This may be the 10th Puranmal I am writing about. It’s special because it gave me as much pleasure as the first one I visited next door to the Sunrise Supermarket on 4th Street in Oud Metha many, many years ago. Special how/why? Because it was the first outlet I visited after lockdown (actually, it … Continue reading Puranmal – Barsha
I’ve always found the food at Chili’s a little…um, wanting. Sadly, my experience at this new branch in Motor City was no different. The great service makes writing this hard but, except for my wife’s quesadilla explosion salad, everything else we ordered was…not at all good. The chicken ranch quesadillas my daughter ordered were plasticky, … Continue reading Chili’s – Motor City
It is listed on Zomato simply as Special Kabab, yet Sharjah folk and locals of Iranian ancestry refer to is as Ahmed Ali Kababi & Son, and you know what? It could possibly be Sharjah’s best-kept secret – until now. If you like Ostadi, Al Ustad as it’s called today, and Ostadi’s masti kababs in … Continue reading Ahmed Ali Kababi Special Kabab – Mysaloon, Sharjah
Vasanta Bhavan is one in a long list of South Indian restaurants with the Bhavan suffix; other notables being Saravana, Ananda and Sivestar. This Karama branch on Street 15A, opposite thali masters Rajdhani, is the second in their chain of maybe six restaurants I have visited; the other being in Al Nahda around two years … Continue reading Vasanta Bhavan – Karama
Located next door to Sultan Baba Iskender on the first floor of Dubai Festival Plaza, this is Famous Dave’s third branch in Dubai. Thankfully, the interior at this new place is a lot less Disneyland hick as the original in Dubai Parks and Resorts albeit it’s still unmistakably Yankee Doodle. First things first, this is … Continue reading Famous Dave’s Barbecue – DFP, Jebel Ali Village
You know a restaurant is special when you see celebrities and/or the owner/s of other restaurant/s dining there. I was treated to a double-whammy when the dashing Tollywood heartthrob and owner of Biryaniwalla & Co, Reza Ashtarian walked into Chowringhee’s yesterday. Among his entourage was the man who brought us NH17 which, until it closed, … Continue reading Chowringhee’s – Karama
If nothing else, having four burgers from four different venues in as many days helps with objectivity. And having just finished my fourth, the BBQ ShackMeister at Shake Shack’s newly opened branch at Deira City Centre, I am reminded why I am a fan – it’s amazing. The BBQ ShackMeister is basically a cheeseburger loaded … Continue reading Shake Shack – Deira City Centre Area
SAID Dal 1923 is a quaint little Italian (not British) café in City Walk 2. Its interior is handsomely decorated and has a laidback, unpretentious, cosy ambiance. My friend Nader and I went there for a quick coffee and ended up spending a few hours there chatting. The length of time we spent there was … Continue reading SAID Dal 1923 – City Walk 2, Al Safa
Wemart is a newly opened, authentic Chinese food court a stone’s throw from the Deira Clock Tower. For a Chinese food lover like me, it is nothing less than Disneyland. Wemart is a supermarket first and then an eatery but you wouldn’t think so if you walked in on the ground floor where you are … Continue reading Wemart – Deira City Centre Area
This new Wagamama at the Waitrose complex in Motor City was one of the first outlets my daughter and I visited after lockdown ended. Its interior is immediately recognizable as Wagamama – modern, trendy and spotlessly clean. My daughter and I have been ordering exactly the same thing at Wagamama for the past 15 years … Continue reading Wagamama – Motor City
