A restaurant in desert. What do you imagine?
Al Hadheereh, a restaurant locating in the middle of desert, 1 hour drive from Dubai City.
We were welcomed by Arabian inhabitant of desert:)
This photo shooting encouraged the feeling that we are in special place.
and this red carpet leads you to the inside..
These are all built ON the desert. Carpets, table, couches and buffet. You can dine in open air surrounded by the desert!
The restaurant offers Arabian buffet. A typical Arabian appetizer such as Hommos has been served in the beginning. Then we attacked this huge buffet.
Cooks are there at every corners. There are variety of foods such as grill, kebab, stew and so on. At the grill corner, cooks grills fresh ingredients for you.
Everything is jumbo scale.
What makes this restaurant even more attractive is this livel show. So many different types of performance have taken place.
Even Camels were acting. All the lights in the restaurant went off and the show in the desert has started. It was like a movie "Lawrence of Arabia".
This local man in our neighbor was really enjoying a show. He owns horses in the show and knows everybody working in the restaurant. He enjoyed chatting with Odie.
Odie was enjoying strawberry flavored Shisha. We were very full and satisfied.
The restaurant belongs to Hotel Jumeirah Bab Al Shams. We were staying there. There is a bus running between the restaurant and hotel but we decided to walk back. The trail was well organized so that guests can have a nice walk in a desert. Short walk under star sky was beautiful.
There are lots of restaurant guests who are visiting from Dubai City but in order to enjoy it's atmosphere 100%, I recommend to stay in this hotel. See my hotel blog.
As a souvenior, we have our photo which costed some money;) Arabian are good in business.
But so what, you never get such an experience so often in you life.
Restaurant & Reservation at Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Desert Resort and Spa
TEL:+971-4-809-6100
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It supposed to be a nice terrace dining which overview Lake Zurich. It was my birthday dinner.
Unfortunately, the weather turned out to be rain so we dined inside. Which is also not bad. Cool, stylish interior which makes me feel comfortable.
This restaurant Riva is specialized in Seafood. I was really looking forward to coming here since there are not so many seafood oriented restaurant in Zurich.
In that case, both of us have to start from Seafood appetizer.
My choice was "Tuna Sashimi salad with Matsushita dressing". I don't know why the name of the sauce says "Matsushita" which is Japanese. But sauce contains soya which I believe the best sauce in the world for Sashimi.
Sashimi was served together with raddish. It's true, in Japan sashimi
are served together with thin delicate sliced white raddish. Althouth
these raddish on my plate was quite thick, I can take it as a salad,
which is also good.
What my husband has ordered as an appetizer was also a great choice. Seafood salad.
This quality of seafood you can hardly get in Zurich. Shrimp and squids were fresh and tender.
Decoration is also beautiful. We enjoyed some Italian white wine which has been recommended.
As a main dish, I knew I will take seafood again out from the grill. It was difficult to choose. Tuna would have been also good but I already had it as an appetizer. Salmon and Lobsters were also tempting but this time, I've chose "Scampo" which has been also recommended by waiter.
As a side dish, you can chose from bread salad, roasted potatoes, sateed spinach and black rice. My choice was black rice and this is a specialty of the house as well. This wild black rice is served in cube. Since I'm an Oats lover, I really liked this healthy side dish.
Not to mention, this scampo from south africa was also tasty.
If you don't care seafood so much, you can also enjoy juicy meats from a grill. My husband ordered pork chop with roasted potatoes as side dish.
I think food were all great but since we started arguing from the poing when the main course came, I couldn't forcus on the taste so much. As a dessert, there was a selection of Crema Catalana, Tiramisu and so on but I was no longer in the mood of sweets. My husband had an ice cream though.
If you are in a good mood and can have nice conversation, this is the place for a romantic dinner. This I can guearantee.
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Dining and wining experience in our neighbor! We never know there is such a great restaurant nearby.
"Waldgarten" = "Garden in a forest". We were excited for tasty wining experience.
Upon we entered the restaurant, a boxes of wine we have ordered were ready. My husband grab them up and loaded in the car. Hmmmm, we can continue enjoying good wine at home as well!
But first of all, let's start from enjoying variety of wine offers in the restaurant!
You can choose either "4 course menu" or "2 course". Of course, we went for 4 course menu!!
The restaurant can accommodate only 20 to 25 people. It was already full in Thursday evening.
We started from chilly delicous white wine..! Ohhh that was amazing after a long day..
My appetized was seasonal salad with light but sine sauce.
My husband has chosen potato soup with green onion.
My second dish. It was really great. Simple totaoe sauce pasta was soooo delicious. Thin twisted pasta are covered gently by fresh tomato sauce. So simple, light and goooood!!
My husband had Carpaccio.
Of course, we changed to red wine.. Dry, spanish wine...hmmmmmmmmmm.
Here is my main dish! Roasted perfectly medium and yet juicy. Salted right amount and sauce made from wine was great. I was full but couldn't stop eating:)
Beaf cutlet is for my husband. He also loved it.
Good food and good wine.. whatelse do you need more?
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A sweet temptation...
Both house-made dessert. Caramel pudding and meringue and icecreams covered by whipped cream. ( you cannot see which one is meringue and which one is cream:)
The personal service was also very comfortable. One lady who we assume a wife of owner is serving whole guests. Yet she doesn't look hectic but pay attention to every guests.
Cozy local restaurant where satisfies all wine lovers and food lovers.
Waldgarten
Winterthurerstrasse 348, Zürich - 044 322 82 00
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On Friday night, my husband and I went out for a Pizzeria in the city.
Pizzeria Don Leone. A good friend of mine in here Zurich recommended me that the restaurant doesn't look fancy but offer good foods.
As we went in, I thought we stepped into different country. It was exactly like Italy!! The restaurant was packed and people are squeezed in one long table like in cafeteria. Although I made reservation, we had to wait for a while. A boss here is real Italian man, he said "oh, just a small moment, I will make your table ready!" bus he is being busy to serve food and wine to other guests. Well, the atmosphere is completely relaxed Italian style so no use to make fuss here.. I waited.
and finally we got a table. I place to two at the table between other guests. Our neighbor are group of Italian and a German couple who also speak very good Italian. It IS really Italy here!
So I had to test this restaurant if it's really like in Italy or not. I ordered Fungi Porcini as an appetizer.. Oh my god!! This is really a fresh porcini!! Soooooooo delicious! Underneath porcini is a poached egg match perfectly together with Porcini and Rucola. A flovor of tarfuto even envourage my appetite.
My husband ordered an assortment of eggplant and artichoke.
So funny that a bottle of Extra Virgin Olive oil stand on the table just like this. People at the table pass around and share this olive oil. Like soya sauce in Japanese restaurant?:)
Here comes hugeeeee Pizza!! Palma ham and Rucola. The dough is also tasty. Thin, real Italian Pizza.
I ordered pasta as a main course. As a porcini lover, I had to order a pasta topped with Porcini and grilled shrimp.
You cannot always get good seafood in Zurich but this shrimp was huge and tasty. Creamy but light sauce cover this twisted pasta. It was big portion but I couldn't stop eating.
The boss both who keep speaking Italin works well. He goes around hall and sometime speak loud to the kitchen. But this passionate atmosphere was somehow comfortable as well. Moreover, this quality for this price is very unusual in Zurich. Pizza can be for 3 people but price is normal and it's taste good!!
In Zurich, you really need to go where to go to and this local Italian restaurant is one of them.
Pizzeria Don Leone
Bäckerstrasse 31
8004 Zürich, Switzerland
+41 44 241 01 01
http://www.donleone.ch/
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I found a really good Itaian restaurant in Zurich!
It is locating at residential area where you never go unless you live in the area..
or to have an unforgetable dining experience at "Da Angela".
Upon to enter the restaurant, you will be escorted by friendly Italian waiter.
The restaurant is decorated classic but simple. It was already full by 8pm.
Bruschetta was served as a starter.
While we were checking the menu, a waiter came to our table to show us "today's recommendation" which was a genly roasted chops of beaf. My husband instantly decided what to oder:)
My appetizer.
Fresh octopus salad. This was not on the menu. Another "today's recommendation". Octopus was soft and fresh!
My main course. "House made spagetthi with spicy tomato sauce with fresh schrimps". This was amazing. Not only shrimps but pasta itself was sooo fresh and tender. It was also nice that I was able to choose "half portion" so that I can save space for dessert.
This was my husband's choice. Huge beef steak with sateed beans. Very soft and juicy. Roasted potate with rosemary was also served as a sidedish. Stimulating flavor of rosemary increased your appetite.
and here comes another house speciality, "Tiramisu". Ohhhh this was like a dream. I had to decide either Panna Cotta or Tiramisu but I followed the advice of friendly waitress. It WAS very delicious.
My husband has chose "grapefruits Sorbe with Vodka". Refreshing choice but not recommendable to those non-alcohol drinker. Ice cream is soaking in Vodka.
Overall, it was such a satisfactory dining experience. Lady who seems to be responsible for the restaurant is constantly checking the whole hall if the geusts are satisfying. She visits every table if everything is fine. I could also see that waiter and waitresses are enjoying their work. How they communicate each others was also comfortable to observe.
It must be also great for summer lunch at teracce.
If you want to have really good Italian food in Zurich, consider "da Abgela".
da Angela
http://www.daangela.ch/
Cafe culture in Budapest is old. It has developed since the economy of Hungary has progressed in 19th centuty. Since 1868, during the time of Austriah-Hungarian Monarchie, the number of cafe in Budapest has rapidly increased. Many writers visited cafe and enjoyed coffee and conversation.
One of the most traditional Cafe in Budapest "Gerbeaud since 1858" .
Beautiful Lococo style ceiling. Queen Erzsebet was also a big fan of this cafe.
Since I was totally hungury, I ordered sadwitch first. Vegetable panini.
My husband ordered crab sandwitch.
What I cannot miss is of course sweets!
Cakes with layers seems to be a popular one.
It was too difficult to chose from varieties of cakes in the show case.
and what I cannot forget it coffee. Look at this beautiful layer of Late Machiato!
During the time of socialism, many cafe have to close. But Gerbeaud is one of those cafe which survived until now... A very precious culture of Hungary.
Schiller, newly opened restaurant in center of Zürich. We tried it's cafe, Goethe Bar once and wanted to try the restaurant as well. Although most of the restaurants in Zürich closed on Dec 24, Schiller was opening it's door.
Interior is designed quite stylish.
We started from cocktail and went through the menu. Hmmm very difficult to chose. They have wide selection. Our friendly waiter offered us a course menu, which can be flexible as we wish. So we all ordered course menu and I asked to change beef to lamb.
Here comes beautiful appetizer. Salmon tartar with marinated avocado and cavier on the top. Together with Wasabi quark and gently sliced raw ham lied as bed.
Main menu was also fantastic. I substitute beef to lamb. Soft, juich lamb chop with sateed spinach and truffel flavored mushed potato. Baked tomatoes were also good. Beef served to my family was also nice and tender. Everybody loved it.
What I have to point out is also it's attentitive service. My husband picked up my lamb chop and started chewing the bone. Then our waited brought him a finger bowl, without being asked. I was sooooo impressed. He was always being attentitive and offered us such a comfortable service.
Dessert was also amazing. "Sabayone", a creamy vanilla sauce with drop of rum. Poured on vanilla ice cream and gently melter. This was absolutely delicious.
Upon we leave, our waiter and reeptionist were ready to see us off. They waited for us at the entrnce with our coat ready. Moreover, we were given Christmas gift, which was "free coffee coupon" in cafe!!
I was more than satisfied with this dining experience in Schiller!
Brasserie Schiller & Goethe Bar
Goethestrasse 10
8001 Zürich
Telefon 044 / 222 20 30
Telefax 044 / 222 20 33
http://www.brasserie-schiller.ch/sites/index.php?id_b=69
Blaue Ente = Blue Duck. A resturant in Zürich where you can try out in special occation. The restaurant is locates behind Tiefenbrunnenm quite hidden aread.
The entrance is really "blue".
A huge mill on the floor drag your attention first. Partially open kitchen is also comfortable.
A table decoration. S slightly blue colored glass and gray based linen might come from the name of the restaurant?
We
found something very special. Not so many restaurants in Zurich offer
Oyster. We tried out 2 pieces for each. It would be better if they have
some varieties of sauces. Quality of Oysters were nice and
fresh.
Among variety of appetizer, I took dear carpaccio with rucola salad, served with rasberry sauce. Nice and light.
My husband took Blaue Ente's original Ravioli with mushroom sauce.
Hmmm this is my main course. St. John's sauteed fish with a bed of artichoke. Together with gently served mushed potatoes! Fish is so tender and it's skin was crispy. It was very delicious.
My
husband had beef steak with sauteed cucumber, together with roasted
potato. It looked good but he said it was not juicy
enough.
Since we were already quite full, we decided to share one dessert, a chocolate cake. Freshly baked from oven and from inside came out melted chocolate. Peppermint tea were also real fresh leaves.
Small cakes are served as dessert. My husband ate them up before I take photo..
Blaue Ente. Perfect for romantic dinner, Christmas dinner for family, even for business dinner!
Restaurant Blaue Ente
Mühle Tiefenbrunnen,
Seefeldstr. 223, 8008 Zürich
Telefon 044 388 68 40
http://www.blaue-ente.ch/
There are not so many selections if you want to have GOOD Japanese food in Zurich. This time, my Japanese friend encouraged me to try out this restaurant, "Ginger"
I've been here once but didn't know that it have been rennovated. There are 2 rooms and the one close to the entrance is "Kaiten Sushi"(rotating sushi) style. Rennovated room is in behind where more than 2 people can dine together, facing each others. The photo above was "Shabu Shabu Salad". Salad with a boiled, sliced pork.
Some nice rolls. The one with green leave, Shiso is an vegetarian roll. The one behind is Tempura schrimp roll. Of course there are some authentic sushi for real fish lover.
There is Japanese chef, making sushi in front of guests.
Chawanmushi. How shall I translate.. steamed egg soup?
A tower of Furofuki Daikon! Boiled radish with tasty sweet miso sauce.. Hmmm, healthy and delicious!
But some stuffs are funny Japanese and Western mixture. Tempura..? With nuts??
Otsukemoto=Pickles. I've never seen Pickes serve like this:) They looks like salad!!
Some mixture turns out to be great new creation!! White fish rolled with herb..
Fried fish lying underneath is crispy and crunchy. My husband was even eating it's head..
It's also funny to see pine corn and peppers in the sushi counter.. But I think Ginger offers pretty much good food.
A group of Japanese lady behind us, who obviously look like living here for many years, were also enjoying lady's Friday night! So check out Ginger.
Ginger
Seefeldstrasse 628008 Zurich
+41 44 422 9509
We went to this fancy contemporary Japanese restaurant on our last night in New York.
As we went in, I was amazed by huge Japanese flag.
While we were waiting for our table to get ready, we decided to have some drinks in bar.
The bar was also designed cool, all these wraps on the wall are "Washi", traditional Japanese paper. Obviously, this place is one of the most stylish places to go out.
We ordered unique original cocktail called "Ginger drop" and "Tokyo celebrities". Both are Champaigne based cocktails.
I also have to amaze as we entered the dining room. Illuminated Buddha is sitting in the middle of the dinning hall!!
We've got one of cozy booth seats which you can enjoy completely private time. Sushi bar is also available for those sushi lovers.
The table decoration was also gorgeous but these plates will be taken away as soon as you are at seats.
So we started from Sashimi Salad. From it's name, we imagined green salad topped with slices of Sashimi. But what has been served was this!
It was a salad rolled with Yuba (soy), colourfully topped three different chopped Sashimi. It is indeed a BEAUTIFUL dish.
The next one is this, sauteed scallops. In Megu, you won't get something just sateed. Soft, juicy scallops are decorated with sliced of apples and sesami.
By the way, a bottle of water is also original. The logo of the restaurant with "water" written in Japanese.
Fried "panko" oysters. These are popular Japanese home food known as "Fried oyster". But I've never seen fried oyster served so elegant:) Each fries have bed of their shells:)
Screwed Kobe beef and french fries, fired in truffel oil!! Even french fries can be so gorgeous.
and here comes the action! Stone grilled Mediterenian fish. This performance has been shown right in front of us. The sauce burned on the hot stones leads such a good smell, encourage your appetite.
and the fish was cooked perfectly. Green onion make it even more tasty.
I actually wanted to have Miso soup at the end but again found this unique one. White Miso Tokyo style cram chowder..
It was a light smell of miso but basically a cram chowder served elegantly. I was amazed by this plate.
Selection of tea was also nice. I ordered ginger Rooibos tea. It comes in a big pot. which fill three cups.
Here comes another action! Tofu panna cotta with illuminated ices!! It was fun, and tofu panna cotta was healthy and good, but one thing we are dissapointed is that this panna cotta was not the exactly what we have ordered. We wanted the one with fruits but it was sold out and they just brought us the one with esporesso. They could have asked us before serving the wrong one.
This green tea creme brule was very very good. Match very good with Yuzu ice cream.
If you want to experience "Japanese food only available in US", this is the place to go. Enjoy dynamic Japanese food. There must be always something new to explore!
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