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Ayam Elezz is a Lebanese restaurant located in "The Mall" opposite the Jumeirah Beach Hotel. They have a buffet-style brunch for which they had invited me.  They have a smoking and a non-smoking zone. In order to get the good view, you will have to sit in the smoking zone where you can also enjoy a shisha.  They have quite a few starters. There could have been some more variety in the mains though. For the drinks, they have lemondae , ice tea , and the laban ayran . They also have live stations - a salad station , an egg station , and a saj station too.  I had the saj with zaatar and cheese which was great, especially since it is served hot and fresh.  This place is high on cheese. Starting from the Shanklish which is a Levantine cheese often mixed with herbs and had with finely chopped vegetables. This was really good. I have seen it at a lot of Middle Eastern restaurants, but not too often in a buffet.  Then there is the braided cheese ...

Barbeque Nation is widely known in India and it is my favorite restaurants for unlimited barbeque and food.  In Dubai, they've been around for about a year, but I hadn't visited them until this day. They were promoting this to other nationalities too and so there was a competition on Radio Spice where I had to nominate a non-Indian friend of mine and we could win invites for two. I nominated, and I won ! I went there along with a Filipino friend of mine.  They have a huge buffet laid out and they also get the grills on your table.  interiors They have live stations too. There was one where they were grilling meats, one where they were grilling vegetables, and a chaat counter too.  We took some fish from the live grill. This tasted really delicious. It was well cooked, soft and had a great flavor to it.  I also took a pani-puri from the chaat counter. It was okay.  They also had keema-pav . It is one of my favorite snack, and I loved this o...