How you expect mall food to be – not great: Restaurant Rice Bowl (12. December 2017)
Given I’m staying next to the Bahrain City Centre Mall and the majority of restaurants I have tried in there is so far so good, I decided to make it a thing to try each and every restaurant in there. And well, Rice Bowl was next. Not necessarily a place you must try. The atmosphere is definitely not great and the service is a bit challenged with rather simple tasks. The “Garlic Nan” (0.600 BHD) is rather literal as it is basically a lot of garlic pasted on to the nan bread. Not bad but you must like garlic a lot – I had to brush of the majority of it.
The “Hommos” (1.800 BHD) was definitely the worst I have had in Bahrain, so when a place is called Rice Bowl you should probably not order Middle Eastern food.
My colleague is Egyptian and has been telling us about “Kushari” (3.700 BHD) for the past 8 weeks. So it was about time to try it. And ehm, well, I guess in Switzerland you’d call it ‘best of the rest’ as it is chickpeas, lentils, spaghetti, bread crumbs …
… and you top it off with some spicy tomato sauce. So, yeah, it is definitely comfort food but it is also not the greatest of dishes. I imagine if you have a bad hangover, this might cure it though.
To sum it up, not really a place you want to go to. There is plenty of better restaurants in the mall.
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Contact Details:
Restaurant Rice Bowl
Bahrain City Centre Mall
Manama (BH)
Tel.: +973 17 18 17 18
Homepage: http://alazzamgroup.com
About the Author: Sven
I started the blog in October 2009, while living in Milan which I definitely consider to be one of the food capitals of the world. I was in touch with food since my early childhood (as my father is a former chef). Whenever I can, I travel the world to discover new places, to meet people but mostly to try local dishes and to find hidden gems! If you know a place worth going, please drop a line to: info@thediningexperience.org.
Currently, I am a member of the following food-related associations: Chevalier @Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Zurich-Ville; Membre Gourmet Dégustateur @Ordre Mondial des Gourmets Dégustateurs [OMGD]; Gesellschafter @Goldener Fisch and Member @Slowfood Convivium Zurich City. 
