By DT News Network. Manama As people observe Ramadan fasting throughout the day, restaurant business remains gloomy in the Kingdom. However, instead of remaining idle, restaurant owners are in search for alternate option, Iftar snacks being the most popular one. Many small-scale restaurant owners ar
Manama
As people observe Ramadan fasting throughout the day, restaurant business remains gloomy in the Kingdom.
However, instead of remaining idle, restaurant owners are in search for alternate option, Iftar snacks being the most popular one.
Many small-scale restaurant owners are now investing their time and energy in preparing mouthwatering snacks including samosas and pakodas for Iftar.
Take a tour around the Kingdom and one would find hundreds of such restaurants selling various snacks and sweets in the evening.
Shaheen, who runs a small eatery in East Riffa, said they would start working at about 1.30pm. “The work begins with the preparation of snacks such as pakodas, cutlets, kababs, samosas and jalebis. By 3.30pm, a stall would be opened in front of the restaurant to sell the snacks,” he said.
“The empty vessels are refilled soon, and the food is covered with plastics to avoid any contamination. Customers would just keep pouring in until Iftar and in the peak hours, we would be working for up to three hours without break,” he added.
These snacks are sold at an affordable rate. A piece of mutton cutlet or egg pakoda costs about 100 fils and vegetarian snacks are cheaper.
“These snacks are delicious. My children love them,” said a customers as he bought snacks for his family.
According to Shaheen, people belonging to different countries visit the stalls in the evening to taste these snacks. “Not only Bahrainis but other Arabs, Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshi customers come here everyday to buy snacks,” he said.
He added the Bengali Kichdi, made of rice and mutton pieces, is high in demand during Ramadan. But pakodas and cutlets are not so far behind, he said.
