Bahrain's national dish is chicken Machboos, also known as Machboos ala Dajaj (spiced chicken with rice). Bahrain is a tiny island country in the Persian Gulf bordered by Saudi Arabia and Iran. Machboos is comparable to Biryani (from India) and Kabsa (from Saudi Arabia), with differences in cooking methods, ingredients, spiciness, and assembly. All three, though, are meat and rice meals.