The UAE’s tens of thousands of restaurants cater to every taste and every craving, reflecting the more than 200 nationalities who now call the country home, a report has noted.
It is perhaps no surprise that food tourists
have started to make a beeline for the UAE, exploring not just the best of Gulf
cuisine – with dishes such as the hearty harees and the dessert luqaimat– but
some of the best examples of food from the Arab World, the Indian subcontinent,
South-East Asia and East Africa.
It means that visitors enjoying the World’s Coolest Winter in the UAE can
indulge equally in five-star gourmet dining, home-grown fusion concepts and a
wide array of street food. They can try Iraqi Masgouf, Jordanian Mansaf,
Palestinian Musakhan, Somali Cambuulo, North Indian Biryani, Portuguese
Bacalao, Ethiopian Zigni, Iranian Falooda and Russian Kapusta. They can eat
over crisp white tablecloths or spread out on a blanket in one of the nation’s
many parks or on its many world-class beaches.
In fact, such is the country’s reputation for world-leading cuisine, an
increasing number of renowned international chefs have brought their
world-leading skills to the UAE, with their restaurants becoming tourism
magnets in their own right and favoured destinations for citizens and
residents. Among these celebrated names are Gordon Ramsay, Nobu Matsuhisa,
Giorgio Locatelli and the former White House chef in the Barack Obama
administration, Ron DeSantis – and their menus will be high on every foodie’s
list.
