FAMISHED EXPLORER

 This is an Asian restaurant in Oud Metha where I was invited to try out the food. It has a nice décor with an Oriental feel to it. We went for an early dinner on a weekday and it was quite empty. By the time we were getting done, the place had almost got full. We started with the chicken satay which was served with peanut sauce. It tasted good although it had a flavour of coconut to it which I wish was mentioned beforehand. The next appetiser was the fish in honey chilli mustard . It tasted really delicious although it was a different than expected and also looked different from the picture in the menu.  We were expecting it to be something like this: Whereas it had a semi-gravy to it and had a bit of a creamy texture too. For the mains, we had the Thai lemongrass rice with chicken. This tasted great; the flavour of lemongrass could have been more prominent though. I could taste the flavour in only some of the bites. The other item dish we had was the prawn Pad Thai . This ...

This is a brand that specializes in chicken wings as you must have guessed from the name, but what's interesting to know is that their wings are baked! They invited me to try out the various wings that they have. At the time of writing this, they have an eat-all-you-can deal for AED 49 valid from Sunday to Wednesday until the end of February 2021. There are four flavours included in this (listed below) and you can have unlimited quantity of each of these.  Sriracha - This was my favourite one of the lot. It's quite spicy but not the insane kind that will burn your tastebuds. It is really flavourful. Tamarind Chilli - This was my second favourite here. The menu mentioned that this one is spicy and I was curious. It is served with some red chillies on top which really complement the flavour well. Just the tamarin sauce itself tastes a bit sweet and I strongly recommend having it with the chillies. Honey Mustard - Although I'm usually not a fan of sweet flavours for savoury...

I've taken a liking towards health food recently, and was looking forward to some Acai, when these guys offered to send it over for a review.  You can choose between a bowl and a jar, along with various customization options.  I opted for the build your jar which is a totally customizable option. I chose the Pure Acai along with the blueberry blend . For the seeds, there are quite a few choices and I opted for the more traditional one - Granola . There are a lot of extra toppings which you can chose and I added some pomegranate and Greek yogurt .  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Udit 📷 [Famished Explorer] (@uditss) on Jul 26, 2020 at 8:46am PDT The delivery arrived well before expected time and I could only have it after I got back home.  Most of the times I've had Acai freezing cold, but this time since I had waited for a bit, it wasn't freezing by the time I had it and I really liked the taste. The pomegranat...

This is a small restaurant located in Oud Metha, and perhaps I wouldn't have noticed it had my friend not taken me there.  It was late at night and it was still open; we were the only customers here.  We started with some masala papad to munch on. By the time we were done with the papad, our food was already served.  We had some kurkure bhindi which my friend suggested. It was not only crispy but also tasted great. I enjoyed it especially since I'm a fan of bhindi.  For the mains, we had the soya tikka masala . The soya chunks were soft, and were prepared in a delicious gravy.  Along with it we had some hot phulkas, and later jeera rice which made our meal complete.  The food tasted homely and delicious. 

My family has recently got into vegan food and we thought of trying some. Usually we end up at a vegetarian Indian restaurant which has a lot of vegan dishes, but this time we wanted to try out something different. Tum Tum Asia is one of the very few (or perhaps the only) vegetarian Asian restaurant that I know of, and majority of the items on the menu are available in vegan  variants. (P.S. Items on their menu with the vegan symbol can be made vegan on request and may not necessarily be vegan if you don't specify that). We went there on a weekend, but since we went early (around 8pm), it wasn't crowded, although it was packed by the time we were done with our meal. They do cater to the Indian palate too, and I say this because they have a section in their menu called "Because Indian is Pan Asian" which does have a handful of Indian items.  All items in this review are Vegan . We started with some refreshing drinks with some interesting names.  We ordered ...

I'm sure most of us love grills, and when I was invited here, I was looking forward to see what are their offerings and the concept. The place is small though cozy, and their menu is a bit different from most of the "grill" places that I've come across.  Before our food arrived, they got us some chinese bhel to munch on. Crunchy, and a hint of spicy and sweet to it.  We started with the veg platter which has some interesting items in it. The one which I totally enjoyed was the soya chhaap. These were soft and really flavourful. There were also the cottage cheese pineapple skewers which were nice, veg brochettes, smoked baby corn, and cream cheese almond broccoli which were also quite good.  They gave a roomali roti along with this which was soft and hot, and goes well with the soya chhaap. For the non-veg starters I had the lamb boti . The lamb was prepared really well in what they call Nawab's secret spices. It is slow cooked on char-grill. Yo...

When I saw the name it definitely sounded like an interesting concept. They basically have ice-cream rolls in different forms, and when I was invited here, I learnt that they use only natural ingredients which came as a pleasant surprise. They have fresh real ice-cream, and even the various sauces used for flavouring are made from natural fruits.  We started with the Ferrero taco . It is an ice-cream roll that is made with Ferrero Rocher, and it topped with Ferrero too, as well as chocolate sauce and served in a taco. If reading this itself has got you craving for it, you definitely need to try it out. This was among my my favourites here. The crispy taco along with the soft ice-cream roll and the Ferrero tastes just amazing.  The next one was the mango mango . As you must have guessed, it is a mango ice-cream roll, and it is topped with real mango pieces. The mangoes that are used throughout the year deffer since you don't get the same mangoes all year round, and they ...