A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
Went here for our first meal in Dubai (as we were going to start going around the old area).
To start, we got the Chicken Shawarma Sambousa, and hummus. Both great dishes.
We also tried the Arabic coffee. Fairly strong, and seemed to have a hint of rose water.
For the main, got the chicken bayani. Also great.
Would come back here again. The staff were all very try nice and friendly.
Started off the morning by getting breakfast at this restaurant in Souq Waqif.
We ordered the breakfast special, which comes with a variety of dishes (which you’re supposed to eat with some sort of flat bread). Some of the food it comes with includes humans, fried cheese, an omelet of some sort, falafels. and egg mixed with some sort of
I really liked everything (did feel in different to the bean and sour cream/cheese thing though.
Also ordered a latte which tasted better than usual (probably because of the cream), and it was fairly strong.
We went to the this place for a friends 30ths birthday. We got a fixed menu, but ended up asking the waiters to wine pair our courses.
I will say the service is very high end (which I guess is expected since we were in the Polanco area). The waiters always made sure the table was clean, and they insisted on pouring the wines themselves (they would come over to the table if they saw you doing it!).
Here is the menu:
– **For Snacking (Shared):**
– Hummus with ‘chile de agua’ pico de gallo and wood-fired bread
– Pickled Vegetables with mushrooms, beet, and carrots on sweet potato sourdough
– **Starters (Shared):**
– Salmon Trout with soy vinaigrette, pistachio, and white kimchi
– Green Salad with blue cheese dressing and bacon-pepita crumble
– Fried Squash Blossoms with mushroom cream, guava chutney, and spicy sauce
– **Main Course (Shared):**
– Braised Short Rib with burnt onion sauce, ‘queso cuadro’, and blistered shishitos
– Striped Bass with romesco sauce, parsnip, and braised bok choy
– **Dessert (Shared):**
– Basque Tart with mamey ice cream and cocoa crumble
– Wood-fired Bananas with dulce de leche, ‘rancho cream’, and pinole crumble
From the above, the hummus, pickled vegetables, salmon trout stripped sea bass, and desserts were great. I probably wouldn’t get the others again (the braised short rib was cooked great, but the sauce/flavor wasn’t good).
We checked out this place as we were strolling around the El Raval / Barri-Gòtic part of Barcelona.
Overall, food and drinks were great. I had the sangria, friends and chicken wings, and all were good. Also, the place was pretty cheap.
