In our time living in Tirane, we've had the wonderful opportunity to visit numerous restaurants, bakeries, and markets, each of which sport a wide range of freshly prepared, and very affordable, food. One universal feature here is the fact that no matter where you go to get food, you will always be treated with kindness and very efficient service. Even at fast food restaurants, your food will be served to you directly by a waiter who will go out of his way to make sure you are treated properly.
The food itself is some of the finest we've ever had. There is a wide array of food types to choose from. Anything ranging from Italian to Arabic can be found in copious amounts throughout the city (there are even a few Mexican restaurants near the U.S. Embassy). No matter where you go, the food you order will almost always be prepared from materials fresh from the local markets.
In the time we've spent out and about, neither of us have yet to go to a restaurant that has had poor food or service. We have always been treated with extreme kindness by the locals, and the language barrier has hardly been an issue. It's been very surprising for us to have such high quality food so widely available and for very affordable prices. In the U.S., the same quality of food would cost a great deal more and would certainly not be as fresh nor as widely available as it is here in Tirane. We're definitely going to miss it when we return home.
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