One of the most popular beers in Algeria is Beaufort Beer, a beer that sounds French and is sold in the Arab lands. Yet despite these facts the brew is actually from Cameroon. Why on earth then, I hear you ask, are Algerians drinking it and is it any good, or just piss water? Well…
I’m a sucker for weird meats, so when the chance to try some camel at a fancy local restaurant came up in Ghardaia I was on it like shit on a stick. This led to our slightly clueless guide taking us to Tacha Restaurant, located at the edge of the Tafilalt “ecological village”. Which I’ll…
Ghardaia is a pretty damned cool place, but the highlight of a trip here, for The Street Food Guy at least, is the Souk El-Gharbia. This colossus of a place is not just some tourist hell hole, but a full-on eating, sleeping, living market. And that does not just mean life, but also great street…
While not quite as bad as Syria or South Sudan the money situation in Libya is still pretty whacked, with you not only having to change it in a market square, but wheel barrows of money also being part of the adventure. It is though relatively easy to change money if you have local help,…
Fattoush restaurant is located in the Old Town of Tripoli and is one of the city’s established dining venues. It has been in operation for over a decade and is family-owned. The current owners manage both the kitchen and front-of-house operations. The restaurant serves Libyan cuisine alongside regional dishes from neighboring countries such as Tunisia,…
When you have not been to a city it is hard to imagine what its nightlife is like, and this is what happened to me in Algiers. What I did know though was that it had to be better than Tripoli. For there was drink, at least in places like Hotel Suisse! To be fair…
