TORO TORO Place: Grosvenor House Price: Ladies – AED 333 Gents – AED 433 *Book and pay by Thursday to get your 20% Early Bird discount. Timings: 3pm-6pm “You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” -Colette. Toro Toro offers Pan-Lain American cuisine headed by Chef Richard Sandoval and Chef de Cuisine Alfredo…
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FUJIYA Japanese Restaurant
FUJIYA Japanese Restaurant Place: Millenium Airport Hotel Price: AED 269 (soft beverages) AED 400 (house beverages) Timings: 12pm-9pm (Choose any 3 hour slot) “You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water…
STK
STK Dare to Brunch Place: The Address Downtown Dubai Price: AED 349(Soft beverages) AED 499 (House beverages) Timings: 1.00pm- 4.00pm “Age and glasses of wine should never be counted.” -Unknown STK is owned and operated by the global hospitality company The One Group, and is their 18th STK branch, which was first launched in NYC,…
HOTEL CARTAGENA
HOTEL CARTAGENA Place: JW Marriott Marquis Price: AED 295 (Soft beverages) AED 395 (House beverages) Timings: 1.30pm- 4.30pm “To know how to eat well, one must first know how to wait.” -Marco Pierre White Hotel Cartagena’s motto is ‘Welcome to Latin America without borders’, indicating a theme based on Latino fusion. The interior appears to…
MORIMOTO
MORIMOTO Place: Renaissance Downtown Hotel Price: AED 350(Soft beverages) AED 499 (House beverages) AED 650 (Bubbly) Timings: 12.30pm- 4.00pm “Cook more often. Don’t study; just cook” – Masaharu Morimoto I remember watching in awe episode after episode of Iron Chef America, and dreaming of the opportunity to be at the judges table to taste all…
LUIGIA
LUIGIA Place: Rixos Premium Dubai Price: AED 195(Soft beverages) AED 240 (Beer & Wine) AED 320 (House beverages) Timings: 1.00pm- 4.00pm “Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime…Please, treat your garlic with respect…Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in…
MAIDEN SHANGHAI
Maiden Shanghai Friday Dim Sum Brunch (by Candy Pants) Place: FIVE Palm Jumeirah Price: AED 295(Soft beverages) AED 395 (House beverages) Timings: 1.00pm- 4.00pm “The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an experience to be collected or bragged…
LIMA
LIMA Place: City Walk, Dubai Price: AED 325 (Inclusive of Soft Beverages) AED 450 (Inclusive of House Beverages) AED 550 (Inclusive of Bubbly) Timings: 12pm- 4pm “Food is everything we are. It’s an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It’s inseparable from those from the get-go.”-Anthony Bourdain As…
AJI
AJI Place: Club Vista Mare, The Palm, Dubai Price: AED 375 (Soft beverages) AED 495 (House beverages) Timings: 12pm- 4pm “The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.”- Mark Twain Aji promotes their brand via the hashtag #NikkeiEffect;…
PEYOTE
Peyote Place: DIFC, Dubai Price: AED 250(Soft beverages) AED 395 (House beverages) Timing: 12.30pm- 4.00pm “Take your pleasure seriously.”- Charles Eames. “Peyote” is Spanish for a small species of cactus, that contains Mescaline; a psychedelic substance. I can confirm that the restaurant did not have any available. Peyote Dubai is the fourth opening of the Peyote…
RUYA
RUYA Place: Grosvenor House, Dubai Marina Price: AED 299 (soft beverages) AED 399 (House beverages) AED 499 (Champagne) Timing: 12pm – 4pm “The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”- Lucille Ball With two weeks to go until my 33rd birthday, I sat drinking my favorite Rum (Takamaka)…
TORO + KO
TORO + KO Place: City Walk, Dubai Price: AED 325 (Inclusive of Soft Drinks) AED 450 (Inclusive of House Beverages) AED 550 (Inclusive of Bubbly) Timings: 12.00-4.00pm “A beber y a tragar, que el mundo se va a acabar.” (Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die)- Spanish Proverb Toro + Ko is a high-end Barcelona-style tapas restaurants…
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