Fabulous new brunches to try
The brunch deluge continues. The latest to launch creative ways to demolish your Friday are Japanese contemporary Okku, Creekside Italian Vivaldi by Alfredo Russo and family French Emirates Golf Club. Michelin-starred Italian chef Alfredo Russo’s restaurant at the revamped Sheraton Dubai Creek Hotel & Towers has views of Dubai Creek as you start with a welcome drink and cold canapes upon arrival. Starters and pasta are share and mains are a la carte. Fridays, noon-4pm, from Dh189. Call 04-2071717.
Okku’s Disco Sushi brunch launches on October 24, with a special menu, bottle service and 1980s and ’90s music. It kicks off with a cocktail party from 12.30, before moving onto a 12-course menu of signature Okku dishes. The music gets turned up at 3pm, with the stated intention of having diners dancing on the tables. The dress code is Miami Vice. Dh599 per person for the full brunch package; minimum group booking of four and reservations essential.
Over at Emirates Golf Club, gourmet French spot Le Classique is going family-style for brunch, with sharing dishes, a rotisserie and what’s described as an “extensive” cheese counter. It’s very traditional — pot au feu with pan fried foie gras, escargots de bourgogne, aligot with tomme fraiche and tableside crepe Suzette. There’s also live jazz and views from the terrace over the golf course and stunning views of Dubai’s iconic skyline. Children are welcome; a face painter and video games are on hand to entertain. From Dh180, 12.30-4pm; call 04-4179999.
Spend your dough at Cake
Like the sound of chocolate caramel pecan fudge cake? Head to The Ritz-Carlton in DIFC, which this month launched Cake, a cafe that’s focused on — you guessed it — cake, handmade in-house. There are also pastries and cookies, teas, coffees, juices, milkshakes, smoothies and sandwiches, 6am-midnight daily. Cakes on offer are seasonal, with autumnal chestnuts, apples, pears and hazelnuts in the current selection. Other cakes include date and walnut cake, lemon yuzu meringue tart and strawberry pinky, vanilla cake with hazelnut crunch, orange blossom cream cheese mousseline, strawberry mousse and strawberry jelly. Also on sale is the Ritz-Carlton Cake, the winner of a global contest by the hotel group. It’s a chocolate cake with Valrhona Caraibe ganache with candied orange peel. Call 04-3722323.
SoHo Grill open on SZR
Breakfast on Shaikh Zayed Road has a new name: SoHo Grill has opened its two-storey, 2,000 sq foot restaurant (with an outdoor space for 200) at Al Kawakeb Buildings, and there’s morning food among the steaks cooked at your table on the hot SoHo Stone, Kansas black ribs or and Wagyu burgers. Their American style breakfast menu includes veal bacon and eggs, caramelised banana pancakes with strawberries and cream, and waffles with strawberries, blueberries and maple syrup. Open daily 7am–2am Delivery services from November 1. Call 04-3828900.
