P2

Pricey seafood restaurant in Jumeirah 1 Reviews

From Time Out Dubai Eating Out 2008

There is only one problem with dining at P2 – the brasserie upstairs at the award-winning Pisces seafood restaurant in the Souk Madinat – and that is passing up the opportunity to duck into Pisces and sample its inimitable and impeccable fish creations. The oysters go some way to make up for it, however.

A dozen plump, freshly shucked shellfish arrive on a crystalline bed of crushed ice, alongside dishes of piquant sauce and slices of citrus fruit. Each one is perfectly fragment-free, wonderfully saline, and ranked among the best we have eaten in the city.

Duck confit comprises two delicately crisped, but moist legs on a mound of ‘bubble & squeak’, which isn’t quite the dish of shallow-fried English leftovers it’s named after, but a bed of crumbly mashed potato with cabbage and bacon, and utterly delicious.

A neat disc of beef tartare comes with a pleasingly runny soft boiled egg. When it comes to desserts, the crème brûlée is light and fluffy, if a little small, but perfectly good to finish off an excellent meal.

• Previous reviews
  • 17 March,2009- reviewed by Time Out Dubai staff
  • 25 April,2007- reviewed by Time Out Dubai Staff

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