Food & Drink

National dishes of Syria include:

• kubbeb (minced meat and semolina stuffed with minced meat, onions and nuts)
• yabrak (vine leaves stuffed with rice and minced meat
• ouzi (pastry with minced meat stuffing)
• meat dishes and vegetables cooked with tomatoes and served with rice

Alcohol is available except during Ramadan, when it is illegal to drink in public between dawn and dusk.