FAMISHED EXPLORER

Who doesn't like dumplings in a pasta dough right? This place is located in DIFC, and has a really Italian feel to it; even some of the staff is from Italy. The place is calm, spacious, rustic, and bright (natural light). It has an European feel to it and is just the way I would love for an Italian place to be. The names of the dishes too are in Italian. They recently invited me to try them out.  We started with Arancino , which was a huge deep fried rice ball with meat and mozzarella. It was crunchy from the outside and soft from the inside. It tasted really good, especially with the Arrabbiata sauce that it was served with.  A post shared by Famished Explorer [ UDIT ] (@uditss) on Mar 18, 2018 at 5:34am PDT For drinks we had the  Jasmine Ale . It is refreshing and I would totally recommend this one.  The other drink was the Grande Basil Mojito . This wasn't exactly to my liking.  We moved on to some pasta and ordered the Tagli...

What this place offers is more than just the regular donuts.  My friend took me here and she was trying to explain me what they sell before we could reach there, and she said it is something between a donut and a croissant. I was a litlle confused initially, but once I had it, I knew how difficult it was to explain.  I can loosely describe this as a croissant with a lot more layers, in the shape of a donut. This place also calls it a " cro ". I tried two of these and nothing else here, so this review is just about that.  They're available in some tempting flavours like red velvet, kunafa, ferrero, dumdum Dubai, butter-scotch, kit kat, pink zebra, eaton mess etc. We chose one " Ferrero Cro cher ". This has Ferrero as well as chocolate. One bite, and it was pure indulgence. I just couldn't stop at one bite; and let me tell you that I am not someone who is much into sweets.  The powdered sugar was all over my mouth, and may be some even on my cl...

Right from the moment you enter, it gives a very European feel to it. They've got some seating outside too, and despite the restaurant being on the main road, the outside seating still feels cozy and well-tucked in. You'll see them making the pizzas in the furnace right in front of you.  As we ordered, and waited, they gave us some foccacia bread to munch on. This was soft and buttery. Interestingly, they've got quite a lot of options in vegetarian too.  We started with the bruschetta al pesto . The bread is baked in a wood oven, and has a generous amount of mozarella cheese in it, along with their home made pesto sauce. This tasted a bit dry.  For the soup, we had the Minestra di Fagioli which was a vegetarian soup. It had beans, vegetables, and tagliatelle pasta in it. There was more to eat in the soup than drink. I liked it as a dish; if you want to try something different from a traditional soup, you can try this one out.  Another starte...

This restaurant by the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver had me coming in with a lot of expectations. With the lip-smacking food, friendly staff and the lovely view of the  Jumeirah area, it sure lived up to it.  They have an outside seating as well as inside. When the weather permits, the outside seating feels relaxed and has a breathtaking view of the Burj-Al-Arab hotel. They have a wide variety of dishes and you feel spoilt for choice. We were 6 of us, so we could try out a lot of things.  Among th e few things we ordered were: Pumpkin Ravioli. With roasted pumpkin, ricotta and ample of rosemary butter this tasted heavenly. Every bite of it felt rich and creamy.  Lamb Chops Scottadito These lamb chops are grilled under a brick and are served along with thick cut french fries. The chops are really juicy and had a mild smokey flavor to it. Spaghetti & Meat Balls. This is one of the classics. The meat balls were really nice, but the spa...