Hummingbird lands Sept 23
The London-based, American-style cupcake bakery opens its doors in Dubai Mall on September 23. They also do pies (including the whoopie variety, whoopie!) and cheesecakes. It’s down near Yo! Sushi.
Long Yin reopens
Get ready for some seriously sophisticated Chinese. The longtime Asian favourite at the Le Meridien Dubai has just reopened after refurbishment, and the theme is CHIC! Think grey slate and blue and green, dark wood panelling and wooden grille panels. Sounds like another high end Chinese in town, but Long Yin is focused on traditional, authentic Chinese dishes. We are beyond excited about the fact they’ve added a dim sum chef -- you can watch him at work in the open kitchen, where 34 steamed and fried items are made. Open for lunch (until a whopping 4.45pm) and dinner. Visit longyin-dubai.com. They’ll be serving moon cakes this month, celebrating China’s mid-autumn festival.
George Calombaris heads to Atlantis
The Masterchef Australia judge will be at the Palm-based hotel to launch the new family brunch at Seafire on September 28 and to cook at Ossiano. Seafire serves beef from its own wagyu farm in Australia and has a special area for kids with an Atlantis Kids Club leader and entertainment. Dh495 per person including beverages. Colombaris will be cooking the same night with a cocktail reception at 7pm and a six-course dinner at 8pm with modern Greek dishes from his Melbourne restaurant, The Press Club. Dh1,250 per person, including beverages. Call 04-4262626.
More moon cakes!
Also serving the traditional Chinese autumn treat is Royal China at DIFC, where you can follow your Peking duck or lobster noodles with the pastries stuffed with red bean or lotus seed paste, and sometimes egg yolks. Moon cakes are free for Royal China diners.
Sophie’s Café does breakfast
If you find yourself starving on the Palm at 7am, help is at hand: Sophie’s Cafe, the health-oriented eatery by the makers of Okku, is now serving breakfast until 11am (1pm on weekends). Expect homemade organic oat granola with Greek yoghurt, tofu scrambled eggs or smoked salmon and cream cheese on sunflower bread. There are also egg white omelettes for the truly health conscious, and egg Benedict for the rest of us. Find it a at Building 8 on The Shoreline, The Palm. Call 04-3328006.
Get shucking at Alfie’s
Oyster fanatics, Alfie’s welcomes you. Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5-7pm are Oyster Night at Alfie’s, the British restaurant at Emirates Towers Boulevard, where three Scottish Loch Fyne oysters are served with each glass of bubbly purchased; buy a bottle of bubbly and get 12 oysters free.
