Algeria Info
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 Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:26 am Post subject: FOOD & DINING IN ALGERIA / ALGERIA DINING GUIDE |
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FOOD & DINING IN ALGERIA
GENERAL
Traditional Algerian food shows the historic influences of Berber, Arab, Turkish, and French tastes. It can be mild or very spicy and many flavourings are used. Algiers and popular coastal towns have a fair selection of good restaurants, serving mainly French and Italian-style food, though even classic dishes will have an unmistakable Algerian quality. Fish dishes are exceptionally good.
The sale of alcohol is not encouraged. Alcohol is only available in more expensive restaurants and hotels. There are no licensing hours and hotel bars tend to stay open for as long as there is custom. Algeria produces some good wines but very few of them seem to be served in the country itself. The major hotels may have a reasonable cellar of European wines.
National specialties
• In the towns, stalls sell brochettes (kebabs) in French bread and covered in a spicy sauce (if desired). The range of foodstuffs in the south is more limited.
• Couscous, a semolina-like pasta made from cracked wheat, is a staple food in Algeria and throughout North Africa.
• Rice is also a popular staple, and chickpea-cakes make a cheap and tasty accompaniment for food.
• Stews like shakshuka, with vegetables, and tajine, with lamb or chicken, are popular everyday dishes. Sugar or honey can be added to savoury dishes to create a sweet-and-sour taste.
• The traditional diet of desert nomads is based on couscous and the meat of the sheep or goats they herd. When traveling, desert people carry pressed dates or figs, and hard cheese, which keeps for a long time.
National drinks
• As in much of North Africa and the Middle East, refreshing, golden-colored mint tea and strong, sweet coffee (sometimes called Turkish coffee) are drunk wherever people gather to talk and relax, a legacy of French rule.
• If available, try Medea, Mansourah and Mascara red wines and Medea, Mascara and Lismara rosés.
PLACES TO DINE
Arzett Loubnane
Lebanese/International
97 Chemin Sfindja (El Biar)
Des Facultes
Continental/European/Coffee Shop
1 Rue Didouche Mourad
El Behdja
International
Route de l'Universite Bp 12 5juillet Bab Ezzouar
El Waha Poolside
Continental/European/International
Pins Maritimes, El Mohammadia
Il Ponte
International
Pins Maritimes, El Mohammadia
Kantara
International
Pins Maritimes, El Mohammadia
L'Esplanade
International/Family/Coffee Shop
16, Rue Hassen Achour BEO
Le Bernais
Family/French/Coffee Shop
5, Rue Ahmed et Boualem Khalfi
Le Taj Mahal
Indian/Pakistani/Coffee Shop
7, Rue Idir Toumi Ben Aknoun
Restaurant Astrolab
International
Rue des arcades Riadh el Feth
Restaurant Chez Sauveur
International/Family
Port El Djamila Ain Benain
Restaurant El Marsa
Continental/European/International
Sidi Fredj, Staoueli, Alger
Restaurant La Casbah
Continental/European/Cafe
248 Route Neuve Bouzareah
Restaurant La Colomba
Continental/European/Cafe
113 Rue Didouche Mourad
Restaurant Le Mouflon d' Or
Continental/European/Cafe
Parc Zoologique Ben Aknoun
Restaurant Moncada
Continental/European/Cafe
Parc Zoologique Ben Aknoun
Restaurant Viva
Continental/European/Cafe
21 Rue Mellal Mohamed
Sirene de Mer
International/French/Family
8, Rampe de la Pecherie |
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