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Lebanese Arabs drinking out of a briq and eating a mezze, 1889, Beirut. Arabic coffee, black coffee and Turkish coffee. [146] [147] [148] Arak – an alcoholic beverage. [149] Ayran – yogurt. [150] Non-alcoholic beverage made from the carob tree. Jallab – sweet drink made from carob, dates, grape molasses and rose water. [151]
An airport rail link service to the main railway station, Gara de Nord (Bucharest North), runs from the Airport railway station located near the parking lot of the Arrivals hall. [118] As of August 2021, the trains, alternately operated by CFR and TFC depart every 40 minutes, seven days a week. A one-way trip takes 15–20 minutes. [118]
Unlike other foreign journalists, the late Robert Fisk, the Middle East correspondent for The Times who set residence at Beirut in 1976, [3] recently stated that he never stayed in the Commodore, describing it as a seedy hotel with extremely high prices, where he met regularly with colleagues from the Associated Press to have lunch with them at ...
Karantina. La Quarantaine, which is colloquially referred to as Karantina (Arabic: الكرنتينا) and sometimes spelled Quarantina, is a predominantly low-income, mixed-use residential, commercial, and semi-industrial neighborhood in northeastern Beirut. The neighborhood lies east of the Port of Beirut, which also encircles it from the ...
The Hotel St. Georges is a historic resort hotel in Beirut, Lebanon, opened in 1934. It was constructed by a French investment group, the Société Des Grands Hotels Du Levant (SGHL), [ 1 ] during the period of the French mandate. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Parisian architect Auguste Perret came to Beirut to design the hotel [ 4 ] with local architect Antun ...
The Menu (2022 film) The Menu is a 2022 American comedy horror [ 4 ] film directed by Mark Mylod and written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Judith Light, and John Leguizamo. It follows a foodie and his date traveling to a remote ...
In restaurants, à la carte (/ ɑːləˈkɑːrt /; French: [a la kaʁt]; lit.'at the card') [ 1 ] is the practice of ordering individual dishes from a menu in a restaurant, as opposed to table d'hôte, where a set menu is offered. [ 2 ] It is an early 19th century loan from French meaning "according to the menu". [ 3 ][ 4 ]
Palace of the Parliament. The Palace of the Parliament (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului), also known as the House of the Republic (Casa Republicii) or People's House/People's Palace (Casa Poporului), is the seat of the Parliament of Romania, located atop Dealul Spirii in Bucharest, the national capital. The Palace reaches a height of 84 m (276 ...