Cooking Qatar
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Traditional cuisine is based on mutton or grilled chicken, fried fish, rice and salad. Meals are served with tea or fruit juice. The coffee ceremony, flavoured with cardamom and always served boiling hot, is one of the particularities of the Gulf regions. Drinking water comes from sea water desalination factories. It is fine to drink but the taste is not very pleasant. If you are staying with a family, make sure to eat with your right hand only, in accordance with Muslim tradition. Beware, alcohol consumption is only authorised in major hotels.