Menu gives mutton dishes a miss!

Close on the heels of the withdrawal of subsidy, many restaurants in the Kingdom have withdrawn delicacies made of mutton from their menu list. The move came as the rate of mutton has gone up by almost 200 per cent in the Kingdom due to subsidy cut.

Jikson, resident of Bahrain, came to know the absence of mutton delicacies when he recently visited a mall in A’ali. He said that the menu card contained a long list of mutton delicacies, but the restaurant staff declined to take any order for mutton delicacies. The staff told him that the restaurant had temporarily stopped serving mutton. 

Another leading Asian restaurant known for its biriyanis has also temporarily suspended serving mutton dishes. Sources from the restaurant stated that the decision had been taken to reduce loss.

The restaurants are unable to hike prices of mutton and beef dishes as Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has been monitoring the prices seriously. The Ministry has already shut three restaurants in Hamad Town, Arad and Riffa.

However, some restaurants are still selling red meat delicacies at same rate. An employee of Seeshal Restaurant near East Riffa police station said all the mutton dishes were available at same price. We have not hiked the price of any product. All mutton dishes available with us,  like before, he said.

The meat subsidy cut has affected the Kingdom’s major markets too. Muharraq meat market is yet to restart selling mutton and beef, while sellers at Manama meat market are complaining of poor sales.