Around the world in 80 bites

With more than 150 resident nationalities, Dubai is one of the international food epicentres of the world. Now try to eat your way through it! 4 Comments

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Africa

1 Egypt - Sultan Ibrahim at Grand Abu Shakra: Get your mouth around an entire fish covered and stuffed with vegetables and lemons. Fit for a pharaoh.
Maktoum Street, Bur Dubai (04 222 9900)

2 Ethiopia - Injera key wot at Pillars: Lamb so tender it slides off the bone, marinated in red chilli and ginger paste. It’s served on traditional Ethiopian injera – a big spongy pancake with a sour tang.
Phoenicia Hotel, Deira (04 222 7191)

3 Morocco - Pigeon pastilla at Almaz by Momo: Warm your cockles with a steaming pigeon pie. Superb for winter – or for surviving arctic air conditioning.
Harvey Nichols, Mall of the Emirates (04 409 8877)

4 South Africa - Steak at The Meat Company: Avoid the cheapest cuts and the rest of the steaks are as tender as the night sky above you (if you sit on the terrace).
Madinat Jumeirah (04 368 6040)

5 Uganda - Matooke at African Restaurant: Visit Uganda for dinner via the steamed green plantain at African Restaurant – it has a similar consistency to rice.
Pacific Hotel, Deira (04 223 6670)

By Time Out Dubai staff
Time Out Dubai, 9 March 2010

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Posted by: Michelle on 18 Apr ' 10 at 11:52

I agree - TimeOut should highlight vegetarian/vegan dishes. While Indian vegetarian food is readily available everywhere, I'm sure vegetarian options in each cuisine exists too.

Posted by: Shiraz on 15 Mar ' 10 at 12:26

I would add the following Pakistani specialities to the list to make it complete

Pakistani:

Gola Kabab at Daily Restaurant, (Karama and Ghusais)
Chicken Bihari Roll at Emlee & Chutney, (Karama close to Lamcy)
Chicken Haandi Karahi at Dum Pukht (Bur Dubai opposite Union Coop)
Lamb Roast at BBQ Delights (JBR and Karama)
Chicken Tikka at Ravi (Ghusais and Satwa)

Posted by: afoodie on 11 Mar ' 10 at 14:16

Butter chicken is not a pakistani dish, maybe a bit of extra research is needed before writing the article.

Posted by: Melissa Andrews on 11 Mar ' 10 at 11:22

Hi

Many thanks for this interesting article. It certainly exposed me to a whole lot of restaurants I'd never heard of! But I was a bit saddened to see the focus being on meat dishes. It would be really great to see a story on vegetarian and vegan restaurants being covered in such depth as these are certainly a lot harder to come by in Dubai! There are many vegetarians and vegans in Dubai as well as people simply looking to eat less meat for health and environmental reasons so it would be fantastic to see an article covering healthier options.
Just a suggestion!

Thanks
Melissa.

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