Feast your eyes on Qatar’s ample collection of world cuisines

Qatar has truly every cuisine on the menu for tourists and locals alike. While the nation is known for its many fancy, high-end restaurants, dig a little deeper and you will find some hidden gems.

Zhang Jia Ni’s family restaurant Zhen Street Kitchen specialises in traditional northeastern Chinese food. She says a lot has changed in Doha since her parents opened their first restaurant here, more than a decade ago. Now open in West Bay, Doha’s coastal district, the landscape may have changed, but owner Jia Ni says the passion has not.

“Why [did] I open my restaurant? Because I love to eat,” Jia Ni laughs off.

Opening over 20 years ago, Jia Ni says it’s much easier to find Chinese ingredients here now than it was a decade ago.

“[Before] When we go to China, we put [the ingredients] in our luggage. But now it is better because they have a supermarket here, a Chinese supermarket. So it's easier for us.”

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Food blogger Rachel Morris is excited to see more mom-and-pop restaurants popping up around the city. Running her food blog ‘Life on the Wedge’, Morris knows her way around every plate that Doha has to offer.

“Qatar is a very food-obsessed nation. We eat out a lot. We love to dine out. And also it's extremely multicultural. So a lot of people want to replicate their tastes of home here,” Morris says.

Asian cuisine is aplenty in Doha. As well as Chinese food you can also sample brilliant Thai, Burmese and Vietnamese food – and you find it all under one roof at Tuk Tuk Saigon.

Tuk Tuk Saigon opened its doors during the 2022 World Cup. With football fans from all over the globe descending on Qatar, food offerings also became significantly more international.

“Tuk Tuk Saigon does