I hope you’re having an amazing day at
smart Queens I’m in Dubai UAE and I’m on
my way to go meet my friend Pei mutton
he’s from Dubai he’s a local travel TV
host he’s just an awesome guy and he
also loves to eat so in this video we’re
gonna take you on a food tour of Dubai
and in this video we’re gonna show you
some of the best restaurants
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the Dubai Festival City
we’re gonna go to probably the lone in
Marathi restaurant in the why it’s
called El fauna and this is one of the
Emirati restaurants that serves
exclusively American food absolutely
okay it’s the only one that doesn’t the
Emirati all right cool
so this is gonna be the first stop on
this dubai food tour they’ve really set
this place up nice it looks like an old
market /a a village they have it all on
the menu and I’m gonna fully rely on
Peyman to do all the ordering for us
there’s just coffee culture over here
right so little cups like like that yeah
and then you’ve got the coffee coffee
pot and the person who’s serving the
coffee so I find the host I have to
serve you the coffee I have to hold the
cup in my right hand because I have to
hand it to you in my right hand so the
coffee on the left hand and it’s usually
a little bit like that so you never fill
up the cup and then I can offer you the
coffee thank you and I how do I accept
it in any way you and I need to wait you
need you keep drinking and I can keep
pouring for you and keep pouring for you
once you are done you don’t want anymore
you do this we got coffee we got a bunch
of food that Mizell just arrived
we’re here with payments wife and you
get my car here yeah it’s really really
fragrant because not only do you taste
the coffee but you really taste the
cardamom and maybe sometimes it has like
rose rose water sometimes as well slowly
correct and sometimes they have so this
called ligament legume oh yeah okay and
this is so you you do this mainly for
dessert and you also do it during
Ramadan Ramadan they write this almost
every single day it’s golden and then
you can see that you can see the dates
your fun happened then you can also see
some sesame seeds sprinkled on top
oh yeah it’s gooey on the inside and
there just has that that crunchy crust
around the outside the bread that’s
soaked into the gravy and it gets soggy
like that thank you very much
so this is called city paveed but yeah
and basically it’s a it’s like a very
thin crispy pancake and it’s one we’re
gonna have later with the fish sauce
okay okay but in this case it has it’s
just plain broke up into chunks and I
mean the gravy is just poured on top of
it so it gets soggy like that just all
the juice which is and it’s chicken also
it looks like it’s gonna be more dense
yeah but it’s really really fluffy and
really light and then it tomatoes in
there you can taste like the essence of
the carrots it’s really a really
soothing kind of just like absorbs all
of that flavor
mokuba yeah and it’s a combination of
you can see the shreds of chicken in
there and there’s a grain in there also
it’s almost like porridge looking in in
texture it’s slightly gummy in texture
it’s really soft it’s it is like a thick
sauce but then yep didn’t really taste
the the richness of the of the chicken
in there and Bilal eat is basically you
see that vermicelli over there and
vermicelli is cooked like very quickly
with just like sugar and saffron
simple and cardamom as well and then you
just lay like a nice omelet on on top of
it so a pure breakfast maybe you can
smell the the light aroma of saffron in
there yep
and maybe a little bit of like the kind
of sweet spices like cardamom or alright
it’s really a unique interesting dish
bolt in flavor and in texture because
you got those those noodles which you
can feel every every piece of noodle
and then the omelet and yeah you can
feel it’s kind of like yeah feels like a
fluffy it was like a pancake yeah and
then dip the pancake is a little spongy
a little bit gooey it’s kind of fragrant
and then yeah that’s just like nice
cream cheese good I feel like I do like
that so this one what I suggest is we
have it with the dark serum okay so you
get like a spectator
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so you see that you’re the crotch yeah
they’re like little hockey puck sizes oh
it’s really it’s really fluffy really
spongy on the inside it has a crispy
outer edge and then that date syrup is
really really good it’s really fragrant
there’s no one you’re gonna lick your
your fingers on this one
hmm that was really really excellent
food authentic and Marathi food this is
the place that you come can come for
authentic Emirati food they have the
full range of rice dishes as well but we
decided to eat mostly a mix of snacks
and breakfast because we’re gonna eat a
lot more rice and bigger and Marathi
food dishes today as well so that’s
coming up we just drove through downtown
dubai you can see the skyline which is
always impressive just giant skyscrapers
just reaching the sky within the within
the desert and we’re on our way next to
have some tea it’s a special kind of
team okay yeah it’s special kind of tea
Kanak over here ka ra k okay but it’s
actually kadek ka da k and it’s from
India and what it means is really strong
tea like black tea with either fresh
milk or condensed milk and we get it in
traditional drive-thru and I’ll show you
what that means
cool
so same Cuttack for everybody yeah
David had a backup should i film them
absolutely should do that right let me
come and show you what this and then we
can fake it that we didn’t go out of the
car yeah
just a little kiosk so it’s all pickle
it’s all like in your car yeah thank you
very much 30 yes okay
great
this okay the stick
are they done did it it was the one
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this is a normal one you you just pull
up your car you sit in the AC because
it’s blazing hot outside and it’s not
even a restaurant it’s just a little
kiosk shop right within the kind of a
building a little kiosk a little hole in
the wall and then they deliver it right
to your window so you don’t even need to
get out of your seat you can sit here
relaxing in the AC oh yeah it’s really
really good it’s it’s so creamy you can
taste the strength of the tea and it is
quite sweet but you need that when it’s
when it’s so hot outside you need that
that that extra boost of sugar
yeah the experience I always say is
fantastic
oh yeah you’ll see all kinds of people
so this cop car just just they go then
the police come in here if you come here
at night I mean there is a line the
whole parking lot is full absolutely so
they come and they just order this they
park over here get out of the car or sit
in the car and what’s the name of the
place dunya and dunya
so show me it says dunya shan pastry the
pastries as well okay well I mean a
second everyone goes how many cups would
want to have per day a few cups per day
yes for many many more than a few I’m
terrible I’m gonna have like two three
of these a day
okay on top of the coffee
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he was the perfect way to take the drive
and we are now at a restaurant called
Amara Bunny and this is where we’re
gonna have a real feast of a lunch with
rice and some amazing food oh yeah oh
yeah yeah this is gonna be great that’s
all I got
I can’t wait do they have a communal
area but upstairs they have private
rooms so you can get a little more
privacy you can come in here with your
own group and oh it’s a traditional
dining setting well this is absolutely
perfect for Micah you can take a nap
where most of the dishes are rice along
with a variety of different meats and
Haman was telling me that the Mundi
it’s Mindy yeah is a style of meat
preparation that’s usually traditionally
underground where they slow cook the
meat so it’s just fall-off-the-bone
tender and the food here is most of
mostly Yemeni in origin the food comes
really fast because all of the meats
have been precooked slow-cooked you can
see them glistening and they they serve
we ordered all family-style so they have
a platter there’s rice on the base we
got both chicken which is red in color
and you can see how that’s just
glistening in the light and then we got
a lamb drumstick on top plus a few
different salads and sauces to go with
it and we’re gonna eat the traditional
style where we just all dig into the
central platter oh oh you can just feel
how tender that’s gonna be that’s gonna
be like effortless chewing oh okay you
know oh that is that is the perfect sign
right from there just a clean bone it
just slides out so this meat is gonna be
in
look at the way this this way I’m just
falls apart oh I think I think a baby
could definitely eat that see see I’m
just gonna tear off this drumstick
that’s all um drumstick we got to share
it
we got a shirt and all right that opens
it up and now we can now we can dig into
some of that lamb with the rice all
right got some all that lamb is just
crazy tender yeah
it’s just ultimate tenderness and got
the fatty juices flowing oh that’s
flavorful so the red sauce is like a
tomato basically a tomato tomato puree
probably got like some some greens in
there maybe a little bit of lemon yogurt
and then you can chicken over a little
bit just mix it up with the the rice and
you can see the rice is really the rice
is really long grain it’s really long
grain rice so with that tomato sauce
which outstanding because the tomato
sauce is it’s really refreshing it’s
really tomatoey but it’s really light at
the same time you can’t even hold the
chicken without it if you grab a part of
the chicken it will just fall apart in
your fingers I don’t even know how they
can assemble it without while keeping
the meat intact it’s so soft and tender
that sauce is really really good and
then right
grab some of that chicken
and it’s you really you’re gonna really
love just I mean one of the one of the
best things about eating with your
fingers is it adds an extra element to
the to not only the flavor because you
can you you actually get to feel while
you’re eating
yeah it’s so good chicken is really
flavor to pull to UM and then just a
combination but the lamb is where it’s
at though the way I’m is where it’s at
yeah you’re both really good though mmm
I got a good piece of fatty meat green
chili sure which they they provide for
you which could be the the perfect
accompaniment to this could this meat
and rice feast oh yeah yeah oh it’s
really fragrant I can’t do that so far
it’s not spicy but I it’s it’s the type
of chili that kind of grows on you I
think
so good
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and then oh that’s just oh yeah okay
that buddy had some seeds in it so that
has a little bit of hue to it it’s
fantastic
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that mule is absolutely just a stunning
meal and now we are just a great thing
about this room is you can just sit back
on these pillows it’s completely
acceptable that was such good food the
lamb in particular was just the
highlight for me it was so unbelievably
tender and also not only is the food
really amazing but the thing I love so
much is us eating together being able to
share the same platter of food and it’s
it’s like this throughout this whole
region you share a meal together and it
really is a special part of the culture
back into the oven
these guys are mostly Iranian owned most
of these little bacala’s now what they
started doing is they started making
bread right in front of it so they have
like this little space over there where
they just do bread now these guys do
that thin crispy bread called the gog
and they’ll give it to you you can have
its savory and you can have it sweet but
the one that is the classic is just that
bread lots of good oil and in that fish
sauce oh it is super this is something
you okay yeah just from the appearance
of the shop with the random balloons
hanging outside of the shop you know
it’s gonna be good it’s a little grocery
slash convenience store in the door but
you don’t even need to go inside to
watch you make the bread oh he’s gonna
make it right now and it’s called the by
God
your sauce that’s the worst I’m making
the chips
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if that Jesus half-melted
crit
all that was an awesomesauce gonna be
more okay
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it’s so hot it’s like molten lava and
chips I’m sure the videos in your that
worships me
my favorite part of him making it is
when he takes the the little triangle of
cheese and because the cheese is half
melted because it’s sitting in the Dubai
heat he just kind of like it with what
all with one hand he opens it and just
kind of like squeezes the cheese and
kind of like flicks it onto the the base
and then after that he has some fish
sauce and this is a local fish sauce
made from anchovies that he sprinkles on
and then oh and that’s my other favorite
part when he finishes he he holds it up
and then he he tosses it perfectly so
that’s the special so it’s the regarde
bread it’s got an egg on top of it it’s
got cheese it’s got the fish sauce
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that’s right off the griddle there we go
that one’s for you
thank you it’s super hot here’s masters
yeah oh it’s amazing
oh it’s so good because it’s crispy and
hot and then you’ve got that salty
creamy cheese and then you have the
extra saltiness from that fish sauce I
mean this is a must-have if you come to
divine I couldn’t let you leave the bar
without having thank you thank you yeah
dude thanks to Peter for bringing me all
these pledges that’s a snack worth
standing in the hundred and ten degree
weather and watch me watching it being
made and and and sweating to eat
sandwiches in the buff yeah so this is
going to be the one with the chest oh-ho
chips
or is it if things could not get better
these are just some some Oh chips Amon
they are potato chips he he like
crunched them up in his in his fingers
and then he opened the bag and then
sprinkled them on top I got you
something else all cool
so with that other regard going with the
chips you gotta have lemon so you know
what this is like salted yogurt oh nice
alright potato chips on the inside so
this one’s for you
thank you oh come on the hot sauce too
so it has like a vinegary sourness to it
that creamy cheese the potato chips
which are crunchy you know if the the
base of it the the bread almost kind of
has a dose of okay you’re a dosa texture
and flavor to it absolutely close to it
thank you
mmm oh it’s so refreshing there you go
oh that’s cold that combination is
fantastic
what a combination and this is just an
amazing stall he is a he’s a such a
skillful chef I love to watch him make
it and we’re moving on
got some water you got it you got to
stay hydrated but the guys here the
whole crew here is really really cool
they’re they’re really nice they’re
really friendly it’s such a cool place
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Haman and I were discussing how Emirati
food is not all that common at
restaurants and they’re not even that
many emirati restaurants with in Dubai
there’s so many international
restaurants but when I came to Dubai I
really wanted to focus on eating emirati
food and one of the reasons that there’s
not that many Emirati restaurants is
because everybody eats Emirati food at
their homes and so you eat with your
family and you eat with your friends at
home you home cook it and so it’s still
even a new concept
to eat Emirati food out at restaurants
this is gonna be the the finale of this
food tour today
Peyman also happens to be an amazing
cook and so he’s invited us and his wife
have invited us over to their apartment
and we’re gonna cook for dinner tonight
we’re gonna be making a dish called
Mitch booths all those are lemons yeah I
don’t know if you guys do dried lemon
yeah fully dried lemon like
it’s just like ever
the first step is to fry the fish and
we’ve got some little pomfret fish
frying in a little bit of oil and then
just seasoning with salt and pepper the
fish doesn’t need to cook for long
because mainly it’s gonna cook again but
we really want to use that that fish oil
flavor the whole dish in that look at
the rice and that’s gonna be what gives
the the metrobus a lot of its flavor
onions first onions into that that boil
where the fish has been fried he added
in the garlic and onions frying that
around in the oil and then added in
turmeric the coriander powder those dry
lemons which are so aromatic and then
some salt and pepper in there as well
it’s a bloody mess as well okay
once again like those tomatoes are just
gonna sell fresh coriander as well
all of that spice that rich sauce the
tomatoes are in there the coriander the
cilantro is in there
they’re all just sizzling away and then
you take the fish and you put that back
into the sauce to sizzle away and let
all this flavor just mingle and come
together
a little bit of water in there
so the final step is to add in the raw
rice and put that in there you cook it
along with everything so all the flavors
mingle everything mixes together and
that’s just gonna be one aromatic all in
one meal with fish in herbs and spices
and rice all together thank you
and as that cooks we’re sitting down to
have some tea and some dates and mmm Oh
tea is wonderful Oh oh that’s a really
really like honey date almost like
crystallized honey thank you very much
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I’m gonna dig into some of this rice
first oh thank you and some pickled
shallots to go with it as well oh it’s
awesome seriously you’re really good oh
yeah and that lemon comes in so nicely
comes has this like citrusy complexity
to it and then it’s he takes those
tomatoes in there which have just been
boiled down until they’ve just just like
disintegrated into the rice you can
taste a little bit of the fish flavor
hey man you did an awesome job cooking
my pleasure and all the food today is in
the fantastic it’s good to have you guys
with us really just an amazing day of
eating local and Emirati food with
Peyman they have shown us really great
hospitality and I’ve enjoyed every
single bite of this entire day now when
I say a big thank you to Peyman
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