RESTAURANT WEEK
To celebrate Dubai Food Festival, 15 of the city’s top fine dining spots have signed up for this year’s Dubai Restaurant Week, making it a great time to sample some of the city’s finest dishes without earning yourself a concerned call from your bank manager. Here are our favourites of the Dhs199 menus on offer.
Scape, Burj Al Arab
The Burj on a budget? It’s not something normally on offer, so the three-course dinner at Scape is a great way to gain entry to the hallowed seven-star halls. Choose from gazpacho or ceviche starters, Asian chicken or a wild mushroom pizza for mains and cheesecake or lemon tart for afters.
Gaucho, DIFC
Choose from starters including beef empanadas and chorizo with crushed chickpeas before sampling mains, including the Argentinian steakhouse’s signature ancho ribeye. Not feeling carnivorous? There’s salmon or truffle risotto on offer too, while desserts include dulche du leche profiteroles.
Marina Social, InterContinental Dubai Marina
One of the most varied menus on offer, with a choice of four starters including beef tartare or seared yellow fin tuna, mains such as veal short rib or chargrilled tiger prawns with chilli crab, and desserts including a signature blackberry Eton Mess.
Social By Heinz Beck, Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah
There are no choices on the Michelin-starred chef ’s threecourse sampler, but with his signature dish of fagotelli carbonara on offer to start, it’s still a great way to get a handle on his cuisine. Follow the famed pasta parcels up with a dish of yoghurt and spice marinated veal and a trademark tiramisu.
Okku, H Hotel Dubai
Sample a selection of the acclaimed Japanese eatery’s signature sharing plates, including our favourite crispy duck salad, spicy tuna on crispy rice and chilli miso chicken, as well as chocolate fondant and an intriguing wasabi ice cream. February 23 to March 4
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