Eating

Restaurants

There is no problem to find a restaurant in a big city, thereto you have a choice from a big number of different kinds of restaurants. Besides typical Arab restaurants, there is also an array of foreign cuisines. Mainly in Dubai the choice of restaurants is really wide, you can find from almost every part of the world. Also the world-famous fast food chains are represented in here. There are subsidiaries of McDonald´s, KFC, Burger King, Dunkin´ Donut and others.

You can also taste domestic food from local little stalls. The most common is a dish called Kebap. There are also typical Arab cafés and tearooms where you can treat yourself with typical strong Arab coffee, mint tea, or you can smoke a water pipe called chicha.

Porc

Pig meat is prohibited to the Muslims, so the offer of porc in restaurants is very limited. It is to buy only in some stores.

Alcohol

Also alcohol is forbidden for Muslims. That is why it is to get only in few restaurants. In UAE, alcohol is sold for higher prices than we are used to.

Arab food

Arab food has a common base in vegetables, which are not missing in any Arab dish. Most often, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrot, or aubergine are used.