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Eating our way around Cyrenaica: Time for nosh
Given that, like us, you're almost certain to be on some sort of organized tour for your jaunt around Cyrenaica,you're really in the hand of your your tour "guide" (see the general tips section for more on what constitutes a Libyan tour guide) when it comes to where you're going to eat. As to what you're going to eat, apart from Benghazi, it's really going to be variations on a theme which usualy means standard Libya fare - soup, salad, and meat and vegetables with couscous or pasta.For the most part, town restaurants are fairly ordinary, there's not much here in the way of carefully created atmosphere to be found, though the Cave Restaurant in Shahat near Cyrene is an experience, albeit a chilly one the wintry day we were there. Benghazi saw us eating Turkish in a busy restaurant patronised by large groups of men and families with young children alike. Service was prompt and efficient,...
