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Masgouf in Abu Dhabi

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Yesterday  I have a Great lunch With My Friends ,it's my first Time i visit a Iraqi Restaurant  and it's one of his kind On Abu Dhabi/U.A.E. it's serve they "Masgouf "    national dish  of  Iraq . Preparation and Serving Note that the aforementioned marinade is exclusively made by a variable mixture of olive oil, rock salt, tamarind and ground turmeric.Upon request of a customer, the fish is caught live and weighed. If agreed on, the animal is killed on the spot by a quick blow onto the forehead with a small rod. It is then partially scaled, gutted and cut in two identical halves from the belly up while leaving the back intact, opening the fish in the shape of a big symmetrical circle. From there, the master cook generously bastes the marinade on the inside of the fish with a brush. Following the marination process, the fish is either impaled on two sharp piles of wood, or placed in a big cast iron grill with a handle and a locking snare, designed s