Notorious Foodie

One of my favourites @jaisrestaurant @chefjais 🔥🇫🇷
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Another day another charming Parisian bistro. This time, dinner at Jaïs. An amazing place - the food here is knockout. A warm, intimate dining room with clusters of close tables and an open kitchen. The menu features a number of chef Jaïs own twists on the classics. The creamed linguine with oscietra caviar and 18-month cured Tajima Wagyu was incredible. What a plate - the pasta was al dente and neutrally flavoured to let the caviar and Wagyu beef work their magic. A mouthful of pure umami. The scallop and melanosporum black truffle carpaccio was delicious too - doused in olive oil, black pepper and bread crumb. Highly recommend ordering the dry-aged Simmental beef rib too. The steak here is rich and funky - a beautiful crust and soft, tender texture. A menu and atmosphere that’ll keep you coming back #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Green Harissa Prawns @alayadubai @chefizu @evgenykuzindxb 🦐🔥
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First time trying Alaya in DIFC, was v good - food and service were excellent. A lovely menu bringing together a nice mix of Middle-eastern and Mediterranean dishes. Plenty of choice but definitely had a few favourites. From the starters, the muhammara with sweet peppers, pomegranate and walnut was delicious, as were the grilled harissa prawns and tomato & cheese salad. The tomato and cheese was super tasty - not had one like this before. For mains, I loved two dishes. The Wagyu Shish was sensational - ultra soft, tender and juicy beef, nicely caramelised and served with a homemade harissa. Almost like a Wagyu shawarma in a way - delicious and addictive. The Chilean bass spesitosa was amazing too - buttery soft and flaky but with a nice char, served with a sweet and fresh tomato and pepper sauce. All of the food was spiced and very well seasoned. Hassleback looked pretty but was a little underwhelming imo. Had a lovely 2020 Puligny Montrachet from @louislatour1797 to go along with all of this. Nice place, would go back for this food - would describe it as a sort of elevated Middle Eastern menu. Save space for dessert - the pistachio ice cream is ridic, as is the kunefe #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Hokkaido Uni from @theartsclubdubai @michaelhoepfl 😍
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Had some incredible sea urchin the other day at Arts, straight from Hokkaido, Japan. Large puffy pieces of the creamiest, most delicious uni. Difficult to get it any fresher than this over here. This was served at Rohen, the Japanese on the 2nd floor - excellent food all round. Will post a few more bits from here but the uni deserved its own spotlight! Looking forward to Japan next month! #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Burnt Leek & Black Truffle Pide @orfalibros_bistro @m.orfali 🔥😍
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A few of my favourite bites from lunch the other day. This bistro in jumeirah serves up a number of small and medium-sized plates - everything from their beautiful pide and adobo chicken wings, to the caviar bun and Wagyu gyoza. For me the star dish has to be those adobo wings. Unreal - stuffed with rice and licked with a sweet umami glaze, topped with sesame, chives and puffed rice. These things are delicious - perfectly charred and with the bone removed for easy eating. The burger here is great too - minced Wagyu, Hokkaido milk bun, caramelised onions, cheddar, OB sauce. Unctuous and flavoursome, stupidly juicy with a nice sweetness. Caviar bun speaks for itself, but that pide! Damn. The dough is fermented for 5 days - nice leopard spots and topped with burnt leeks, stracciatella, brown butter miso, hazelnuts, chives and black truffle. A lovely chew and a creamy, fragrant bite. It’s a big menu so go hungry and try a few bits. Wings and burger are a must #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Notorious Foodie x @chimi - Paris Fashion Week dinner 🕶️🌚🖤
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A very fun night hosting dinner with Chimi at @sugaarparis on the 29th Feb for PFW. Thank you to everyone who turned up and partied with us all night long! A night to remember 🚀🙏🏽
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Beef Tartare, jalapeño, caviar @11woodfire @akmalanuarofficial 🔥🔥
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Dubai’s best Woodfire grill. A few of my favourite starters and desserts from the other day. The beef tartare here is excellent. Hand-chopped fillet of beef, combined with shiitake mushrooms, preserved lime, chives, jalapeño, oscietra caviar and Woodfired sourdough. It’s a very well put together dish - a nice balance of flavours with added oomph from the cav. The jalapeño heat and preserved lime worked really well with it. The red prawn crudo with pineapple gazpacho, endive and corriander is also delicious - sweet and fresh - a great taste bud refresher before the heavier main courses. The roasted bone marrow is excellent too - cooked in the fire chamber with a soy and curry leaf glaze. A Rich, salty, umami beef butter that’s spread over their warm, deep fried brioche. Will post more about the steak and mains separately. As for dessert, I’d recommend the milk & white chocolate basque cheesecake and crème brûlée. Beautifully made and the perfect way to finish. No alcohol here so plan accordingly #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Calamari Mozambique @flamingoroomae @jumeirahalnaseem @jumeirahgroup 🔥😍
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My favourite dish of all from Flamingo. Have always loved this and order it every single time I’m here. A mountain of crispy shoestring fries, 250g of grilled calamari and squid’s heads, lemon butter, peri-peri sauce, tarragon and roasted cherry tomatoes. The fries are super crispy and become the perfect texture once coated in that rich and glossy tomato peri-peri sauce. It’s spicy and sharp, creamy and comforting. For me this is like a calamari version of entrecôte. A super addictive and satisfying main course. A place you can always count on. Food and service always excellent. #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Steak au poivre @bistrotpaulbert 😮‍💨
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An amazing lunch at Le Bistrot Paul Bert. A bistro of dreams with classic Parisian interiors and a menu to keep you coming back for more. They serve everything from their famous steak au poivre to their insane croque-monsieur loaded with seasonal truffles and the Dover sole meunière. The filet mignon au poivre was excellent - perfectly cooked. So tender, well rested and flavoursome. The sauce was thick and glossy but loose enough to enjoy and dip the crispy frites maison in to. Plenty of black pepper to bring the heat. Dover sole was good but not the best I’ve had - needed more lemon, butter and sea salt. The ouefs au plat à la truffe noir was delicious. Sunny side up eggs, with a truffled cream sauce underneath. Gooey rich egg yolks and an amazing bite all together. This place has real charm and top quality food to match for a classic French bistro. They only use the very best ingredients and so you can expect the freshest rotating plates alongside the classics #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Sando stack from @rascalsdeli @talalhizami 🔥🥪
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As far as sandwiches go, these are some of the best I’ve had in Dubai. A cool little spot next to Safa Park, serving up a delicious menu of home-style, gourmet sandwiches. My favourites of the selection were the TLT, the breakfast sando and Ronnie’s Katsu. Need to go back for the Philly and pastrami + a few others but so far, very good. Ultra fresh ingredients and very well put together sandwiches that are easy and satisfying to eat. The thick-cut, toasted croissant bread for the breakfasts Sando was ridic - buttery, flaky, spongy and crusty all at the same time. The chicken katsu was stupidly juicy too. A cool spot for a quick bite any day of the week. Also huge shout out to those curly fries, ufffff #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Steak and potatoes @mountain.restaurant @tomos_pp 🥩🔥
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An outstanding dinner. Congrats to these guys on their star - the food and service was excellent all round. This was my second visit and definitely my favourite so far. Opted for the black Angus beef sirloin cooked over Woodfire - a beautiful piece of meat from the one and only @mr_txuleta . Lovely yellow fat that was nicely rendered and really tasty thin slices of beef. I always order a side of beef jus to go along with the potatoes here or at @bratrestaurant - it’s a magical combination. Deeply flavoured and rich. Service was top - the waitress knew the menu and ingredients very well and the sommelier was excellent too, suggesting this fresh Chenin when the one I ordered was sold out. Had a number of other dishes and some fish for main also but will follow up with part 2 separately. Worth a visit! #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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