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The Mediterranean Grill buffet is quite a sight... - Oman
The Mediterranean Grill buffet is quite a sight...
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The Mediterranean Grill: The buffets really ARE great.
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  • DesertRat
  • By DesertRat on October 17, 2002
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  • The Mediterranean Grill buffet is quite a sight... - Oman
    The Mediterranean Grill buffet
    is quite a sight...
    by DesertRat
    This is the rather sumptuous-looking Intercontinental answer to the hotel coffee shop. Marble, wood, Maroccan tiles, and thick damask table linens are everywhere. Clearly, no expense was spared when this restaurant was put together. The atmosphere is quietly, though casually, elegant.

    For my money, the seafood offerings are probably the best, especially the giant prawns (shrimp). The buffets groan with superb terrines and oh-so-complicated meat and fish mouses in aspic, mini-lambchops, bits of this and that en croute, stunningly carved vegetables and melons, the whole gamut of "fancy" food is on offer here.

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  • Theme: Eclectic/International
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: The Hotel Intercontinental Muscat
  • Phone: Tel: +968 600 500
  • Directions: Shatti Al-Qurum
  • Website: http://muscat.oman.intercontinental.com/
  • Other Contact: Fax: +968 600 012
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    Sahel Horan Coffeeshop IN SHATI: SHISHA IN MUSCAT
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  • By peterman2 on January 10, 2008
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  • The FRIENDLY staff of the coffee shop - Oman
    The FRIENDLY staff of the
    coffee shop
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    Late afternoon, go there for a juice, facing the sea,
    and then have a shisha.
    Later around 7pm have diner... kebabs...
    WITH LOCALS !!!!

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  • Theme: Local
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Directions: Near Al Shatti plaza,in Qurum, in front of the beach
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    Different names.: How about Pakistani/Afghan food?
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  • Faiza-Ifrah
  • Updated By Faiza-Ifrah on September 5, 2002
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  • Well, we are lovers of a combination of Arab and Pakistani food (the latter incorrectly clustered with Indian food) and will find out the best places even if we are a total strangers in the land. In order to distinguish Pakistani restaurants from Indians, look for names like Pak-Arab, Pak-Oman, Sindh-Punjab, Frontier, Afghan, Karachi Darbaar, Karachi Deli and so on. Also, Pakistani restaurant have middle-eastern flavor to them

    The restaurants may be small, but the food is great.

    We almost always go for Arabic Hammoos and Mushawis (bbqs), Sindhi Chicken Biryani (spicy rice) from Pakistan's province of Sindh, Chicken Karahi, nihaari, Frontier Grills, Chapali Kababs, that is, meat, meat and more meat - grilled, tandoori, bbqed, does not matter.

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  • Theme: Middle Eastern
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Address: In the central city streets and busy shopping area
  • Directions: Muscat and Suhaar.
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    There are a lot of nice fish...
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  • By Tatie on September 8, 2002
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    by Tatie
    There are a lot of nice fish restaurants, where the people are proud to show you your fish before grilling it. Especially in Sur, you can find some great addresses.And not expensive...

    But my favourite dish, i ate at home...An indian friend used to cook for us...it was a real miracle; we had to eat on banana leaves!! (no dishes!!LOL)
    It was hot and spicey..but damn good!

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    Foods to Try: Omani Cuisine
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  • seagoingJLW
  • Updated By seagoingJLW on April 8, 2004
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  • Omani Food - Oman
    Omani Food
    by seagoingJLW
    Some Omani foods are:

    Kahwa - a strong bitter drink flavored with cardamom.
    Halwa - a sticky sweet made with brown sugar, eggs, honey, and spices
    Lokhemat - deep fried balls of flour and yeast
    Maqbous - saffron rice cooked over red or white meat
    Aursia - mashed rice flavored with spices
    Shuwa - spiced meat slowly cooked in an underground oven for days
    Mashuai - spit roasted kingfish over lemon rice

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    thats will depend on your...
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  • By amdbadi on August 26, 2002
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  • thats will depend on your budjet, we have here in Mustat differnt style of resturants. for me i like the arabic ones. u can find some of good resturand at Alkhwair at the front of Radison Sas Hotel. or u have another choises in Alqurm near to the shoping centers.

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    All the hotels have fanatstic...
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  • nada1712
  • By nada1712 on August 26, 2002
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  • All the hotels have fanatstic buffets every night including seafood, Indian, Omani. They are very cheap about £10.00 a head. Alcohol is expensive.

    (1)Sea food

    (2)Try to make this wonderful salad ..................

    FATOOSH SALAD.

    2 small (4 inch) pita breads,
    8 leaves romaine lettuce - rinsed, dried, and torn into bite-size pieces,
    2 green onions, chopped,
    1 cucumber, chopped,
    3 tomatoes, cut into wedges,
    1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley,
    1 clove garlic, chopped,
    2 tablespoons sumac powder,
    1/4 cup lemon juice,
    1/4 cup olive oil,
    1 teaspoon salt,
    1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper,
    1/4 cup chopped fresh mint leaves.
    Directions......................
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
    Place pita in oven to crisp (about 5 to 10 minutes). Remove from oven, break into bite size pieces and place in large bowl.
    Add lettuce, green onions, cucumber, tomato, parsley, garlic, sumac, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper and mint. Toss until evenly coated. DELICIOUS!!!!

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    Nature's Restaurant: Enjoy the Mutton Dip
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  • Geoff_Wright
  • Updated By Geoff_Wright on March 13, 2004
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    by Geoff_Wright
    Not really a restaurant, but even better! At the end of each course we would go somewhere 'exotic' for our 'fuddl', or picnic. This is a picture taken at Seeb in 1975. Can you spot me haha!(enlarge the photo please.

    Some of the students would go to the local market and purchase vegetables and meat - usually chicken or mutton - and produce a delicious meal. This was usually washed down with coke or Seven-Up. For afters fresh fruit or melons.

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    There is plenty of nice...
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  • Carlo-B.
  • By Carlo-B. on August 26, 2002
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    by Carlo-B.
    There is plenty of nice restaurants in the city of muscate which offer sea food but also more arabic specialities, but i didn't hear about any particular famous one.
    The restaurants of the Albustan paace are very very good.

    This a Picture of the city of Muscate.

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    There are so many restaurants:...
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  • By dohani on August 25, 2002
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    by dohani
    There are so many restaurants: Arabs, Asians, and Europian restuarants. I like to eat at Pizza Hut (Italian) and Omar Al-Khayam (Arabic. There are some local resturants for Omani Dishes and Sea food.
    note: the attched picture from Grand Hyatt Hotel (Muscat).
    The taste and the atmosphere (colors, smell, decorations....etc.)

    I like the Pizza of see food

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  • Directions: Muscat Al-Khoud Sultan Qaboos University Pizza Hut
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