Middle Eastern restaurants in Kuwait City
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Al-Boom
Located in the hull of a boat, this inventive restaurant takes some beating - particularly as this isn't just any old boat; this is Mohammedi II, built in Culicut, India in 1979. A replica of the largest dhow ever built (Mohammedi I, 1915), it took three years to construct from teak wood and 2.5 tonnes of copper, and was completed with 8.8 tonnes of handmade iron nails.
Not that one spares much thought for the 35,000 days of labour that was invested in one of the most characterful cargo holds in the history of boat building: when ensconced in the curving hull, under a ship's lantern hung from the beams, the attention is much more carefully focused on the set-piece of gril…
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Burj Al-Hamam
This circular restaurant at the end of a pier is like a piece of punctuation along the corniche - but don't let the rather unattractive steel exterior put you off. This is a great place to sample delicious Middle Eastern fare in a thoroughly convivial atmosphere among loudly chatting local families.
There is an inner and outer core to the restaurant with 280 degrees open to the sea - that's if you can glimpse it above the heaps of primary-coloured cushions and through the haze of peach-flavoured sheesha (around KD3). Try the kheshkhash (spiced mince meat with onions and parsley) priced at a very reasonable price.
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