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Please list your favourite fine dining restuarants.
Feel free to quote the dish and expected $$$.

To start:
1) Zheng He, Al Qasr - fantastic dishes especially the pork ribs
2) Pieces, Madinat - good fish
3) Shang Palace, Shangrila - Dim sum is ok but limited selection
4) Shoo Tee Ma Fee, Madinat - cant remember the name of the dish
5) Thai Kitchen, Park Hyatt - Friday brunch

Xheng He is at Madinat Jumeirah Mina A'Salam, not Al Qasr.

Teatro (Towers Rotana) - they manage to get most of the dishes right
Terrace (Park Hyatt) - smoked salmon with mashed potato and oysters
Al Fresco (Crown Plaza) - favorite carpaccio
Rib Room (Grand Hyatt) - steak
Trojka (Ascot) - borsh, salads, "seledka pod shuboj"
The Art Cafe (Mall of the Emirates) - Cesar Salad
Byblos on Sheikh Zayed - best lentil soup with fresh lemon ... .

You know, we should have our own food forum...

Anyway I suck at remembering names of restaurants so umm no diea. Or wait, La mode or something like that in Inter Con.

MC wrote:You know, we should have our own food forum...

Anyway I suck at remembering names of restaurants so umm no diea. Or wait, La mode or something like that in Inter Con.

yes, we should so we can exchange lovely recipes.. ..

JMK wrote:Teatro (Towers Rotana) - they manage to get most of the dishes right

you gotta be kidding me .. that place SUCKS !

Not sure if they qualify as fine dining, as there is no "silver service", but pretty much anything at the Bustan Rotana is good in my books. "The Rodeo" is a little overpriced, but good. Their chicken caesar salad rocks and is a meal in itself (my to-from airport fave). As well the Blue Elephant is excellent and good value if you drink booze. Never had the Benihana, but I am sure it is on par. (maybe I'll try that this weekend)

The Asian fusion restaurant (new) in the Burj al Arab is wicked as well. The decor sucks, but the staff are the best around. A little spendy, though.

On that note, anyone have a recipe for Thai green curry....I need a fix!

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MC wrote:You know, we should have our own food forum...

Anyway I suck at remembering names of restaurants so umm no diea. Or wait, La mode or something like that in Inter Con.

There are a couple of thread about this in the Travel forum (recommended restaurants by DF members http://www.dubaiforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=17230 and recommended bars by DF members http://www.dubaiforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=17233 ) check it out and add on.

dubaidog wrote:Not sure if they qualify as fine dining, as there is no "silver service", but pretty much anything at the Bustan Rotana is good in my books. "The Rodeo" is a little overpriced, but good. Their chicken caesar salad rocks and is a meal in itself (my to-from airport fave). As well the Blue Elephant is excellent and good value if you drink booze. Never had the Benihana, but I am sure it is on par. (maybe I'll try that this weekend)

The Asian fusion restaurant (new) in the Burj al Arab is wicked as well. The decor sucks, but the staff are the best around. A little spendy, though.

On that note, anyone have a recipe for Thai green curry....I need a fix!

1) Benihana has 2 great deals that might interest you:
- Wednesday - seafood teppanyaki buffet.
- Sunday - seafood + meat teppanyaki buffet.
It is all you can eat for 1 hr slot including house wine @ Dh159.

2) I brought back some Thai green curry paste (packet) from Thailand. Since I am feeling generous, do you a deal. You cook I eat. Fit for party of 4. We get to nominate a partner each

BabyDoll wrote:

dubaidog wrote:Not sure if they qualify as fine dining, as there is no "silver service", but pretty much anything at the Bustan Rotana is good in my books. "The Rodeo" is a little overpriced, but good. Their chicken caesar salad rocks and is a meal in itself (my to-from airport fave). As well the Blue Elephant is excellent and good value if you drink booze. Never had the Benihana, but I am sure it is on par. (maybe I'll try that this weekend)

The Asian fusion restaurant (new) in the Burj al Arab is wicked as well. The decor sucks, but the staff are the best around. A little spendy, though.

On that note, anyone have a recipe for Thai green curry....I need a fix!

1) Benihana has 2 great deals that might interest you:
- Wednesday - seafood teppanyaki buffet.
- Sunday - seafood + meat teppanyaki buffet.
It is all you can eat for 1 hr slot including house wine @ Dh159.

2) I brought back some Thai green curry paste (packet) from Thailand. Since I am feeling generous, do you a deal. You cook I eat. Fit for party of 4. We get to nominate a partner each

Baby Doll, have I told you that you are the most beautiful, kind hearted and generous woman on the face of the planet. Angelina Jolie cannot hold a candle to you.

Dubaidude007 wrote:Baby Doll, have I told you that you are the most beautiful, kind hearted and generous woman on the face of the planet. Angelina Jolie cannot hold a candle to you.

.... Right ... please take a queue number

Ravis ...

BD...what number am I?

MaaaD wrote:

JMK wrote:Teatro (Towers Rotana) - they manage to get most of the dishes right

you gotta be kidding me .. that place SUCKS !

tsssss...dont shout..... calm down.....
and dont argue with the lady, you will loose.
I said it is nice and thats the end of the conversation.... ...

Ravi restaurant, Tahira Cafe, Swami's Pathans restaurant in Khalee j centre, Sangeetha

All on the Bur dubai streets ...All fine dining places for masses.

My definition of fine dining is somewhere you'd take a hot date to.

Ravi's is nice... but not a hot date venue.

McDonald's?

MC wrote:McDonald's?

No.

MC wrote:McDonald's?

reviewer wrote:BD...what number am I?

Just checked. You forgot to take queue number so you are off the list this time.

For some reason I always thought you are a girl. And if you ARE a girl and you wear yellow pokka dot dress, I can make special arrangement

^ian^ wrote:My definition of fine dining is somewhere you'd take a hot date to.

Ravi's is nice... but not a hot date venue.

I was thinking from the titanic's lower deck.

^ian^ wrote:My definition of fine dining is somewhere you'd take a hot date to.

Is that like date (fruit) infused in chilly?

St.Lucifer wrote:

^ian^ wrote:My definition of fine dining is somewhere you'd take a hot date to.

Ravi's is nice... but not a hot date venue.

I was thinking from the titanic's lower deck.

So they serve Indian food on the lower deck ??

BabyDoll wrote:

reviewer wrote:BD...what number am I?

Just checked. You forgot to take queue number so you are off the list this time.

Forgot my number..

BabyDoll wrote:For some reason I always thought you are a girl. And if you ARE a girl and you wear yellow pokka dot dress, I can make special arrangement

But I do have 2 piece polka dots....

reviewer wrote:But I do have 2 piece polka dots....

Send us a picture. We will be the judge. Your chance of getting into this dinner is pretty high now ..

BabyDoll wrote:

St.Lucifer wrote:

^ian^ wrote:My definition of fine dining is somewhere you'd take a hot date to.

Ravi's is nice... but not a hot date venue.

I was thinking from the titanic's lower deck.

So they serve Indian food on the lower deck ??

Well there's no choice there.. u eat whats available.. if the cook is indian n he decides to serve indian fried Crab Vindhaloo.. there's no choice.. eh?

BabyDoll wrote:

dubaidog wrote:Not sure if they qualify as fine dining, as there is no "silver service", but pretty much anything at the Bustan Rotana is good in my books. "The Rodeo" is a little overpriced, but good. Their chicken caesar salad rocks and is a meal in itself (my to-from airport fave). As well the Blue Elephant is excellent and good value if you drink booze. Never had the Benihana, but I am sure it is on par. (maybe I'll try that this weekend)

The Asian fusion restaurant (new) in the Burj al Arab is wicked as well. The decor sucks, but the staff are the best around. A little spendy, though.

On that note, anyone have a recipe for Thai green curry....I need a fix!

1) Benihana has 2 great deals that might interest you:
- Wednesday - seafood teppanyaki buffet.
- Sunday - seafood + meat teppanyaki buffet.
It is all you can eat for 1 hr slot including house wine @ Dh159.

2) I brought back some Thai green curry paste (packet) from Thailand. Since I am feeling generous, do you a deal. You cook I eat. Fit for party of 4. We get to nominate a partner each

Sounds interesting!?! I have the curry packet as well (kinda cheating), but I was looking for the right veggies to put in it, any ideas? I could do chicken or prawns, but need the greens, too! I can do pretty decent Indian dishes (decent for a white-bread Canadian guy) although I am sure there would be plenty of critics! I'd have to do a trial run first....maybe I'll bribe the chef at the previously mentioned BLUE ELEPHANT for his recipe?

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