lanes.

On our way, we came across Kuwait City’s Centrepoint and decided to stop and have a look. Here purchased Mehr’s sunglass (of her choice)..…now-a-days kids have their own choices even at such tender age.

Canary Restaurant, Q8

When my brother visited us, we planned to take him to a nice restaurant to taste good, authentic Arabic food. He was with us for only 11days. It was very hectic those days as we moved around Kuwait,both in the day time and in the evenings. We had delicious Arabic food before both at “The Teatro” at Hilton and “The Failaka Restaurant” at Al-Mansar Rotana and we planned to take him to one of them. But because of the hectic schedule I just forgot to confirm with the respective hotels as to when they will have Arabic theme night( i.e. only on a particular day of the week they serve Arabic food. )We completely forgot on what days of the week we went to these restaurants before. So in the evening when my husband asked me before going whether I confirmed with the restaurants I remembered about it. I called the respective hotels and to our dismay found that both the restaurants they serve Arabic food only on Thursdays.

 

He would go the next day and we did not have time. We decided to try out Canary restaurant at Fahaheel, near CentrePoint and next to Beach Palace restaurant. We had tried Arabic snacks there before and liked it. But it would be our first complete Arabic meal that day. But by the time we reached the restaurant, Mehr felt asleep so my brother suggested we should pack the meals for home. But the problem was everything is in Arabic, even the menu. Luckily, my husband spotted to Bengali speaking guys who works in the restaurant, who were of great help. We ordered a variety of Arabic delicacies from snacks to chicken rice to mix grill. We just loved the food. Suman, my brother was very happy with the food. Infact till now we had the best Arabic food at Canary.

Canary Restaurant has many branchs through-out Kuwait and has been serving traditional Arab cuisine for the past 30 years. It is a favourite among locals and expatriates. A variety of sandwiches and grills are serve at this eatery. Canary opens extremely early in the morning to serve a typical oriental breakfast such as foul (beans), falafel and omelettes. Fresh juices are also available, yet tend to be slightly overpriced. Canary can home deliver and is also available to cater for special occasions. Prices are moderate to low.

Takeaway and Home Delivery services are available.

  Phone: 264 1287
  Hours:
  Mon to Sun 04:00 AM to 12:00 AM