Dinner at Rice Bowl-Bahrain City Center

During the first week of this brand new month, we headed to the Bahrain Farmer’s Market in Budaiya, which I believe everyone should visit because it is a wonderful experience. We had a big and filling Bahraini breakfast which included fried omelet, chicken liver, Arabic bread, cheese and ‘Luqaimat’ (sweet and crunchy on the outside deep-fried dumplings drizzled with honey) and Karak Tea. This breakfast kept us happy till past three in the afternoon. Following this, hunger pangs crept up and we ended up picking up lunch from Lulu Hypermarket’s Hot food section.

After a food-filled day, later in the night we headed to Rice Bowl (located on the ground floor of Bahrain City Center) for a light dinner, we were the last diners that were accepted, those who came after us were politely declined.

Since this was going to be light and Mr. D was inclined towards seafood. We ordered the Calamari, but we were informed that it was not available. Then Mr. D ordered the Tempura Prawns and for the main course we ordered the Mixed Lo-Mein.

Our orders did not take long to come-which is impressive. We were served our appetizer and before we could finish it, we were served, our main.

The Tempura Prawns -are battered and deep fried prawns which I personally felt leaned towards the non-crispy side, and it felt as if they had softened (visible through the photo). The seasoning was a miss too. This was served on a scanty bed of shredded cabbage and a slice of cucumber and tomato along with a sweet sauce.

                                                 (Tempura Prawns)

The Mixed Lo Mein (Chinese/Cantonese noodles) basically comprised, chicken, vegetables, beef and shrimps cooked with wheat noodles and tossed in Chinese sauces. The latter was definitely lacking and it resembled and tasted so much like regular ‘mixed fried noodles’. I don’t know how an actual Lo Mein should taste so I leave you to try this and decide.

(Mixed Lo Mein)

May be the next time we head there we might try the Arabian dishes. 

Please Note: This not a sponsored blog post and all opinions/feelings/experience shared are personal.