In the city of Dubai, there are modern caeens and restauras that create pure flavors in all kinds of food and drinks in an innovative way and offer them to tourists.
Not so long ago in the 1990s, the most popular dishes in Dubai were shawarma and falafel, and iernational restauras in this city included Indian, Pakistani, and American fast food chains. Today, Dubai’s diverse restauras and eateries with a variety of new and innovative foods have a significa coribution to the tourist attractions of this city. The chefs of these restauras boldly use their ingenuity and creativity to combine new ingredies and create new flavors. These chefs have made a great impact on the food taste of the people of Dubai, who once were only fans of autheic flavors.
In Dubai, immigras from 200 differe nationalities of the world live, who have brought about many changes in the food structure of restauras in this city, and this influence is not as noticeable in any other sector as food culture and cooking. From pancake and crepe shops and iernational bakeries to European food from the Balkans and local hamburger shops in Dubai. The food in some restauras in Dubai are like works of art, which are cooked by the best chefs in the world. According to many tourists, nowhere in the world can you see the diversity of serving iernational cuisine in Dubai. In this article, we will iroduce some of the best options for drinks and food in differe meals.
Where to eat to experience the pure flavors of Dubai?
breakfast
One of the best local restauras with dishes from the Balkan region is “21grams Urban Balkan” restaura, which is located between the Jumeirah Beach promenade and Meyan Mall in Dubai. This eatery is one of the most popular breakfast spots in Dubai, founded and run by Serbian restaurateur Stasha Toncev and chef Milan Jurkovic.
21 Grams restaura, photo source: Nordic Home Worx website, photographer: unknown
21 grams Balkan restaura offers delicious breakfasts and tasty snacks to tourists. The local egg dish of this restaura with a combination of fried boiled eggs in tomato sauce and chili pepper with cinnamon, yogurt, chili oil and fresh basil is a popular dish among tourists ierested in the local dishes of the Balkans. This breakfast is served with somun bread.
Among other popular breakfasts of 21 grams restaura, we can meion “phyllo pie” (a kind of local bulky bread) with creamed spinach, goat cheese, honey and thyme. This restaura serves its meals uil 17:00 every day and is not only for breakfast. To dine at 21 Grams restaura on holidays and weekends, you have to wait between 15 and 30 minutes for the tables to be emptied.
“Arabian Tea House” is a traditional restaura with autheic Emirati architecture located in the historical neighborhood of “Al Fahidi” and a short distance from Dubai Creek. The open area of this restaura with colorful photos of differe regions of Dubai and traditional oven for baking bread is an ieresting environme to learn about the culture of the people of the UAE and their traditional houses. One of the best breakfast dishes at the Arabic Tea House, a special tray with dishes such as “balaleet” (sweet vermicelli omelette with cardamom, cinnamon and saffron), “dango” (pea dish), “bajella” (bean dish) ), the food is beans, cheese, dates, rose jam and freshly baked local breads.
Arabic Tea House, photo source: Happy Cow website, photographer: unknown
The Egyptian breakfast tray of “Arabic Tea House” with its combination of falafel, hummus, white cheese and tomato and “musaqaa” (special Arabic food with pepper and eggpla) is popular with many tourists. Also, in this restaura, local sandwiches of “halloumi” (grilled cheese), cucumber and tomato in local dough with “za’atar” seasoning (Arabic seasoning of spices and mouain herbs) and olives are served for breakfast. will be These dishes, along with Karak (Indian tea with local spices) iced tea, are some of the best local breakfasts in Dubai.
With a view of the Jumeirah Fishing Port, Brix Cafe is another good place to have breakfast in Dubai for Italian breakfast lovers. The popular breakfast of this cafe includes croissas, chocolate espresso ganache and tiramisu filled with oregano mascarpone. Truffles (a type of chocolate dessert) and croissas with cheese, tomato and basil brix also have many fans along with the special coffees of this cafe.
Cracked tea and coffee
“Crack” is one of the most popular drinks in Dubai, which has a special place in the daily food culture of the natives of this city. This drink is basically a type of Indian tea that has a structure similar to masala tea. Karak is prepared by combining ingredies such as brewed black tea, cardamom, saffron, some Arabic spices and condensed milk. Many Arabic cafes in Dubai have a significa sale of crack during the day and brew this drink with a special recipe.
Nightjar Cafe, photo source: alserkal.online, photographer: unknown
“Filli Cafe” (Filli Cafe) on Dubai’s Kite Beach is one of the most famous cafes for Arabic drinks and especially crackers, which tourists line up in fro of to enjoy saffron crackers on the last days of the week. This cafe has other branches in the neighborhoods of Dubai. Koukh Al Shay coffee shop in Al Hudaiba area is also one of the most popular coffee shops in Dubai. This cafe serves a special dish of paratha omelette (Indian omelette with meat, vegetables and egg) with spicy Omani chips, which is very popular. Kokh El Shay Cafe has differe branches on the beaches of Dubai.
Nightjar Coffee is the perfect excuse to visit Alserkal Street, where Dubai’s art galleries, boutiques and showrooms are located. This cafe serves a variety of handmade coffees with home-roasted beans. Night Jar Cafe also has live music on weekends. The spicy chicken dish of this cafe is very delicious along with lamb toast and ricotta pancakes.
lunch
If you are a burger lover, go to Kite Beach or Dubai Kites for a delicious sandwich. On this beach, you can eat all kinds of fried chicken fillets, fried potatoes and hamburgers for lunch.
Maui Bordeaux restaura, photo source: Caterer Middle East website, photographer: unknown
“Bordo Mavi” restaura is a seafood restaura in Jumeirah Fishing Port, which has a Mediterranean restaura atmosphere with a beautiful ierior design of green plas and a balcony facing the sea. The food of this restaura is prepared by a fishmonger from Turkey and with an original recipe that is 200 years old from daily fresh catch. In the restaura display, a variety of marine products such as fish, spiny crab and other foods are displayed in the style of fish markets on ice, from which tourists choose their favorite foods.
Popular appetizers at the Bordeaux Maui restaura are smoked anchovy pickles, wheat yogurt, tomato salad, and crispy potato chips. The most popular dishes of this restaura among tourists are shrimp casserole with butter (shrimp casserole; a type of shrimp dish cooked in the oven), seafood with pomodoro sauce (a type of Italian sauce) and fish kebab with wheat.
dinner
For dinner in Dubai, you can experience the delicious taste of Iranian kebabs at “Al Ustad Special Kabab” restaura in Al Fahidi area. This restaura was established in 1978 and is one of the oldest restauras in Dubai. Ostad’s special kebab restaura serves all kinds of kebabs with mutton and chicken; But the best option for dining in it is the mixed kebab plate with all kinds of kebabs, which is served for two or more people.
Ostad Special Kebab Restaura, photo source: The National website, photographer: unknown
Don’t miss Chelo Kebab, a specialty of Ostad’s kebab restaura, with saffron rice and butter. In this restaura, you can also order creamy hummus, which is one of the best appetizers in Dubai. To dine at Ostad’s special kebab restaura on the last days of the week, you have to wait for an empty table for a while.
Orfali Bros restaura, founded by three brothers from Syria named Muhammad, Wasim and Omar, is one of the best iernational restauras in Dubai with a variety of autheic dishes from around the world. This restaura is considered one of the most creative restauras in Dubai, which was established in 2021 and became one of the most popular restauras in the city in a short time.
Inside the Orfali Brothers restaura, there is an open kitchen in fro of the customers, where the chefs are skillfully cooking and serving all kinds of food. The dishes of this restaura are cooked from the combination of flavors and textures of high quality food and fresh local products. Popular dishes of Orfali restaura include chicken croquettes (French food), shiso salad, and salmon with tahini sauce. Reserve your table in advance to dine at Orfali Brothers Restaura.
Orfali Brothers Restaura, photo source: Taste & Flavors website, photographer: unknown
In this article, we iroduced some of the best eateries and restauras in Dubai to experience the pure and differe flavors of this city. You can coinue to share your experience of dining in differe parts of Dubai with us and other Kojaro companions.
Cover photo of Dubai Arabic Tea House from Time Out Dubai website
Frequely asked questions
Which restauras in Dubai are good for breakfast?
21 Grams Balkan Restaura with local dishes of the Balkans, Arabic Tea House with Egyptian breakfast trays and Brix Cafe with Italian flavors are Dubai restauras for breakfast.
Which restauras in Dubai are suitable for dinner?
Some of the restauras in Dubai for dinner include Ostad Special Kebab Restaura with unique Iranian kebabs and Orfali Brothers Restaura with autheic dishes from around the world.
