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Qatar Food offers a variety of cuisines to choose from. A large number of restaurants present a huge variety of international and local Qatar Food to suit the needs of the tourists. Food in Qatar is mainly influenced by its neighboring countries like Iran, Pakistan, India and Lebanon. However the American fast food is the most popular one.
Traditional food in Qatar includes a wide range of seafood like the dishes of shrimp, lobster, tuna, red snapper, crab and kingfish. The most popular traditional food in Qatar is mutton and Lamb along with cow or goat milk from yogurt. The most favored food as breakfast among the category of Qatar Food is olives, yogurt and cheese. The people of Qatar however prefer heavy lunch comprising of appetizers to start with and then move on to lamb or fish stew, salads and vegetables. The Qataris finish their day with light snacks as dinner.
Other delicacies in Qatar recipes include the tabbouleh made of chopped parsley, and hummus made of sesame seeds and chick peas. The inhabitants of Qatar strictly stick to halal meat which is actually meat prepared according to the Muslim laws. Drinking alcohol is mostly restricted to pubs and nightclubs only.
A majority of hotels in Qatar offer Chinese, Persian, Indian, US, Thai and western dishes along with the traditional Food of Qatar. These hotels have their own restaurants as well as outside catering services. The most popular outlets of Qatar Food in Doha are Egyptian foul, Levantine shawarma and taamiyeh.
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