It is no secret that I am a fan of the Umami restaurant chain and have visited most of their food-court based outlets throughout Dubai. So, I was quite excited when I found they had started delivering to Arabian Ranches from a delivery kitchen in Motor City. I enjoy their ramen. It’s not (nearly) as … Continue reading Umami – Motor City
Talk about extremes – I think I just had the best spicy edamame of my life at Katsuya by Starck but also the worst soft-shell crab; so bad, we sent it back. And that more or less sums up my experience there – a meal of extremes. Located in one of the most drop-dead gorgeous … Continue reading Katsuya by Starck – Madinat Jumeirah
MAXZI is as much a restaurant as it is a “food shop”. Originally opened as the e-retail arm of Indoguna, a Singaporean owned food-services provider, it has since carved out a name for itself as a top-notch eatery as well as somewhere one can source chef grade products not available in supermarkets. Its interior has … Continue reading MAXZI – Al Quoz
Daefi is the lobby restaurant at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers hotel. It is where one usually enjoys afternoon tea and coffee – not morning breakfast. But C-19 has changed so many things in the world, the mighty Jumeirah Group included. Although ET has only recently reopened, it is not operating at anywhere close to pre-C-19 … Continue reading Daefi – Trade Centre Area
Greens N Grills is not an out-right Iranian restaurant, yet its menu is dominated by authentic Iranian kababs and even a khoresh (stew) or two. That is mainly thanks to this man, Enayat Rahimi, a Lari-Shirazi veteran of Hatam and Noon & Kabab who runs the Iranian side of GNG’s kitchen. The rest of the … Continue reading Greens N Grills – Ras Al Khor
Thushani’s is an amazing authentic chain of Sri Lankan restaurants with a branch in Sharjah and this one in Discovery Gardens, Dubai. It’s somewhere I have ordered-in from on two occasions, and both times I have been completely blown away at a) how delicious the food has been and b) how spicy it is – … Continue reading Thushani’s – Discovery Gardens
Kahto Grills is an Iranian Kababi in disguise. It takes its name from the town of Kahtuyeh in the south of Iran. Kahtuyeh, which neighbours the city of Bastak where Al Bastakiya in Dubai gets its name from, is no normal town – it is the de facto kabab capital of the south; made so … Continue reading Kahto Grills – Ras Al Khor
Hey! Hey! Hey! There’s a new Denny’s in town. This forth incarnation of the all-American diner opened recently in Dubai Festival Plaza, itself still not completely open. Sandwiched between Sanjeev Kapoor’s A Grain of Salt and Tony Roma’s, the Denny’s interior is stereotypically American diner – Pulp Fiction galore. Which made it all the more … Continue reading Denny’s – Jebel Ali Village
Less than 24-hours left before my low sugar (low everything) diet starts and I find myself at the First Avenue Mall, opposite The Ribbon in Motor City with time to kill while @dubizzle.pro photographs my car in the parking lot downstairs. And this Krispy Kreme sign is like an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer tractor beam…pulling … Continue reading Krispy Kreme – Motor City
I remember the first time when, as a young teenager, I tried Moti Mahal’s tandoori chicken. It simply blew my mind. This was back in 1980 and the venue was their newly opened branch in the (then) posh neighbourhood of Vasant Vihar in Delhi. Believe it or not, I have carried that original taste with … Continue reading Moti Mahal – Business Bay
