JARA by Martín Berasategui Dubai

One of my new favourites in Dubai @jarabymartinberasategui @thelanadubai 🔥🇦🇪
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It’s the first restaurant in the region serving authentic Basque cuisine and man is it good. Jara is really making its mark on the scene here. The restaurant, led by @martinberasategui (who has 12 Michelin Stars to his name) and @javi.malillos - offers some of the best produce you can find in Dubai. Much of the seafood arrives daily from San Sebastián and you won’t get this quality of txuleta beef anywhere else in the region. In terms of beef, the txuleta is what to order here. Grilled over a charcoal fed, clay fire pit for the perfect Smokey crust. Mature in flavour and really tasty - the yellow fat caps were beautifully rendered and juicy. It’s a beefy piece of meat and they really do it justice - thinly sliced, nicely cooked and served with sea salt and a basque chimichurri. For starters, the cecina croquettes were incredible - the perfectly velvety texture in the centre with a golden crispy exterior. Salty, rich and moreish. A must! Brioche with stracciatella and smoked caviar was great too, the smoked oscietra was a really intense, buttery bite and the stracciatella brioche was a great neutral vehicle for it. The senyoret rice with red prawn and squid was stunning too, as was the rubia gallega steak tartare, the tomato tartare and the charcoal grilled langoustine with torched hollandaise. So many good plates here. For fish, the turbot is the move. An incredible sauce is made for this by whisking the natural collagen and fat from the fish with butter to create the creamiest, most delicious jus. Unreal! The only dish I didn’t like was the basque cheesecake. I found this to be far too strong and cheesy for my taste. That aside though, the food here is amazing. Great meat, great seafood and what a view. Will be back for sure #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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