Delectable Dubai Delicacies that Will Ignite Your Taste Buds - Savour These Creations of Culinary Magic!

An excellent choice with which to start your experience of Dubai foods is the much-loved ouzi, a well-known dish that is often enjoyed during Ramadan as a part of the meal known as iftar. Basically, it consists of pockets of pastry filled with rice and accompanied by yoghurt, salad and roasted nuts. Ouzi with meat is also commonly eaten during Ramadan as well as other important events, festivals and weddings. Many delicious variations of this dish could be sampled during your visit to Dubai and are not to be missed.

A rather different culinary speciality that you could enjoy in Dubai is harees which may be described as a flavourful savoury porridge-like dish. Harees is commonly served at numerous local restaurants as well as in Emirati households. The main ingredients used to make it are crushed wheat, minced chicken or other meat, cumin, onions, water and salt. This traditional gastronomic speciality needs a great deal of skill and time to prepare and is often served at weddings and other festive occasions. 

Your experience of renowned Dubai dishes wouldn’t be complete without trying out the distinctive majboos. This mouth-watering dish mainly consists of spiced rice and various kinds of meat; it may also include several vegetables. The distinctive flavours of majboos are created by the selection of spices used in its preparation which include cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, turmeric and others. It is often accompanied by a zesty garlic tomato sauce that perfectly complements the tantalizing meat and rice of this not-to-be-missed, traditional culinary creation. 

For a tasty snack during your stay in this Middle Eastern city, an excellent choice would be a delicious falafel wrap. Falafels may be described as deep-fried patties or balls composed mainly of ground chickpeas or fava beans; sometimes, both of these foodstuffs are featured in the falafel. These patties are typically wrapped in pita bread or flatbread along with cucumber, tomato, romaine lettuce and garlic aioli sauce to provide a divine combination of flavours and textures. A choice of accommodation to consider where you could enjoy a falafel wrap at one of its Ibn Battuta restaurants is the appealingly located Avani Ibn Battuta Dubai Hotel. 

A versatile culinary feature in the Middle Eastern region is khubz, also referred to as kuboos; this happens to be a soft, classic Arabic-style bread composed of wheat flour. You could obtain fresh khubz at a local bakery or enjoy it at a restaurant accompanied by freshly made hummus and mutabal, which is a zesty dip made from aubergine. 

You would also find a selection of sweet treats amongst the culinary specialities of Dubai, and a great one to try out is the much-loved luqaimat. These special sweets which are often prepared for cultural occasions and other noteworthy events happen to be warm dumplings that rather resemble a doughnut in texture and taste. You could enjoy this traditional dessert dipped in date syrup or honey with a topping of sesame seeds at a local café.