Freej Restaurant

December 02, 2019

Freej is a lebanese restaurant located in Kuwait city old souk in Mubarakiya. We reached there at around 7.45 pm yesterday evening for dinner. The place was already quite crowded. When I entered I noticed that it had the ambience of a traditional Kuwaiti building. We sat at an available table; there was no formal seating. The lighting was dim but it gave the place a nice feel. The place was neat and tidy. The seats were nice and comfortable. Soon after a waiter bought some raw carrots and raw onions with two dips – green chillies and red chilies in an oil base. I had a chicken soup which comes in a bun. Thar was very good. Then we were served starters – nice and hot Iranian “quboos” (Arabic bread made of whole wheat flour) with ‘baba ganouj’ (crushed eggplant with onions,olive oil, chopped onions and chopped tomatoes) – a cold starter inside a corn tortilla bowl. I had some carrots and onions with dip. It was not spicy and I liked the taste. I used a piece of the quboos to spoon the baba ganouj (there is no cutlery). This was nice too. For the main course we ordered whole chicken tikka, mutton kebabs and chicken sheesh tawouk (arabic grilled boneless chicken). I found each, grilled just right. For the dessert we ordered sweet dumplings. I didnt taste that coz of my health issues. And then i had the Gahwa (An arabic coffee which is made with cardamom). That wasnt sweet at all. We spent about 2 hours there. After that we walked around and explored the souk. There was a Kuwait flag that was hung on the ceiling with all the lights nicely lit up. The meal, the place and the evening. I enjoyed them all.