More today is very different to when it was first launched in Dubai in the early 2000’s. It’s plainer and more placid now, more mass and less avant-garde. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, it’s just not what made More famous – culinary funk. Thankfully the interior of this Murooj Rotana branch hasn’t been changed … Continue reading More – Downtown Dubai
The Hamptons Café is a homegrown boutique restaurant and café franchise inspired by the lifestyle of the Hamptons on Long Island’s South Fork in the state of New York. The interior of this biggest of three branch in Jumeirah Islands is the epitome of East Coast chic and could well have been designed by Ralph … Continue reading Hamptons Café, The – Emirates Hills
Vasanta Bhavan is one in a long list of South Indian 100% vegetarian restaurants with the Bhavan suffix; other notables being Saravana, Ananda and Sivestar. This Discovery Gardens branch on the ground floor of Building 20 on Street 1 is the third of their four branches I have visited so far. It’s also the first … Continue reading Vasanta Bhavan – Discovery Gardens
I don’t know how (or why) I get conned into these things. I order food from outside, so I don’t have to think about cooking (which, incidentally, I love). This whole Build Your Own or BYO (it took me a while to figure that one out) defies the purpose. Well, the Poké Pacific delivery kitchen … Continue reading Poké Pacific – Motor City
Lokmet Gibran is a Lebanese restaurant and shisha lounge in JLT. Even with shisha available, Zomato has it listed as kid friendly – wow! I was not too worried about how long the food would take to get to us in Arabian Ranches because I regularly order from Streetery in Cluster D – doesn’t take … Continue reading Lokmet Gibran – JLT
Nom Nom Asia is an Indian Asian restaurant franchise which I’ve wanted to like from the minute I met the (then) owner, Vivek Balaney, at his first outlet in Karama (now permanently closed). The food I ate there was amazing but never replicated at their second outlet in Barsha. And then I discovered Zen and … Continue reading Nom Nom Asian – Motor City
Levant’ish is a family-oriented restaurant specialising in Levantine cuisine – Lebanese, Turkish, Syrian. Sandwiched between the Grand Service Station and one of my favourite Keralite restaurants, Lallumma’s, on Baghdad Street in Qusais, its interior is modern and beautifully air conditioned. I particularly liked the teal sofas were offset against an otherwise dark background. We started … Continue reading Levant’ish – Qusais
Delhi Darbar is one of my favourite Indian restaurants in Dubai. And now, having visited their fourth branch (out of four) in Al Ras, I can safely say my sentiments apply across the board. This branch must be one of the first to open. Compared to the newer branches in JLT and Barsha, it looks … Continue reading Delhi Darbar – Al Ras
Happy Days! Our family favourite Chinese restaurant, Din Tai Fung, has opened a branch, be it in kitchen only form, in Motor City. And before anyone starts yelling foul, I know it’s Taiwanese owned BUT, in my defence, the food it serves is Chinese. I think no one is happier about this than our daughter, … Continue reading Din Tai Fung – Motor City
Biryani Pot is a popular little Indian restaurant opposite Saga World on Jumeirah Road. It has two delivery kitchens, one in DSO and the other, which we ordered from, in Motor City. Famous for serving its biryanis in clay pots covered with a dough “lid” (which turns to bread as the dish cooks) in traditional … Continue reading Biryani Pot – Motor City
