Equity Magazine March 2018

GASTRONOMY
Dine-around experience
2 BRASSERIE DU PARK
THE PROMENADE, PARK HYATT DUBAI
roasted octopus tentacle with chickpea puree is worth a try
as well, with the beautiful mollusk being tender with a slight
There are a handful of restaurants and hotels in Dubai that
rise up to the occasion on every account. Park Hyatt is one of
them. This well-established hotel set along Dubai Creek is
home to one of my favourite Thai restaurants in the city, Thai
Kitchen. Their culinary offerings have now expanded,
however, to form The Promenade, a selection of restaurants
including Noepe; a nautical-themed bar serving cocktails with
locally sourced oysters from Dibba, SeventySeventy (a
masculine den oozing with sophistication), and Brasserie Du
Park, offering a slice of Normandy to the region. Our meal
bite. For mains, my partner chose the 90-day grain fed beef
striploin with robust cider beef jus, while I opted for the highly
recommended potted stew of slow-braised beef cheek with
root vegetables, served in a Mauviel saucepan – they really do
keep everything true to Normandy’s roots – enclosed in puff
pastry. Beef cheek with foie gras is a marriage made in heaven,
and this dish was an overall stunner. I polished a beautiful
classic apple tart tartan with salted butter caramel ice cream
to finish, while my partner dove into a warm chocolate
fondant with vanilla ice cream - a timeless favourite.
began with sizzling herbed escargots – a traditional recipe
that harks back to 1832 – and a fluffy omelette du Mont-Saint
Michel. This divine souffléd egg creation is doused in a
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moreish mushroom sauce, topped with black truffle. The
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