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.

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.

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.

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?