These heated dumplings taste and feel like doughnuts. Cafés serve fresh batches with sticky date sauce and sesame seeds daily. Try them mid-morning with coffee at Local Bites Café in Jumeirah.
UAE residents love this Palestinian pastry. Freshly prepared sour cheese, crisp sugar syrup, and dough are best served immediately.
Emiratis traditionally didn't consume camel meat, but modern chefs are making sliders, biryani, burgers, and stews with it.
Dubai's cocktail culture is growing. Ruya serves Anatolian Fizz with sparkling wine, pomegranate molasses, lemon, rose, and raspberry.
These hot pastry appetisers were influenced by Indian flavors and methods, like many Emirates foods.
Government buildings and hotel foyers in the UAE offer free Arabic coffee. Enjoy Café Bateel's unique qahwa, a classic Arabic coffee prepared with lightly roasted beans
This spicy tomato-based stew with turmeric, cumin, and bezar is hot.Chicken, lamb, and baby marrow and potato versions are available across the city.
These tasty Emirati pancakes are usually offered for breakfast. They're filled with sour cheese and date syrup then cooked.
This traditional rice dish contains cardamom, cinnamon, and dried lemon. It frequently uses local shrimp, lamb, or chicken.
Eat fresh Arabic bread in a bakery or restaurant instead of buying it. It goes well with fresh hummus and mutabal.