A Note About the Author: Kyle Pakka
Kyle Pakka is a writer/editor in the English Publications unit of Saudi Aramco's Public Relations Department. He has a bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of Arizona and a master's in English literature from the University of Florida.
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Restaurant Review: Al Safir, Sheraton Hotel, Bahrain
We’re
standing next to the humming chocolate fountain in the epicenter of the circular
buffet of Al Safir in the Sheraton Hotel in Bahrain, when a nearby English woman
turns to us, shakes her head and says “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
Author: Kyle Pakka
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Restaurant Review: Royal Thai, Gulf Hotel, Bahrain
A visit to the Royal Thai restaurant at the Gulf Hotel in Bahrain is like a trip to another world, a spicy tropical world.
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Restaurant Review: Al Berdaouni, Regency InterContinental, Bahrain
When
we finally left the Al Berdaouni restaurant at half past midnight, our heads
echoing with the rhythms of the tabla drums and our stomachs full of mezzeh and grilled meat, the place was just warming up – and this wasn’t even the weekend.
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Restaurant Review: Jim's Restaurant
You can have your fancy-schmancy over-priced restaurants in your five-star Bahrain hotels with their snooty staff, invisible, absentee owners and meals that don’t live up to their advertising – give us Jim’s any time.
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Restaurant Review: Takht Jamsheed, Gulf Hotel
We’ve never been to Iran, but we’ve come close: we feasted at Takht Jamsheed, the new Persian restaurant in the Gulf Hotel in Manama.
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Restaurant review: Zoë
Dinner at Zoë is, for many people, the highlight of either living in or a visit to Manama. Renowned for its casual sophistication in the setting and on the plate, Zoë is often regarded as a special treat, a splurge.
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Restaurant review: the Fish Market, Bahrain
As the glass and steel skyscrapers continue to rise along the north shore of Bahrain and as the traffic and congestion intensify, those in search of a more peaceful setting in which to enjoy the seafood delights of this island nation should head to the Fish Market restaurant.
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Restaurant review: Mezzaluna, Bahrain
Mezzaluna, with its sumptuous welcome of stone, wood and wrought iron, all delicately lit and colored in warm tones of peach and apricot, is designed to impress, to invite admiration and to raise expectations.
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