Yousef Dashti (3 months ago )
Saasna is a modern Qatari restaurant in the heart of Msheirb. Nice white interiors with glimpses of Qatari architecture all around in a modern style.
We started off with some Mathai Salad, which had lettuce, tomatoes, pomegranates, and crunchy matai in a yogurt dressing. Refreshing and nice textures. For the main courses, the star of the show for me was the Badawi, a plate of spiced yellow rice topped with a huge tender lamb shank. The meat was beautifully cooked and spiced just right served with some of the broth that the rice was cooked in. We also got the Fish Barnioush, a relatively small piece of Kingfish served with sweetened brown colored rice and arugula. The spiced fish and the bitter arugula went really well with the sweet rice and crispy onions. Lastly we got the Chicken Mashkhoul, which was a chicken curry style with rice. The sauce was very heavily spiced, I did not enjoy it at all honestly, it was too overpowering so I couldn’t taste the chicken or the rice or the vegetables.
Food: 8/10
Price: 7/10
Location: 9/10
Recommend:
Matai Salad
Badawi
Fish Barnioush