DXB City Expert July/August 2019

Trèsind
Masti
folly by Nick & Scott
Kishmish
MADE IN THE UAE
Although Dubai has more than its
fair share of excellent restaurants, a
huge helping of them are franchised
from elsewhere in the world. However,
if you want to head to somewhere
you’ll only find in Dubai there are
some great options to choose from.
With cracking views of the sea,
folly by Nick & Scott (+971 4 430 8535,
folly.ae), by two longtime Dubaibased
chefs with a rich pedigree
– including a combined eight years
at Gordon Ramsay Holdings – offers
up a thoughtful menu of modern
European sharing dishes. The cooking
is precise, the flavours impactful,
and what they can do with a mere
mushroom and plain old radish
needs to be tasted to be believed.
If you want to see more of the city
as you dine, hop aboard Bateaux
Dubai (+ 971 4 336 6768, jaresortshotels.
com). This popular floating restaurant
will take you on a cruise along Dubai
Creek so you can soak up the sights
while tucking into a four-course
meal. The boat is moored on the Bur
Dubai side of the creek, at Al Seef.
Trèsind (+971 4 308 0440, voco
Dubai, tresind.com) offers a bold
expression of modern Indian cooking
and presentation, in which elements
of molecular gastronomy are done
to perfection. Plus, the mixologists
here have developed a drinks
menu that's second to none in
the city. You’ll also want to visit the
wonderful beachside development
that’s La Mer while in Dubai.
After time spent exploring it,
make Masti (800 62784, mastidubai.
com) your final destination. Head
upstairs to enjoy a couple of brilliantly
inventive drinks – the mango chutney
infused mahar mojito, for one – then
go downstairs to enjoy food that’s
termed an expression of ‘new India’.
For something very different,
Kishmish (+971 4 349 6665, kishmish.ae)
in Dar Wasl Mall in Jumeirah, brings
Afghan street food to Dubai for the
first time via chef owners who have
been family friends for generations.
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