HainanWel.com(e)! » 27 янв 2015, 16:00
Traditional cuisine UAE
Food in the UAE is quite expensive, as all products in the Emirates - imported. Food prices depend on where you made the purchase - in a small shop in the market or in major shopping malls, as well as from the manufacturer (supplier). For example, apples, imported from France, will cost 2 times more expensive apples imported from China.
As a rule, the menu at many hotels close to the European average, so you will always have plenty to choose from. You may want to give up the buffet and order specific meals in the restaurant at the hotel, but in this case you have to spend much more money on food.
Food in the UAE
Diet UAE residents make up the vegetables, rice, meat (lamb, mutton, beef, goat), Poultry (chicken, quail), soups, beans, fish (barracuda, mackerel, grouper), seafood (octopus, crustaceans, sharks ), dairy products (a special honor from the Arabs cheeses).
Locals love their food turmeric spice, cinnamon, saffron, add meat and rice dishes, dried limes, and in sauces for rice and stews - nuts (pistachios, almonds).
In the UAE, be sure to try a tick (kebab), kebabs, biryani (rice with chicken or meat), Gouzee (lamb with nuts and rice), hummus (vegetable paste) homos (peas, mashed with lemon), Koussa mahshi (stuffed green zucchini), donuts with honey, sherbet, baklava, Umm Ali (milk pudding).
In the Emirates, you will not have problems with food - local cafes and restaurants offer vacationers a variety of Indian, European, Mexican and other cuisines of the world; in grocery stores and supermarkets can find the same products as in Europe, and in the hotel cafe - European and Arabic food.
Where to eat in the UAE? At your service:
ordinary and fabulous restaurants where you can taste the Philippine, Thai, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Russian cuisine;
cafes and bars at the hotel and outside;
street snack (here you can buy as Arab shawarma and chicken grilled).
Drinks in the UAE
A popular drink in the UAE are coffee with spices and cardamom, tea, fruit and milk shakes.
Non-Muslims in the Emirates (exception - Sharjah) can drink alcohol (wine, beer), but not in public. You can buy alcohol in restaurants, bars, discos at the hotels, as well as in specialty stores (during Ramadan alcohol can be bought only at night).
Gastronomic tour in the UAE
Embark on a gastronomic tour of the UAE, you can not only taste the national cuisine, but also to visit the cooking classes by famous chefs to take part in the Dubai culinary carnival, having been on the music, entertainment and comedy events, as well as to take part in competitions, designed for the whole family.
Holidays in the UAE, you can get into the culinary tale and try those same dishes that are ordered Aladdin Gene.