After reaching Muscat, I was quite satisfied with the place, with our
fully furnished apartment in Al Khuwair and the place too was quite good, not
so crowded and located in a residential area.
The first night in Muscat was quite an exciting one and looking around
was something I wanted to do so as the sun set and it turned dark, I thought a
short walk around would be great. So me and my flatmates went around Al Khuwair
for a walk. I was actually starving and was kind of confused what and where to
eat and yes I also wanted something cheap. So, as I came somewhere near
Radisson Blu, I looked around for a takeaway or a quick service food place,
which can be available in plenty around but at that point of time, I couldn’t
find much.
As we were walking by, a small Pakistani restaurant caught my eye, where
I could see the cook marinating fresh tandoori chicken and as an Indian, that
really grabbed my attention. So, I quickly went ahead and asked if I could get
something Indian to eat and they offered me Biryani which was quite cheap of
about 1 Omani Riyal. So, I asked for four portions of Chicken Biryani and
waited. It was good to see that people there in Muscat speak Hindi a lot. I mean
the Indian population which is in plenty and the Pakistani crowd and some
Omanis as well. I even noticed that the tv in the restaurant was playing an
Indian Bollywood movie. Well, I was really glad to see this.
So as I was waiting, the server came ahead with four plates for us,
filled with brown rice. I was like, ‘What is this?’ and then the server
answered ‘Biryani’. I was like ‘Huh?’ I mean I ordered for a chicken biryani
and I get is a oily fried brown rice. I again asked the server that I had
ordered a chicken biryani and the server said that the chicken is coming soon.
So I went ahead and took a taste of the first spoon of that brown rice. All I
could taste is the bland oily rice with no spices or flavour or anything close
to a biryani. Then suddenly the server appeared and presented in a plate a dry
piece of tandoori chicken. The chicken looked bony with so little flesh, burnt
and red and the taste was bland again. No spices or herbs or flavour and
actually it didn’t even taste like a biryani or chicken. I again called the
server asking him how can I eat such a dry stuff and he again replied to wait.
Then he served us four bowls of smelly liquids, which appeared to be sort of
thin chicken gravy or sauce and I was supposed to mix them all and eat it. That
was just so disgusting still taking my first Omani eating out experience
positively I tried it and it was even more disgusting than what I imagined.
Then the server again appeared with the green salad which I had ordered and it
was basically nothing but a plate of lettuce topped with chopped tomatoes. I
wondered why does this thing have to happen with me?
It’s been more than a month since this incident has happened and I still
laugh thinking about the incident. Muscat certainly has plenty of amazing
places to it and even when it comes to budget and economic places to eat but
the first experiences was really weird but I guess that weirdness in the
Chicken biryani in Muscat made it quite memorable.
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