Makan Makan in Oran

Had the opportunity to try out some different food besides the normal home cooked ones last weekend.

First stop for lunch was to try out the Lebanese food in Oran.

The weather was excellent when we went for lunch. The wind was blowing gently and the sun was shining warmly, making it a perfect day to pick an outdoor seat. Though it was already almost 230pm when we went for lunch, there was still quite a crowd in the restaurant.

We picked a table where we could look into the restaurant and started exploring the menu for good food since we were already starving. I was in Beirut before i came to Oran and since KC told me that the food here is good, i was having quite high expectations. Well it seems that i was wrong because the so call Lebanese food are not so original after all. After much deliberations, i have opted for the turkey cooked with white sauce while KC went for the beef.

Although i was starving but i didnt even finished my food. So you could tell that the food was really so so. Since there are just limited restaurants in Oran, i guess i will still be going back again whenever i feel like having some other than Chinese. There is a Chinese restaurant here though, just next to this Lebanese Restaurant. It is owned and operated by Chinese from China. I have not try it yet but i am rather skeptical about it because the last time i went China, it seems that not all Chinese food is good. Plus, having experienced Chinese food in other European countries, i am pretty sure that the so called Chinese food are already altered to suit the local taste.

So after the very disappointed lunch we had, we decided to venture for Indian food for dinner. I was told that the food is good again. This time around, i have decided to keep my expectation low and we came to the one and only Indian restaurant in Oran, the Maharaja restaurant.

Somehow a bunch of Indians decided to come Oran to set up a restaurant and stayed on. Though there are some locals working in the restaurant as waiters, the cooks are Indians. So we looked into the menu and decided to order:

Chicken Beriyi

Capati

Mixed vege, curry mutton and curry mushroom.

Since the spiciness of the food has already been tailored for the locals, it was not even spicy at all and we both felt that something is a missed. And we asked the waiter to bring us some chilies so that we can mixed into the food. But the taste was still rather disappointing and i really missed the taste of chili padi at that very moment.

Overall it was not a bad meal. It was ok and i am sure i will be visiting the restaurant again. It is after all the one and only Indian restaurant in town. Maybe i should bring in some Malaysian food and start a restaurant here. Maggie goreng and mata kerbau anyone??