In general, in Sharjah restaurants you will see quite a European menu with a standard set of dishes. In addition, there are many purely Arabian dishes such as kebabs, kofta and shawarma. But still there are some dishes that you can try only in this city.
Thus, the national dish in Sharjah is considered to be "guzi" - lamb meat with rice and nuts, kebab "tikka", traditional Arabian "shawarma" (shawarma), lamb cutlets with herbs "kustilleta", kebab made of marinated lamb or beef, mutton "shish kebab", meat with spices and rice "makbus", traditional kebab of minced meat "kofta", fried meat balls "kebbe", roast of meat assortment "meshui-mushakkal", peculiar pizza "rais", pepper stuffed with young lamb, steamed chicken "al-mandi" with honey, casserole with chicken meat "haris" (or veal), rice with chicken pieces "biryani-ajaj", chicken kebab "tikka-dajaj", spicy chicken "jaj-tannuri", quail meat "samman", "biryani-samak", a kind of pilaf with fish "makbus-samak", sea bass "hamur", "sultan Ibrahim" (sultanka or mullet), "shaari", "zuzeidi", various crustaceans and even sharks. Fish is traditionally cooked exclusively on coals. Meat patties "kubbe" or small triangular "sambusa" with vegetables - "khudar", cheese - "jabna", meat - "lakhma" or spinach - "sabeneh" are served with the dishes.
Local desserts are delicious - milk pudding "umm-ali" with raisins and nuts, sweet cheese pie with cream "esh-asaya" (or "as-saraya"), pudding with pistachios "mehallabiya", "baklava", doughnuts with honey "ligemat", "sherbet", a kind of Arab dessert "asyda", etc.
A special part of the UAE national cuisine is coffee. It is prepared here in a special flavorful way. No flavorings or spices are used and it is served in small drinking cups.
It should be noted that gastronomic establishments in Sharjah do not cook pork and do not sell alcohol.
