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Noodles, I totally was craving for, and what better than street food. Well, mmm..alomst. At first, when I saw it, I though it doesn't look so classy. Well, duh! Wokyo - this Japanese street food style Noodle bar gives you the real feel as if you're in the streets of Japan.  Japanese street style noodle bar everything is so Japanese about the interiors I liked the fact that everything is so Japanese about this place. They greet you in Japanese, and also have things like the green tea flavoured Kit Kat , Japanese Ramune soda , Asahi beer (non-alcoholic), nori seaweed snacks et al for sale.  The staff here is friendly; they asked us if it was our first visit there and guided us accordingly. The concept is that you first choose your sauce, then noodles/rice and then your protein. Psst psst...they've got a place for you bag too. Now the good part is that you can taste your sauces before you select them. Once you've tasted your sauces, you c...

Now there are many seafood restaurants, but this one focuses on particularly Indonesia seafood. It's a small, cozy place with wooden tables and chairs that give an Asian feel to it.  The staff was prompt in attending to us. For starters we ordered the Risol and Tempe Mendoan.  While waiting for our food, they gave us some prawn crackers with a spicy sauce! The Risol is a crispy spring roll of Prawns and Vegetables. I really liked it as the the taste of the filling inside was prominent and it was well cooked too. The Tempe Mendoan is Fried Soya Bean with spring onion in the batter. By itself it tasted okay, but when had with the sauce with chillis it bring out more of the flavor.  Risol Tempe Mendoan As for the drinks, they recommended their  ice tea  which they make in-house. They have two flavour - lemon, and lemon with mint. We ordered one each since not many places make the ice tea in-house. Sadly, the ice tea wasn't anything out ...

I've been to the Grand Barbeque Restaurant and the food was delicious. The Grand Barbeque express is their home delivery wing which I was really looking forward to try out. Ordered a vegetarian meal. It consists of a starter, roti/naan, a mixed vegetable, a dal, rice, a sweet, pickle, and salad. Also ordered a veg biryani with it. The first thing that I noticed is that the box that it came in was really huge as compared to the usual ones. I was thinking to myself that this is a lot of food; and yes, when I opened it, the quantity was indeed was very good. I started with the paneer tikka starter. Though the number of pieces was less, the pieces were huge and moreover, the taste was amazing. It was really soft too. Moving over to the mains…the mixed vegetable was really great. It was on the spicier side which I personally like. The gravy that it was made in was lovely. The naan though felt a bit rubbery (not so much that I’d crib about it, but a little bi...

Divan is a newly opened pâtisserie in Dubai mall. I went here along with a friend of mine who suggested that we try out this new place.  As soon as you enter, you notice the lovely ambiance; the place feels classy and inviting.  Right from the time you enter, you see that the staff makes every effort to see that your experience is enjoyable. Also, I loved their attention to detail. For example, as soon as we went, we ordered some water. The glass that it was served in, had a little photo about Turkey and a quote on it.  They started by getting a host of Turkish delights , macarons , chocolates. It was really well presented and hence very tempting too. The Turkish delights that they have are available in many flavors. The gooey consistency that they have blends well along with the taste. Some of the macarons tasted great, while some were just about okay.  The chocolates were amazing; I especially liked the fact that o...

When Gordon Ramsay dictates how the food is made, you can be sure it is great! This was my first time visiting a Gordon Ramsay restaurant, thanks to a close friends of mine who is foodie, a chef and a big fan of Ramsay.  It is located in Atlantis, Palm Jumeirah which is all the more reason for you wanting to go there. As soon as we went there, the hostess greeted us and explained us about the menu. That day they had a buffet which includes a selection of cold and hot starters, drinks, and a choice of main course.  This restaurant is inspired by British pub culture but still maintains the look and feel of a fine dine.  Among the cold starters they had quite a few sea-food items which consisted of salmon, tuna, lobster, et al.  It all looked really tempting and we just couldn't to decide where to start from.  There were the tuna devilled eggs which I found interesting. It is tuna filled inside boiled eggs. Here's how it looks: These were rea...