Aghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbakistan all have the stan part in common. Which i guess mean land, but in Kuwait we are the Ma63am’stan. Country with every kind of dish, i guess we got it all, maybe not Jamaican. Anyways when only Salmiyah has up too 300 restaurants aren’t we supposed to have some separate entity that can monitor such restaurants as what goes on in these kitchens. With out even creating any statistics i can be pretty sure that every single resident in Kuwait eats atleast 4 times a week outside. Once in North Carolina, i was a frequent visitor to many fast food joints, and using the drive thru i have noticed an amazing intuitive by the city council there: its was like a label on each drive thru window showing a certain percentage. Some restaurants carried a 96% and some 75%, i think you can guess what these numbers are mean; the higher the percentage the cleaner and more sanitized the place is and such labeling makes a huge difference in your choice of food. Personally i have started to look differently and make choices relative to the sanitation label, if i felt like eating at BK, i would go an extra couple of miles knowing that Taco bell has a higher sanitation percentage. I would love to see such labeling in Kuwait and see how bad our restaurants here are managed! the UK just introduced a new labeling model called the Scores on doors, which follows the same approach by giving stars to restaurants around the UK. 5 stars mean a clean place and 0 stars mean tasamom is free with every order:p
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August 8th, 2007 at 2:41 am
3ashan kil wa7id ye6ale3 was6a wey7e6 5 stars 3ala his restaurant we7na wa3laya ma nadry shessalfa en9adig (or not). nothing works in kuwait.
August 8th, 2007 at 3:28 am
Unfortunately, I agree with Enigma. Kuwait is far from ready to implement such a program. It would just open the hell gates of was6a!
August 8th, 2007 at 3:55 am
I also agree with both of Enigma and khaos. But hold on?! this reality is really scary? there is no credibilty in Kuwait? This is where an independent – organisation should be formed to regulate and stream line things.
August 8th, 2007 at 4:48 am
I disagree with Enigma, khaos, and Abadi. If we think like this then NOTHING will be done in kuwait! Good legislations should be implemented wether or not they might be abused. It is okay to be worried about the was6a issue, but if we stop introducing new rules just because of that y3ni we are supporting was6a at the end.
August 8th, 2007 at 5:47 am
Even if we had that in Kuwait i still wouldnt trust the credibility with vitamin ‘W’ around and all.
So ana agol….
Sem bra7man o ikil lgmitik and hope for the best!
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August 8th, 2007 at 5:48 am
I just read everyones comments…..on 2nd thoughts…i think i agree with Hasan B.
August 8th, 2007 at 6:08 am
The Kuwait Times runs photos every couple months or so of the food inspectors going to stores – and restaurants. There are other things besides visible cleanliness they measure – is the food held at the correct temperature before serving? Is the refrigerator cold enough? Are there any signs of insect infestation? How are vegetables stored?
Kuwait actually has some rather principled inspectors, and has some standards. But, yes, it seems that wasta is also a factor, and don’t eat schwarma in Jahra!
I would kill for a Vietnamese restaurant in Kuwait . . .Is there an Ethiopian restaurant?
August 8th, 2007 at 8:00 am
NO WAY!!!!!
West Wiltshire is my District Council in the UK, and their offices are right next door to my house. The Ring O’Bells is a crappy tiny pub next to my Grandmother’s house… it looks like you’re expected to drink in the loung of someone’s house. Not good.
August 8th, 2007 at 8:01 am
Sorry I meant Guest House, not pub – they can’t serve alcohol.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:47 am
If it had something to do with the government i would be afraid of wasta too, but why not make an independant entity which its credibility is its major source of income, i agree with Hasan too, one day we have to do something maybe its this feeling of wasta that makes progress slow in this country. Intlxpatr has a point about the Baladiyah but on what basis they do there test and visits, cant we see there results or is it another porpoganda that the government is working.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Hasan.B: “Good legislations should be implemented wether or not they might be abused”
I beg to disagree. You can’t just throw around new legislations just because they’re “good”.
You should have a mechanism capable of implementing such legislations set up beforehand. I know that you are eager to see things move forward (so am I), but you simply can’t run unless you learn to walk first. Otherwise we’d just be opening Pandora’s box and further hindering our progress.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
An independent entity is a great idea!
But to be honest I don’t worry about the cleanliness of the food in Kuwait because word of mouth gets passed around like wildfire. I know a certain branch of a certain restaurant has food that’s not clean and I don’t go there. In a country where reputation is everything it’s not in the restaurant’s best interest to give dirty food to customers because if the word gets spread the restaurant could end up having to shut down – not because an entity made it shut down but because it’s bad practices caused losses.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Oh and we definitely need a Morroccan restaurant!
August 8th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
1001 Nights!!! I so agree about the Morroccan restuarant. A one like tajen, the one in dubai, would be very nice!
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