Growing up, I used to be fascinated with stories that started with ‘Once upon a time’. Utter those four words and I’d be transported into an imaginary world filled with many wonderful stories. But never did I imagine that as an adult, all the stories that I tell would begin with ‘Once upon a bite’!!!... Continue Reading →
Authentic Hyderabadi Cuisine at Deccan Garden
Deccan Garden is a café and a restaurant located in the heart of Dubai, quite near Al Ghurair Centre. As you enter this eatery, you’ll find the café first and the restaurant behind it. They have indoor and outdoor seating as well and as everyone knows, outdoor dining area is perfect for this weather. It’s... Continue Reading →
Experience a unique blend of Indian flavours with Persian roots at Kebab Bistro
Kebab Bistro is known for serving authentic Parsi cuisine and some delectable kebabs. Step into this quaint restaurant in Karama and you’ll find the walls adorned with black & white photographs of many famous Parsi personalities, some of which will leave you amazed. Parsi cuisine has always created a lot of intrigue and curiosity in... Continue Reading →
Experience Authentic Vegetarian Marwadi Cuisine at Sagar Ratna
Whether you’re a vegetarian or not, you’ll absolutely love this little vegetarian outlet in the heart of Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT). They also have another branch at Oud Maitha. This is the only restaurant in Dubai that serves authentic Marwadi/Marwari cuisine, i.e. food from the Indian state of Rajasthan. Located in Cluster R, they have... Continue Reading →
Chocoholics go only to GF Ferre Chocolate Bar
“Eat, sleep, drink chocolate”, said someone once and that’s exactly what I did on my b’day, a few days back. I woke up on D-day to this yummy honey cake drowned in chocolate syrup and covered with Kit Kat pieces, all done by my AJ, my 7-year old kiddo (I love you, baby!!!) with a... Continue Reading →
Mezze Time at Baydar
Baydar is a Lebanese restaurant in Al Barsha Mall that serves homemade fare inspired by time-honoured recipes. It shares its dining area with Sandella’s Flatbread Café, an outlet that serves pizzas, wraps and quesadillas on their trademark flatbreads. Read my review on Sandella’s Flatbread Café here. The indoor dining area is pretty with huge floor... Continue Reading →
Tuck into South Asian Cuisine at Barbecue Delights
Barbecue Delights is renowned for serving scrumptious dishes from the southern part of Asia mainly northern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They have around 7 outlets here in the U.A.E. and have some prestigious awards previously such the What’s On Award and the BBC Good Food Awards ME. I visited their branch located in Ibn Battuta... Continue Reading →
Gabbar’s Grill
Have you watched ‘Sholay’…?? What…??!!! You haven’t….how can you not have watched such a classic movie which was ranked first in the British Film Institute's 2002 poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time!!! Just kidding…. We both are in the same boat. I’ve watched many a scenes and songs from this classic and... Continue Reading →
Sandella’s Flatbread Cafe
Sandella’s, an American franchise with a growing international presence, is said to be the largest and fastest growing flatbread concept in the world offering delicious wraps, paninis, quesadillas, grilled flatbreads, salads, rice bowls and more, as mentioned in their website. Their flatbreads use only the finest ingredients and there is no addition of any artificial... Continue Reading →
Nurai
It’s been only recently that I started to hear about Nurai and everyone I talked to had only good things to say about this chic, stylish restaurant and café situated on the Dubai Water Canal in Business Bay. So, when an opportunity to visit here presented itself, I jumped right in. I wanted to experience... Continue Reading →