Copper Restaurant – Muscat, Oman

In a city like Muscat, where it’s not an easy task finding a place that offers a wide variety of cuisines at reasonable prices, Copper Restaurant emerges as the best choice, and Feed the Lion’s debut review of Oman’s Halal culinary scene (conducted by Feast Karachi).

With a Johnny Pro motorcycle striking a sexy pose atop a desk at the front of the entrance, the place itself is busily decked out, with eye-catching graffiti along the back wall, comfortable booth seating to one side, and a relaxed atmosphere overall.

From the moment you walk in, you’re treated with the utmost importance by the courteous staff before being handed a menu that will immediately have you salivating with all its variety.

Their coffees are quite good as they have an enviable Coffee Machine.

The Skinny Fries and Brisket – Beef, shallots, spring onion, chilli, jalapenos, cheese custard, 3,650 OMR

A very generous serving of melt-in-your-mouth beef and fries, with all its colourful assortment of ingredients attractively presented in a large, deep dark bowl.

The Skinny Fries and Brisket had a copious amount of gooey cheese blanketing perfectly crisp golden fries, all of which was smothered in spring onions, thin slithers of red chilli, and jalapenos.

A great dish to share if you’re coming in super hungry.

BBQ Peri Peri Chicken – Chicken thigh with toasted buns, corn and peri peri sauce, 7,950 OMR

The delicate char on this chicken made it smoky and flavorful, with the sweetness of the corn really helping to balance out the flavours.

The Peri Peri sauce was tangy and went really well with the chicken. But it was that warm bread which was so helpful in soaking up all the juices to complete the dish. And for 7.95 OMR, this is worth the price.

Shuwa Pizza – tomato, jalapenos, mozzarella, parsley, onion, 4,950 OMR

This was not your average pizza! With generous amounts of Shuwa – an Omani way of preparing meat slathered in a blend of oils and spices and cooked underground – the meat just melted in the mouth and went really well with all of the other toppings.

The cheesiness of each slice will be one of the reasons you’ll be ordering more once you’re done, believe you us!

Shakshouka 3,950 OMR

This North African dish is served with some toasty bread, and is a winner had breakfast, lunch or dinner.

With three eggs, tomato relish, chilli, spinach, salami and gouda, the whole thing came together to create this heartwarming dish that was both visually appealing and thoroughly filling!

Double Chocolate Crazy Shake 3,500 OMR

And definitely give this Double Chocolate Crazy Shake a go if you’re after a sugar rush. Not only will you get a chocolate brownie, cookies and doughnuts, but also plenty of biscotto sticks with it, which made this all the more irresistable!

And again for said price, this shake is well worth it – most certainly a must try!