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The name is catchy and I was looking forward to trying it out when I was invited here.  It was a Wednesday, and they've just started curry nights on every Wednesday. I was a bit surprised to see Indian curries here, but it was interesting.  The set meal costs just AED 99 and includes one curry, Indian bread, potato sabji, rice, papad, curd, and pickles. You have the option of choosing chicken, mutton, or vegetarian.  For the chicken option, there is butter chicken which tasted quite good initially, but after a few bites, felt a bit too tangy. The potato sabji (jeera aloo) was really good and had a homely flavour to it. The pickle and mint chutney was nice too.  They also have quiz nights here, and it happened to be on that day too. There are about 10 rounds where you make teams of around 5 people. Each round has some interesting questions. There is also a round where you need to mould something with clay. The quiz was really fun overall.  I li...

This is a new gastropub that has started in souk al bahar, and a friend invited me to try out this place.  They have seating indoors as well as outside. The ambience is nice; they have the bar counter in the middle and it has an ancient yet contemporary vibe to it.  We ordered our drinks, and it took about 45 minutes for them to be served.  The citrus twist gin & tonic was quite good. It is a classic with a bit of a citrus twist.  Then we had the Old Fashioned with a twist. This one had some coffee in it along with spiced rum. There was also a kitkat bar in it. We found the alcohol in this to be a bit too much, and it didn't quite suit our tastebuds.  Although the one which we really liked was the lychee gin coupe . It had coconut cream in it, and the cocktail was just superb. It felt smooth and really different than a regular cocktail.  For the food too we had to wait for about half an hour.  There was hummus as well as th...