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“There's shredded chicken in here, there's bread, there's gravy, looks like some vegetables and some seasonings, some spices. Really hearty and comforting. The bread has just sopped up absorbed all of that gravy. I taste the cardamom, probably turmeric as well — not too strong in spices but just kind of mellow and pleasant. It's kind of turned into a mushy all-in-one dish, everything blended together. It is really tasty.”
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1 creator has covered Al-Mashareq Restaurant. Most active: Mark Wiens
A popular local restaurant in Nizwa serving traditional Omani dishes like beef with honey, chicken gravy, and kabuli rice.
Dishes mentioned
Beef Simmered in Its Own Juices with Honey
The beef is cooked without much seasoning, just a little bit of salt, and then it just simmers in its own fat as it renders. We put honey on the beef — it's so tender. Mostly maybe taste some black pepper but that's about all for the seasoning, but it's that sweet honey glaze that balances the flavor contrasts the beefiness with that thin Omani bread. Simple but fresh tasting.
Chicken Gravy with Bread
There's shredded chicken in here, there's bread, there's gravy, looks like some vegetables and some seasonings, some spices. Really hearty and comforting. The bread has just sopped up absorbed all of that gravy. I taste the cardamom, probably turmeric as well — not too strong in spices but just kind of mellow and pleasant. It's kind of turned into a mushy all-in-one dish, everything blended together. It is really tasty.
Kabuli Rice with Crispy Onions
This is the rice topped with crispy onions. Look at the spices and look how fluffy it is — it's really fluffy, really airy and puffy, goes down so easily. The spices but not overpowering, and then the crispy onion — that's what gives it that edge of flavor. There is cinnamon, there's cardamom, there's cumin — it's very aromatic, heavy on the aromatics. Down below where it's juicy and hydrated. The cinnamon spices and cardamom spices rather than more of those human masala spices, it's more fragrant. The kabuli with the beef with the hot sauce — kabuli has such nice aromatic spices, more on the cinnamon cardamom side than the cumin turmeric. Kabuli is fantastic.
