please say they have nice choclate The food is very delicious in Tunisia! A combination of traditional Berber, Middle Eastern, and French.
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Tunisian meals are social events and the longer the better. A typical meal would begin with shorba (soup), Brik, followed by Slada mechouia - grilled green peppers, tomatoes, onions, and finely chopped garlic. Spices and olive oil are added and the salad is garnished with tuna fish, hard eggs, olives and sometimes capers. Assorted stews follow roasts of lamb, veal or fish, tajine - a rich, flavorsome omelet baked with chopped meat, vegetables and cheese. Fresh salad, fruits, pastries and custards, coffee and tea make the finale.
While most Tunisians like their food hot and spicy, restaurants and hotels prepare their menus considering the tastes of their visitors and serve harissa separately. This condiment is made of crushed dried red peppers, garlic and spices and adds a definite zest to any meal. It is a mainstay of many dishes and can be toned down by a touch of olive oil.
And if you like chocolates, we have PLENTY! You can find various chocolate bars for sale at any small or big store, and the patiseries sell the sweetest chocolate cakes!
As for drinks there are a wide variety. Teas, sodas, and coffees of various kinds, milkshakes, various juices, water, and the ever tourist popular alcohol.
If I can be of any more help to you, or if you have any more questions, please feel free to contact me. They have lamb and cus cus- dont know if that is the correct spelling- oh and they have saffron. I think they have a lot of spices.
Dont think you will find chocolate there although i could be wrong. Tuna The sort that makes you visit the loo a lot!
Sorry, I had a very bad experience, and I was far from being the only one, it was a very common topic of conversation with other Brits! It was very similar to Morrocan food from what I remember. Don't have ice in your drinks or eat salad or raw foods that may have been washed in local water, and take some Immodium with you... A lot of cous cous served with lamb and vegetable stew. Food is a bit spicy but not deliciously so like Indian food.
My daughter didnt like the food at all and she is not a particularly fussy eater.
She brought me back some recipe cards and nine years later I've never made anything from them - they just dont move me. Cous-cous is the main national dish.
Basically the further away you get from the tourist resorts and beach areas the more likely you are to come across chilled monkey brains and boiled camel heads. Stick to the food in your hotel and you'll be fine. If you venture off the beaten track, then beware. Yes you will find chocolate there, but not the stuff we are used to here unless you a pay a small fortune for it. Silly really ,we have the worst chocolate in the world. The cakes there are to die for, and ice cream!!!. You've never tasted anything like it in your life. All fresh made that morning.
Try the fresh lemon drink they make when your hot. And you will be!
The tea will take the back of your throat out, its very strong and sweet but never refuse it. It's an insult not to take tea when offered. But not in a Bazar cos that means you want to haggle to buy something.
It's mainly spicy and lots of lamb and fish. Beer's naff but spirits are cheep. Infact everythings cheep!
Oh and there's a fab Pizza shop in the Tour Khalif hotel in Sousse. Thats the hotel that has stars cut out of the walls for balconies. Made right there while you wait and an open kitchen so you can whatch them do it.
Enjoy your stay there but remember the culure is a lot different to ours. The Tunisians are nice people though.
If they like you they think of you as family and will treat you as such. First off i would like to say i am capable of eating almost anything, def not a fussy eater.
They have really nice teas here, especially sweet mint tea and tisanas. If you have problems at first with digesting their food, these help immensley. They also have a lot of gazeuzes, like my favourite Bogga lite.
The little cakes like "ear of the judge" and baklawa are nice. During Ramadan the zlebia are good too. These are all sweetened with honey. However the g芒teaux from all the patisseries i've been to are exactly the same, they are made to look appetising but are just layers with fake cream.
For breakfast I reccomend psisa. It's a powder of chickpeas, wheat, and spices that you buy from the souk. You mix it with water, sugar and a little olive oil so that it's like you're eating cookie dough. You can put some halwa chamia on the top.
A lot of the savoury food is oily, spicy with no flavour. You usually eat it with bread. They have a hot red paste called harissa in everything, but it's really good. And i seriously hope you like tuna.
Tajjine, couscous, mlohkia and slata mushweya are good. The baguettes from the sandwich shops are delicious, because you choose exactly what you like. They usually have chips in them, eggs and olives (and by default tuna and harissa).
I'm sorry to say, I'm yet to find decent chocolate, because they add way too much sugar (in everything). Also most of the milk, yougurt, ice cream and cheese is artificial and HRT.
It's a nightmare for vegetarians because there's tuna floating around in the air. Even if you order something without meat, or someone makes it for you homemade, there will be at least a little tuna or unexplained fragment of meat in it.
I hope you find this helpful, I'm just trying to be honest. I have been twice and have always enjoyed the food. A massive selection but a little difficult if you are a veggy. My main advise is to drink bottled drinks only and boiled water drinks of course. As to tummy problems I am always very careful but the last time I succumbed and had a couple of days in the loo! I suggest you take a few things with you especially Emodium? I think thats how it is spelt. |
