Not cream, meringue, or fairy goo 🧚🏽♀
We take people to our childhood baklava shop to dip crumbly pistachio cookies into that white stuff, aka natef. And it’s closer to carpet cleaner & shampoo🛀🏽 than it is to something in your kitchen.
📍If you want to know where to find it, comment👇🏽 with the word NATEF. Or FLUFF works too.
The dessert is a Shami treat — karabij. It’s even sold as a pistachio cake slathered with the cream-not-cream on top. But we prefer this deconstructed way, dip the karabij cookies into the light creamy natef scented with rosewater. TBH, it’s not our fav thing at that shop, but it’s so unique that we have to make people taste it.
Natef is made from either the inner bark of Quillaja Saponaria that strangely, grows far away in the Americas or closer to home, from the roots of the Saponaria officianalis in the Middle East. They both contain saponins, aka soapy stuff, that lathers up into fluff. You boil either of the plant materials, reserve the water, whip with sugar and rosewater — and voila. You get a vegan fluff called natef 🤯
PS. Credits to The Oxford Companion to Food for helping us geek out on our food tours & to @bethanykehdy for ensuring we switch from the western word ‘Levantine’ to the Arabic local word ‘Shami’ on our tours
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OG 5⭐ service in Dubai
It’s a bit unreal that we got to unwrap Chips Oman porotta rolls with legends of Portuguese gastronomy: @joseavillez @ze_barroso 🤍
This is one of the first places that added to our Dubai Souks tour—and it’s never failed us 🫶🏽
Tag the Dubai brat you know is all about the roadside 5 star service & middle of the road drive-thru that’s really not a drive-thru but try telling Dubai kids that.
🔗Full episode aired on Mesa Portuguesa
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…Dubai veterans after our 1st ever Dubai Mall Food Tour.
If you’re thinking these guys came in skeptical, heck we were (are still?) super wary of doing a food tour in the one of the world’s most touristy malls. But let us tell you this — we walked in ready to hate on everything, and left having to break our heads over what to CUT from the tour because we loved too many things. The experience was just getting way too long.
🌟PRE-LAUNCH BONUS🌟 Less than a day before our secret pre-launch deal for this tour hits our extended community of food veterans — and there’s only 10 of them to go around. Comment below with the word BONUS & we’ll DM you the link to unlock the good stuff.
Special thanks: Our extended fam @xiniw @heyangelodg @aysemt who helped us design the tour. Rockstars, each of you 🤍
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Nope, not a sweets person 🤪
Desi sweets rarely ever rock our world, but this spot might be the exception. This place has made it to our past limited edition tours and it’s now part of our Street Food segment for @visit.dubai
If you have no idea where this place is, comment👇🏽 with DESI and we’ll drop you the location pin + the full link to the YouTube street food segment we did. It’s got a bunch of other places worth checking out.
Produced by the talent wizards @wilkinson.jack.33 & @creategroup.me
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The world’s spices at our 💅
Thrilled that we could take Chef @_jasonatherton around the Deira spice souk for his @itv series Dubai Dishes 🇦🇪
Really love that we’re all spice brats here in Dubai — SO much choice at our fingertips and at prices that are totally affordable. We know the souk can be a little overwhelming at times, which is exactly why we love taking people to the quietest spots where you can actually spend time experiencing without having Shakira! Tom Cruise! shouted in your face 😅
📺 Aired on @itv — 10:00AM, Saturday July 15 on DUBAI DISHES. Stay tuned for next Saturday’s episode!
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That time of year💥
If you’re in Dubai, you can totally have an EPIC Diwali...even if you’re not someone who’s throwing, joining (or gatecrashing😬) a Diwali bash. Here are 3 ideas:
🪔Hang out with us Dubai kids on our epic Diwali walking tour in Old Dubai. Hit up the streets of Old Dubai for some righteous Indian street food, soak up the psychedelic vibe & if you’re tight with a pro camera or your phone lens....the snappy experts from Gulf Photo Plus will be there to help you channel your inner Ansel Adams. You don’t HAVE take photos to join — you know us, we’re just there for the food😜 Spots are super limited + early bird special going on right now till Monday, Oct 10th afternoon — you can book over at Gulf Photo Plus’ site: https://bit.ly/3yoCW56
🪔Hunt down Indian street food & eat yourself silly. Wherever there’s a cluster of Indian street food spots (Bur Dubai, Karama…maybe JLT?), there’s likely to be a pretty perceptible Diwali vibe. We’ve got an entire Little India food tour laid out for you which is now available as a PDF guidebook so you can be all set with our go-to spots in Meena Bazaar! Grab it here 👉🏽https://www.fryingpanadventures.com/tours/digital-tour-guides/
🪔Land up at one of the Diwali bazaars happening around town. We’ve got our ears tuned into Souk Al Marfa on Deira Islands — & no, they didn’t pay us to tell you 😂 but they seem to have a pretty serious Diwali dhamaka/bazaar/bash/something awesome happening on Oct 22/23. It’s hosted by @truckersUAE & looks like it has some potential. Might be worth checking out?
Look even if you’re not desi...ESPECIALLY if you’re not desi...you should still totally check one or more of these out. People are super nice usually — but if you’re feeling shy, just join our tour. We’ll take care of you.
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Beef like butter🧈
Technically this is an early morning winter dish that you'd have after Fajr prayers in Old Delhi butttt...in Old Dubai, we ain't waiting around for no winter schminter to eat the good stuff😜 This little place has been rocking the beef nihari game in Dubai since 1978 using a recipe that was passed down from father to son. When we interviewed the owner back in 2015, no one else in the kitchen had access to the recipe which required the beef to be slow cooked over 11 hours until it was BUTTER.
📍If you haven’t been to this OG of nihari spots in Dubai, comment👇🏽 with the word 𝙉𝙄𝙃𝘼𝙍𝙄 & we'll DM you the location pin. Try their nihari & their hari mirch keema which is honestly even BETTER than their nihari (though just order both, you won’t regret it). Their beef Bihari kebab used to be a showstopper back in the day but it seems like they’ve changed the recipe & it’s since lost its lustre💔
Nihari is typically mopped up with khameeri roti though we’re partial to the sweet buttery sheermal that we’ve enjoyed in Old Delhi & this little place is one of the rare ones in Dubai (or maybe the only?) that serves up this combination. It’s ridiculously rich, but that slightly sweet tender bread with salty beefy gravy is our calling. They have a side window where the nihari cook sits cross legged by the massive ‘deg’ just as they do in Delhi, spooning out bowls of nihari & then splashing it over generously with a pool of oil (considered hospitable even if artery clogging).
PS. You’re better off playing Russian roulette than trying to find parking at night. But if you’re really into your nihari, you’ll deal with the danger🔫
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Middle Eastern Iftar at Qwaider Al Nabulsi
What’s your go-to Arabic dessert this Ramadan?
@qwaidernabulsi in Deira is an old timers’ favourite for Arabic sweets and speciality dishes from Palestine and Jordan. 🇵🇸🇯🇴
Their Ramadan sweet specials include:
🔸cream or nuts atayef (syrupy turnovers)
🔸special dates and mango kunafa for the adventurous — though their original cheese one is a crowd pleaser!
🔸atayef asafiri, thick aishta baladi (clotted cream) & nuts that you can take home for a DIY dessert
🔸Traditional drinks by the bottle: amrdeen, jallab, erk suus & lemonade.
Go savory with a traditional Jordanian lamb mansaf, a specialty rice dish of Jordan with lamb slow cooked until tender in a cheesy, slightly funky jameed sauce made from preserved goat’s milk yogurt.
🔸No Iftar set menu, but free dates and juice served at Iftar time.
Approximately 🔸AED 120 for two people for dates, Tang juice, main course that includes soup and dessert.
📍Murragabat road, Deira
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Sri Lankan Iftar in Dubai -- only 13AED!
Will you try nombu kanji this Ramadan?
𝙍𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝘿𝙪𝙗𝙖𝙞: 𝙄𝙛𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝘼𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 @fryingpanadventures
While Sri Lankan food dares to make even the most resilient spice lover shed a tear or two, the iftar at @miamix_restaurant is an accommodating spread from both a spice and a price standpoint. Their iftar spread is a modest 13 dirhams.
The main Sri Lankan specialty to be enjoyed is the nombu kanji–nombu, a wholesome and mildly spiced porridge with rice, coconut milk, vegetables and beef or chicken.
Miamix also has an extensive mouthwatering display of ‘short eats’ which are deep-fried snacks; you can pick any 3 for your Iftar.
Wash iftar down with a cooling glass of falooda, replete with vermicelli, jelly, sabja seeds and the mandatory ice cream scoop on top.
🏷AED 13 for Iftar set menu featuring dates, fruits, beef/chicken/vegetarian kanji, 3 short eats and ice cream falooda
📍Satwa (Dhiyafah road), Nahda (2 branches)
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