Foodle

sippin, snackin + soul talkin with the sissy 💛🧀 #whatKBeats

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That honeycomb design 🍯😍 total VIP energy 💁🏻‍♀️

@kyuramen.official new spot in Winchester is low-key luxe💎
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French Happy Hour in Coronado 🥂🥩

Enjoy an upscale happy hour in the heart of Coronado at @chezlomasd ✨Available Tuesday-Friday from 4-6pm in their bar area!

It includes:
🍹$14 Cocktails
🍻$7 Draft Beer
🍷$10 Wines by the Glass
🍔Short Rib Sliders
🌮Duck Tacos
🥗Chicken Milanese Caesar
🥩Beef Tartare Crostini
🍟Steak Frites

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The hostess escorts us to our semi-banquette table, sandwiched so tightly between two tables, LPM-style, we can hear every word of the neighbouring conversation. I request another table for two that I spot with a little more room in the middle of a busy dining room, but I am politely told that’s reserved for an anniversary. Soon after we are seated and presented with the menus, the hostess returns to guide us to my desired table. My cover is blown. This kind of table hierarchy happens more often than not across many a Dubai restaurant, sadly. I just hope I didn’t rob the “anniversary couple” of a decent table.

We’re dining at @girl.and.the.goose by Nicaraguan chef @gabriela.chamorro505 who has whisked her home supper club of five years to a bricks and mortar restaurant, replacing the Peruvian, Waka, in the @anantaradowntowndubai (ex-Oberoi). She’s partnered with Rosy Hospitality of CQ French Brasserie and Couqley fame.

Central American cuisine is a first for Dubai and for me, spanning Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Belize and Panama. Countries that I have never visited even though I spent the early years of my life growing up in the neighbouring Caribbean islands. There’s a little known fact about me! The geography is well illustrated with a map on the menu and on the website, which is one of the most informative and user-friendly restaurant sites I have come across in Dubai. A best practice blueprint for restaurateurs.

Gabriela or Gigi, her nickname, is quick to point out in person (also confirmed on her website) that the menu marries her modern interpretation of Central American cuisine with her travel experiences as ex-Emirates crew. Only one dish is traditional, and despite its northern neighbour Mexico which I have visited, the cooking differs, she explains.

So how does Girl & The Goose fare across not solely food, but service, interior, atmosphere and price point? Thankfully, I pay the bill in full - with no freebie extras sent to the table. Link in profile for a read 🔗 This review landed in inboxes this morning - feel free to subscribe, if not already.

Have you tried Central American cuisine? 😋 Less

NEW BRUNCH

Tomahawk (1/2 OFF) @theeyeorlando_

If you like an upscale & lively brunch this is an amazing option!

Their Tomahawk Steak is normally $125 and they have it 1/2 off during brunch.

That alone should be your #1 reason to try it!

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I first reviewed @pitfirepizzadubai Pitfire back in 2017 and it was one of the first places that made me realise great food didn’t have to be backed by a massive corporation or imported in from abroad.

That perhaps the future of great gastronomy in the city was home grown.

Those garlic knots are proof that something simple, when done with care, can shape a city’s tastebuds.

Fast-forward 8 years and I’m so pleased to add Pitfire to the @tabaq54 family.

The Palm Pizza is Michele and Bill’s ode to the UAE - The Palm brings together the unexpected in a way only Pitfire can.

Pizza is a global food, and such, is unconstrainted by cultural borders.

The Palm replaces a traditional tomato base with olive oil - an ingredient that’s flowed through this region’s kitchens and trade routes for millennia – a thread connecting us all across time.

Generous ribbons of bresaola nods to desert preservation methods and dates, of course, need no explanation - they are the Emirates’ original sweetener, carried in pockets and offered in welcome.

Rosemary hints of a mountain breezes from Jebal Hafeet to Hatta and the gorgonzola and balsamic glaze is bold, unexpected and ambitious - perhaps the strongest nod to Dubai’s character.

Get this pizza a golden visa already. Less