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8 stories for“gulf cooking”
This Gulf classic transforms simple ingredients into fragrant, tender chicken and rice. Bahrain and Qatar claim it as their own, and once you taste it, you'll understand why.
Sep 15, 2023
The name means beaten, and that is the method. Rice and chicken cooked past the point of holding their shape, then worked with a spoon until the whole pot turns creamy.
Aug 5, 2026
A spiced lamb and vegetable saloona ladled over thin regag bread until it collapses. Ramadan tables across the UAE run on this, and the bread is the point.
Jul 27, 2026
Oman buries spiced lamb in an underground oven for a day or more. Most kitchens do not have a pit, and a low oven with a sealed wrap gets remarkably close.
Aug 3, 2026
A vegan bakery in Janabiyah, a Four Seasons tasting menu backed by a Saudi prince, and Muscat's coconut-bowl breakfast spot: the region's quieter vegan scene.
May 27, 2026
WHO sets a 5 gram salt ceiling; the Gulf's average intake runs far above it, driven largely by bread and processed food.
Jan 16, 2025
Thin, crispy-edged patties have muscled aside gourmet stacks across Dubai and the wider Gulf, and the reasons go well beyond taste alone this time.
Oct 5, 2024
From a museum-attached vegan kitchen to a Pearl Qatar juice bar chain, Doha's plant-based restaurants are small in number but sharp in ambition.
Dec 18, 2025
