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fiogf49gjkf0d EATING OUT ---------- THERE ARE NUMEROUS RESTAURANTS IN DAMASCUS AND ALEPPO SERVING A VARIETY OF ORIENTAL AND EUROPEAN DISHES. TABLE SERVICE IS THE NORM AND A MEAL IS PAID FOR AFTERWARDS TYPICAL MEALS ------------- KUBBEH (MINCED SEMOLINA AND MEAT FORMED IN BALLS AND STUFFED WITH MINCED MEAT, ONION AND NUTS), YABRAK (VINE LEAVES STUFFED WITH RICE AND MINCED MEAT), OUZI (PASTRY STUFFED WITH RICE AND MINCED MEAT TYPICAL DRINKS -------------- BARS SERVING A WIDE RANGE OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS. ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED BUT RESTRICTIONS ARE IMPOSED DURING RAMADAN WHEN IT IS ILLEGAL TO DRINK IN PUBLIC, EVEN FOR NON-MUSLIMS.
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