Taza is the epitome of this region’s farm to table concept. It’s also how it lives up to its namesake – fresh. I love Taza and have only once been disappointed (not this time). Food buddy and restaurateur, @nicky_rr, entered two Taza chickens in our best roast/grilled chicken challenge the other week, ordering from their … Continue reading Taza – Jebel Ali Village
Wingstop Inc. is a Texan chain of nostalgic, aviation-themed restaurants specializing in chicken wings. Believe it or not there are no less than eight branches scattered around Dubai, including this food truck parked besides Feras Sweets in the Apex Atrium Center in Motor City. The number of delivery bikers mulling around suggested that it’s almost … Continue reading Wingstop – Motor City
Mazaree Al Sham is a meat lovers heaven; its name a giveaway to its Syrian roots. Butchery, delicatessen and restaurant all rolled up in one, it is without a doubt one of the most underrated culinary establishments I have come across in Dubai in recent years. Located next door to Overdose Burger on Jumeriah Road, … Continue reading Mazaree Al Sham – Umm Suqeim
Grillo, not to be mistaken for Griller Grill’O, is a Nando’s wannabe chain of fast-food restaurants which specialises in Fried Style Chicken Without Frying. I don’t know why that marketing slogan of theirs reminds me so much of a line from Bruce Lee’s Enter The Dragon – the art of fighting without fighting: Anyway, their … Continue reading Grillo – Barsha
Max’s All About Chicken is a home-grown chain of fast-food restaurants which, according to their marketing blurb, specialises in 24-hour marinated, char-grilled and fried chicken. The brand, conceptualised by Foodmark in Dubai and Max’s Group Inc. in the Philippines, has doubled its number of branches in Dubai to four, including the one I ordered from … Continue reading Max’s All About Chicken – Barsha
Drift Beach, at the swanky One & Only Royal Mirage, is a premium beach club for the rich and privileged. It’s a place where a simple thing like a sunbed (they call them Drift Sun Loungers) can cost you anywhere between AED150 and AED200 depending on which day of the week you rent it. Located … Continue reading Drift Beach – Dubai Marina
Look up hidden gem in Dubai’s culinary dictionary and you’ll probably find Canara listed towards the very top. Tucked away on the corner of 8A street opposite the Iranian School in Karama, Canara specialises in Mangalorean cuisine, especially (but, as my lawyer friends say, not limited to) seafood. Its interior is simple, modest, spotlessly clean … Continue reading Canara – Karama
Karandi’s is a brilliant little Indian restaurant which specialises in South Indian, specifically Chettinad cuisine. There are two branches, the first and original is a stone’s throw away from Rasoi Ghar in Karama, and there’s the one I visited in Building 20 on Street 1 in Discovery Gardens. In addition to being in total compartmentalised … Continue reading Karandi’s – Discovery Gardens
Patiala House is an Indian restaurant which specialises in Punjabi cuisine and chaat. It has two branches, the original in Karama and this one at the base of the Glitz 1 building in Dubai Studio City. I’m told the restaurant was opened well before the 2011 Bollywood movie of the same name, so where did … Continue reading Patiala House – Dubai Studio City
Mughal e Azam (transl. The Great Mughal) is a Desi restaurant recently relocated from Discovery Gardens to the Zee Tower in Dubai Media City: @mughaleazamrestaurant. Either intentionally or by coincidence (which I don’t believe in), it shares its name with an epic 60’s Bollywood movie…of the same name. Two mutton curries from its extensive menu … Continue reading Mughal e Azam – Dubai Media City
