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Hatam

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 I like the food from this restaurant and we came to this outlet for a quick bite.  I'm a fan of tabbouleh which is a parsley based salad. The one I had here was really fresh . Among the Iranian kebabs, I really like the kubideh kebab . They serve it with rice. These were really juicy and satisfying.  The staff could have been a little more friendly though. 

Miyabi Sushi and Bento

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I was looking out for some sushi places and stumbled across this one. They have seating indoors as well as outdoors. The view outside is nice, but it was quite chilly that day so we sat inside. It has a nice ambience. We started with some wakame salad . Love the marinated seaweed and the little crunch that it has to it.  The shrimp gyoza was pretty good too. Was expecting the stuffing to be a bit more juicier. The sake sashimi had fresh salmon. They've got some interesting rolls, and we had the double crunch roll . This is a shrimp tempura roll with cucumber and spicy mayo topped with tobiko and scallion. It was crunchy as the name says and flavourful.  The salmon tataki roll was nice too. It was made with seared salmon, cucumber and spicy mayo, and tataki sauce. The dynamite roll was a crispy futomaki roll made with spicy salmon. It also had asparagus, avocado, and Philadelphia cheese, and was topped with scallion and tobiko, then a drizzle of teri...

Chalet Berezka

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The name of this restaurant has its roots in soviet state. It serves Russian and Ukrainian cuisine and invited me to try out some of their dishes.  I really liked the ambience here. It is spacious and they have a see-through kitchen. They also have outdoor seating which would be perfect during winters. For those who like shisha, there is a smoking section upstairs which also has karaoke.  We started with some garden salad which was a mix of fresh vegetables topped with sour cream dill dressing. It also had an egg in it which I liked.  For mocktails, we had a pina colada, and a passion fruit based drink.  They serve alcoholic drinks as well. Then we had some assorted varenili . One of them was stuffed with potato and mushroom which I enjoyed. The other one had cottage cheese and cherry which was a bit sweet for my liking, but had an interesting flavour if you like to try something different.  The beef carpaccio is what we had next. Thi...

Hook and Cook - Palm Jumeirah

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If you're a sea-food fan then this place will definitely get you hooked on. I was invited to try out their delicious offerings. I found this place to have a different variety than most conventional sea-food restaurants. The interiors are quite nice too, with various artefacts that will make you think of the sea. The place has a blue and brown theme to it just like a boat in the water. They have seating indoors as well as outdoors which would be great during winters, and you get a lovely view of the Pointe. They have some nice drinks like Sangria, various kinds of Mojito, ice-tea and more that are refreshing. I started with the Burrata salad . The cheese was nice and creamy, and it tasted pretty good. For appetisers, we had the Hook n Cook sampler . This consists of bang bang shrimp (similar to dynamite shrimp) which is one of my favourite. It was crispy and the flavour was nice too. The sampler also had crab cakes which were good enough. Could have been a bit softe...

A Cappella - International fusion food

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A cappella refers to music without instrumental accompaniment. Just the way the sounds come together, so do the flavours of the food here. They have fusion dishes from all around the world which I was invited to try out. This is a concept by the people behind the Tresind brand of restaurants and the chef too is the one who was there earlier - chef Paritosh - and he got us some interesting dishes.  It is located among the upper level of restaurants at The Pointe mall with views of the Atlantis if you're sitting outside.  Step inside and you'll see a bar and a kitchen in the centre surrounded by the seating area. It has a casual though upmarket ambience and is dimly lit.  We started with the Barrel man which was a whiskey based cocktail with a bit of a fruity flavour to it. The other cocktail was the Old Fashioned which is whiskey and bitters. This was served in a small barrel with a tap to it and had a smokey flavour which I really liked.  For the...