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The restaurant is situated in the top of the medina in Tunis, easeiy finded.It's a great house, with a little garden and you can eat in a cool and freh place. The best "couscous de poisson" I ever eat.Good local wines...And after the coffee, you can drink a "bourrah" on a carpet under a tree...and think that life is very hard...
The second time I visited Sidi Bou Said in winter I visited the Café de Nattes again. The first time was a short visit during a excursion, but now we we had all time of the world to drink our tea.The caf'é floor has two levels. Down you can sit at little tables. We prefered to sit at the upper level on mats on the ground. While drinking our mint tea, we had all opportunity to look around at the colourful interior and the local people drinking tea, smoking the waterpipe or playing games. The local mint tea.
Several small unnamed "gargotes" along the road. We choose one randomly and for 10 dinars we had for two a plate with harissa (mashed chili), another plate with olive oil and 1/2 kilo of mutton (tasty but not very tender). You had to dip a piece of bread in the olive oil, add some harissa and taste. Delicious if you are not afraid of hot dishes. No alcoholic beverage.
Having eaten at various restaurants at the hotel and around Tunisia, the best tip I can offer you is.... don't! Get out there, try the local cafes. Have the grilled lamb it is exquisite. Try the local specialities.. brick, fricasee.. Enjoy!!!
Small anonymous restaurant. When I ask "what can we eat", the manager lifted a metal slab closing a parallelepiped made of concrete blocks and showed skewers fitted with pieces of lamb that had slowly steamed in a kind of home made "Berber oven". Good meal for two with 1/2 kilo of lamb, spaghettis, a mechouia salad, a bottle of water and two mint teas for 13 dinars (10 euros). No alcoholic beverage.After dinner, we could watch the preparation of the next meal to cook in the oven. The owner took out of the fridge half a lamb and began to cut it in small pieces. Then he threaded these pieces on wooden skewers and weighted each skewer on a Roberval balance, in order to get 1 kilo skewers and 1/2 kilo skewers. The weight had to be very accurate. Then, he collected around the restaurant some branches (amazingly few wood), put them into the oven, light them and after a while, closed the oven...
Specialite Turk is a sort of fast food Turkish restaurant. They have lamb on a spit which is shaved off and put into sandwhiches. They are very cheap (2 dinar) and delicious. The staff at Specialite Turk seems to consist mostly of local teenagers/college kids (there's a university nearby) and they are very friendly, especially if you try out a few Arabic words. In a country where its tough to get anything other than couscous, spaghetti, or pizza, Specialite Turk is a breath of fresh air. And a great way to meet students! Simply the sandwhich, which is the only thing available during Ramadan, when the restaurant opens every night around 8:30 or 9. The sandwhiches consist of roasted lamb, cabbage, onions, french fries, hummus, slata mishwiya, mayonaise, and harisa all wrapped in a big tortilla-like bread and then grilled. You can say no to any of the ingredients. Personally I say no to...
I have just returned from Tunisia and had a dinner at the "highly recommended" Dar El Jeld restaurant in Tunis. Whilst the interior and decor was absolutely lovely, the food was disappointing. I think a lot of people recommend the restaurant based on the environment and overlooked the quality of the food and service. My friend and I had far better food and service at Au Beau Vieux Temp in Sidi Bou Said instead which was totally understated.
Great food, great service and a great view over the marina. The staff are always happy to explain the local dishes and to give advice. Try the sea food mezze. See it arrive on a neighbouring table after you have ordered something else and you will kick yourself.
COUS COUS - expect to eat it everyday at least once. It is their national side or main dish, it is like potatoes in Europe or rice for Asia. Eat it sweet in the morning like cereals with milk and some dried fruit, usually with raisins. This is my favourite combination. Eating it by itself can be a bit plain. But fried with some vegetables or meat, it can be really jummy.
How to find out if the restaurant is expensive? Look at the entrance!The most expensive restaurants are marked by 3 forks. 2 forks - cheaper, etcNo forks means very cheap food. Fast food - you don't need a fork to eat it :)
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