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Al Boom: Dinner Inside a Ship Built in Calicut in 1979
The vessel reached Kuwait in 1980 and the restaurant opened inside it in 1982. On the same spot sits the largest wooden dhow anywhere.
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Coffee Goes Out to the Kashta: A Kit Box at Twenty-Five Dinars, Beans at Four
The roastery calibrates twice a day, and free delivery starts at ten.
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Nayef: Chicken From the Group’s Own Farms, and a Twenty-Piece Bucket at 8.500
Fifty-nine branches on the official site, reaching Kabd and Saad Al-Abdullah in the north and Wafra and Ahmadi in the south, plus one in the airport. Delivery is free above five KD.
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Freej Swaileh: Camel Milk on the Menu, and a Branch That Never Shuts
Machboos is six dinars, maqlouba six and a half, and the priciest thing to drink is not a juice.
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Masgouf Cooks Standing Up: A Fish Beside the Fire, Not Over It
The dish comes from the banks of the Tigris, and the restaurant that carried it here opened in London in 1997 and arrived by way of Dubai.
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A Section Called Taste of Kuwait on an Indian Restaurant Menu
Bamia stew, lentil soup and biryani at one table, and the buffet runs at two branches only, from a chain open since 1985.
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Large Prawns at 3.100 Dinars a Kilo: Buying Frozen in Bulk
Beef brisket goes for 6.500, and a bag of fries from 1.930. Delivery is free above twenty KD, and the site warns of fake copies using its name.
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Kuwait Flour Mills Adds Croissants and Coffee: A Fresh Counter in Yarmouk, Fahad Al-Ahmad and Saad Al-Abdullah
Zaatar and labneh cruffins, chocolate babka, flavoured muffins. The same company launched a sandwich concept this year, and runs the first gluten-free plant in the region.
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Off the Coal in Sharq: Every Burger Has a Smaller Twin at a Lower Price
Open daily from 12:30 in the afternoon to 11:30 at night, walk-ins welcome. Reported average spend on the maps runs from ten to thirty-five dinars a head.
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ORU in Shuwaikh Opens at Six in the Morning: Five Branches, Each With a Job
The industrial site starts when the district starts, Hamra is for grab-and-go, and The Fourth is for sitting down. An old card under a similar name on the maps is permanently closed.
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Khubz in Abu Fatira: A Sourdough Loaf for One Dinar, and Dough That Rests Cold Overnight
A live starter fed daily with no commercial yeast, and a minimum order of three KD.
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Smashys in Yarmouk: Fries Cooked in Peanut Oil, and Pickup Only
Two smashed patties for 2.750 dinars, an apple pie with pastry made in the kitchen, and no delivery.
