We have eaten out twice in the past couple weeks at some local places. You can eat in Al Ain at Fudruckers, McDonald's, and at the international hotels, but there are lots of smaller places that are authentic and cheap. It is nice to have the choice.
At Al Yahar, we had the typical Emirati dish of a big shared platter of rice with chicken and fish on top. It always comes with a plate of arugula and some salsa (kind of the like Mexican salsa). There were little rooms to sit on the floor, but we sat at a table.
Today, we went to Al Basir al Yemeni, a small place Charles had gone to with colleagues and had Yemeni food. It was also very simple but good food: chicken broth, then foul (or a sort of crushed spiced bean dish) and saksukr (or omlette with chilis, onions and tomatoes) and amazing naan bread, plus arugula and salsa, and sweet tea. It was amazing. All for 30 dirhams ($8) total for 4 people.
Apparently, the Gulf Arabs, being separated from the Arabs of the Mediterrean by a big desert, have been more influenced instead by India and Pakistan, and so the food shows that - naan, biriyani rice. So this food we had was sort of Arabic and sort of Indian.
Foul and omlette, and bread and salsa.
We also ate at an Ethiopian restaurant (above), clearly run by Ethiopians, but we did not like that food so much. Sour thin bread and raw meat.
At Al Yahar, we had the typical Emirati dish of a big shared platter of rice with chicken and fish on top. It always comes with a plate of arugula and some salsa (kind of the like Mexican salsa). There were little rooms to sit on the floor, but we sat at a table.
Today, we went to Al Basir al Yemeni, a small place Charles had gone to with colleagues and had Yemeni food. It was also very simple but good food: chicken broth, then foul (or a sort of crushed spiced bean dish) and saksukr (or omlette with chilis, onions and tomatoes) and amazing naan bread, plus arugula and salsa, and sweet tea. It was amazing. All for 30 dirhams ($8) total for 4 people.
Apparently, the Gulf Arabs, being separated from the Arabs of the Mediterrean by a big desert, have been more influenced instead by India and Pakistan, and so the food shows that - naan, biriyani rice. So this food we had was sort of Arabic and sort of Indian.
We also ate at an Ethiopian restaurant (above), clearly run by Ethiopians, but we did not like that food so much. Sour thin bread and raw meat.
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