Syed Hussein Al -Qassab
The people meet in a warm atmosphere of joy and love for a special lunch to celebrate Eid Al -Fitr, where family and relatives usually meet in the grandfather’s house to exchange congratulations and enjoy this happy occasion.
During these days in various regions, banquet kitchens are witnessing lunch requests, as many families prefer to obtain ready meals to celebrate this happy occasion.
A number of kitchens and restaurants emphasized that requests have increased significantly, especially on traditional dishes, such as Al -Bernani and Al -Mandi, but Al -Gouzi is always the favorite of all, as requests are exported to the rest of the dishes.
Hussein Abdul Karim, the son of the owner of the Abdul Karim kitchen for Al -Walm, stated that they receive from 500 to 700 requests for the feast lunch, as registration is opened on 24 Ramadan to 26 Ramadan, stressing that the kitchen receives 700 requests within two days.
He explained that the number of applications is taken based on the ability of workers to meet the request, noting that the kitchen does not receive more than its capacity, in order to ensure high quality requests.
Abdul Karim indicated that the prices differ according to the dishes, as it starts from 5 dinars for chicken Berran (a whole chicken and a rice), while there is Britain meat for 6 people with 12 dinars, while there is a complete Somali Arab meat sacrifice at 115 dinars, and Al -Arabi Al -Nuaimi with 190 dinars.
For his part, Reda Abdel -Amir, son of the owner of the kitchen of Abdul Amir Haji, for the feasts, stressed that Gosi Al -Lahm is the most requested for the feast lunch, as people prefer in the first place Al -Khuzi.
As for the sacrifice, it is that the kitchen provides the Arabic sheep, Somali, Kenyan, and Australian, explaining that the Somali and Kenyan lamb is the most sought -after among them.
He pointed out that the kitchen receives about 450 requests to the feast lunch, after it was in the past years receiving approximately 250 requests, confirming the high requests due to the provision of delivery service and the increase of the crew.
He explained that the requests are open since the beginning of the month of Ramadan, in order to facilitate customers to reserve the dishes, indicating that the requests are usually closed on approximately 23 Ramadan due to pressure.
He pointed out that the prices of dishes differ according to the category, as there is half an Arab meat sacrifice from 7 to 8 kilos at 66 dinars, and it is sufficient to 20 people, but for a quarter of a sacrifice, it is sufficient to 10 people, and comes with 2 kilos of rice and 4 kilos of meat with 38.5 dinars.
In turn, Ali Abdel -Amir mentioned from Al -Madoub’s kitchen that the kitchen receives 200 requests for the feast, stressing that the kitchen provides many dishes such as Al -Gouzi, Bukhari and Al -Mandi, and that the turnout is according to tastes, indicating that all of these dishes are widely purchased.
He stressed that the sacrifice requests are more on the Kenyan lamb and then the Somali lamb, due to the high price of the Arabic sheep.
