La Brasserie - was the name of the restaurant where we went some days ago . How very strange name for taking a dinner at the end of a fasting day - I thought . Luckily ,most people here do not understand French - then it did not disturb them .
We arrived just on time for the iftar . The receptionist looked on us and without any question he told us where to go . How did he know that we were heading to have dinner ? Did we look so tired and hungry ?
We were seated promptly - fruit juices and water on the table to break the fast . I am great fan of starters and salads . I was very disappointed when I tasted the lentil soup - the adas was cold and the harissa was nearly cold . The salad bar looked mediocre when I noticed the stuffed tomatoes . I have not had this delicacy for so long time ! Not in Qatar ! It was wonderful - the spices and the texture and the presentation in tiny bowls ! The whole thing !
The samosa counter ran out of samosas quickly . My smallest child was yelling " Samosas - I want samosas " - It would have been very embarrassing if he had been the only one - but luckily the restaurant was full of whining kids . So my one was just one of them ! It took the staff around ten minutes to refill the samosa trays . It is not easy to feed so many hungry customers !
There were 5 -6 main courses . I went for beef picatta ! It was cold too - luckily it was tasty even this way - actually I like cold meals - I just expect the soup to be hot or warm at least ! So I went for the beef again as it tasted so good !
There was some fish stew and rosemary lamb on the buffet tables . Vegetarian dish and tandoori chicken as well . I tasted the chicken just out of curiosity . It was excellent - but by that time no more room in my stomach for main dishes .
The dessert table apart from the chocolate fountain was very modest -some tiny cups with mousse or Middle Eastern sweet treats like Ummali or Mohlobiya .I liked their mohlobiya served in tiny cups but it shocked me that they were not able to provide me a dessert spoon . I had to eat from the tiny cup with a regular table spoon !
I know that we came with coupons but somehow organizing this dinner was not so much well done !
Little things do count ! Hot soups ,dessert spoon or providing tea at the end of the meal would not have cost much money - just some effort !
Their waiters and waitresses were nice and helpful - the cook made wonderful dishes but the whole thing missed a conductor -a manager who would have organized the whole event to be flawless !
We had some coffee khalejee style at the end -as there was no tea available and took a family photo at the decorative Ramadan table in the lounge .All in all it was not a bad dinner - I think this will be the thing that we will remember - if we look at the photo after some years !
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