John Myers
Introduction: E ʻimi ana i nā meaʻai ʻai a me nā alanui ma Bahrain
He ʻāina liʻiliʻi ʻo Bahrain ma ke Kaiwa ʻArabia, kaulana no kāna moʻomeheu waiwai, mōʻaukala, a me kāna meaʻai. He ʻano meaʻai like ʻole ka ʻāina, i hoʻohuli ʻia e nā moʻomeheu like ʻole, e like me ka Arabic, Persian, India, a me Mediterranean. Ma waena o nā mea e hoʻokaʻawale ai i ka moʻomeheu meaʻai o Bahrain, ʻo ia ke ʻano meaʻai alanui, kahi e hāʻawi ai i nā ʻano kīʻaha like ʻole a me nā kīʻaha i kūpono, ʻono a maʻalahi ke loaʻa.
Inā makemake ʻoe i ka meaʻai, he mākaʻikaʻi, a he kamaʻāina paha, ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i nā meaʻai alanui o Bahrain he hana pono e hana ai. Mai ka ʻono a hiki i ka ʻono, ʻono a ʻoluʻolu, aia nā koho pau ʻole e hoʻokō i nā makemake. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e nānā pono mākou i kekahi o nā meaʻai kaulana loa a me nā koho meaʻai alanui ma Bahrain.
Ke ʻike ʻana i nā ʻai meaʻai kaulana loa ma Bahrain
Kaulana ʻo Bahrain no kāna mau mea ʻono, a ʻo kekahi o nā meaʻai kaulana loa ʻo ia ka Luqaimat. Ua uhi ʻia kēia mau pōpō palaoa liʻiliʻi i hoʻomoʻi ʻia i ka syrup momona a lawelawe pinepine ʻia me kahi ʻaoʻao o ka lā syrup a i ʻole ka meli. ʻO kekahi meaʻono punahele ʻē aʻe ʻo ka Balaleet, kahi pudding vermicelli i hoʻonoʻo ʻia me ka saffron a me ke kāleka, a hoʻopiha ʻia me nā nati a me nā huawaina.
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi mea ʻono, ʻo ka Samosa kahi koho kaulana. Hoʻopiha ʻia kēia mau paina triangular crispy i nā mea kanu ʻala, ʻiʻo, a i ʻole ka paʻakai a hiki ke loaʻa ma nā kihi āpau o ka ʻāina. ʻO kekahi meaʻai ʻono kaulana ʻē aʻe ʻo ia ka Machboos roll, kahi hui ʻana o ke kīʻaha laiki Bahraini maʻamau, Machboos, a me kahi ʻōwili puna puna.
ʻAʻai alanui ma Bahrain: He huakaʻi ʻai
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona meaʻai ma ke alanui ʻo Bahrain he hōʻike ia o ka lehulehu o ka ʻāina a me nā ʻano meaʻai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā ʻōlelo ʻAlapia e like me Shawarma a me Falafel, nā mea kūikawā ʻĀina e like me Biryani a me nā Kebabs, a me nā kīʻaha Peresia e like me Ghalyeh Mahi (kohu iʻa) a me Fesenjan (pomegranate a me ka wōnati stew).
ʻO kekahi o nā wahi meaʻai alanui kaulana loa ma Bahrain ʻo ia ka Manama souq, kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā hale kūʻai meaʻai like ʻole e kūʻai aku ana i nā mea āpau mai ka ʻiʻo a me ka shawarma i nā wai hou a me nā ice cream. ʻO kahi wahi kaulana ʻē aʻe ʻo ka ʻāina ʻo Bab Al Bahrain, kahi i ʻike ʻia no kāna meaʻai Bahraini maoli, me nā iʻa i hoʻomoʻa ʻia, Machboos, a me thareed, kahi sopa berena kuʻuna.
I ka hopena, ʻo ka meaʻai alanui o Bahrain he huakaʻi ʻai ʻaʻole pono e poina. Mai ka ʻono a i ka ʻono, ka kuʻuna a i ka fusion, aia kahi mea e leʻaleʻa ai nā mea a pau. No laila, i ka manawa aʻe e noho ai ʻoe i Bahrain, e ʻike pono e makaʻala i ke ʻano meaʻai alanui a e hoʻohauʻoli i kekahi o nā kīʻaha ʻono loa a me nā kīʻaha.
