Bahraini cuisine
The cuisine of Bahrain consists of dishes such as biryani, "harees", "khabeesa", "machboos", "mahyawa", "maglooba", "quzi" and "zalabia". Arabic coffee ("qahwah") is the national beverage. Bahrain is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. Much of the cuisine of Bahrain is a mixture of Arabic, Persian, Indian, Balochi, African, Far East and European food due to the influence of the various communities present, as Bahrain was an important seaport and trading junction since ancient times. Dishes. Some of the common dishes prepared in Bahraini households are: Typical Bahraini beverages. Qahwah is the national  beverage while tea is drunk for hospitality. Other popular beverages include "laban" (a kind of salty buttermilk), yoghurt drinks, sharbat (sweet drinks) like the rose sharbat or rose with milk, and soft drinks. Bahrain produces only a small amount of its food requirements due to limited land space and imports much of its food.