If you are looking for typical Tunisian food, this is the restaurant to go to. The restaurant opens at 7:00 pm for dinner and was a 5-minute walk from the Royal Victoria Hotel and is located right in the Tunis Medina. It was very easy to find. When I walked through the Medina to get there, the Medina had transformed itself, it was quiet, all the shops were closed up, it was like another place!
The Dar Behadj occupies a former palace so is very ornate with lots of tile work, colourful painting, curtains separating intimate rooms off to the side, a very atmospheric experience. The mint lamb was recommended, so I had that, and it was very good. Before the main course, they bring you some appetizers which are included in the price of the meal. For 49 Dinars, which translates to just over $21 CAN. at today’s exchange rate it is a great deal. Very much recommended! The musician is playing a sitar.
Because it was later in the evening when I finished my meal, one of the waiters walked me back to my hotel, typical Tunisian hospitality.
Following are photos from the restaurant. The photo quality isn’t as good as usual because I was using my cell phone.
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Elaine 🧕🧕🧕good job on the restaurant The appetizers look good is that lamb on the main course ? Do they serve it with coccus? That is a reasonable cost for the meal actually the photo quality is quite good with your phone 👍👍it was nice for one of the waiters to walk you back what service ! Elaine you are a designer traveller I aint har har😢😢😢
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Hi Jeff, yes, the lamb was the main course and it was served with rice, vegetables and a potato puff. And I agree, the price was fantastic. I gave the waiter who walked me back a tip that I don’t think he was expecting, so he was pleased. The exchange rate between the dinar and the Canadian dollar really favors us right now. Hasta luego!
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Elaine🧕🧕I did not see any food stalls on the street in your pictures it is I very common in Asia and South America they are open early in mourning and late at nite for snackers and the food 🥘 is outstanding 👍👍food maybe this isn’t common there?
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Hi Jeff, I didn’t do a lot of photos of food stands, but there were quite a few in the Medina, many selling pastries, that’s about all I saw, but I’m sure there were others. I think here most people sit down for a meal. I will take photos of stands if I see more of that kind of thing.
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Hi
Just read one of your pieces. They went to my junk mail.
I forwarded them to my inbox and only one came. Lost all the others.
I need to see these….perhaps when you come home.
e.
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Hi Evelyn, if you went to my blog and at the top you see “contact”, if you put your name and email address you should then receive alerts about my blog entries. You could also go to the blog at https://elainekenney.wordpress.com and you could access all my entries so far on Tunisia there. Thank-you for your interest in Tunisia!
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