L’APERO: On December 24, head down to Sofitel Dubai Downtown and have a special Christmas Eve Dinner. Start with a selection of spiced salmon with pickled vegetables and quail egg, poached pear with a blue cheese salad, maple-glazed duck with winter berries, crab and chilli salad with grilled peppers, or a cheese and charcuterie board. For the main course, choose from turkey chasseur, braised beef brisket with honey-glazed root vegetables, beef or chicken stew with ginger sauce, spaghetti carbonara, or seared red snapper mussel and salmon ragout with gourmet sides. End your meal with a choice of fresh fruit, mince pies, Santa Hat cake, lemon meringue tart, pumpkin pie, milk chocolate and hazelnut cake, warm Christmas pudding with vanilla sauce, or vanilla choux. Dinner is priced at Dh225 with soft beverage and Dh325 with house beverages.
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