DownTown Cafe opens in Karama
Karama’s already colourful food scene gets a new multi-cuisine cafe this week, opening November 17. The concept is to “encourage heart — to-heart conversations amidst international deliciousness, classy decor, foot-tapping music and award-winning hospitality,” say the people behind it.
They take the heart-to-heart bit very serious here: There won’t be any Wi-Fi and they expect you to talk to your friends. Menu includes something for everyone, from freshly brewed coffee, smoothies, heath drinks to appetisers, salads, steaks, gourmet burgers, pastas and desserts.
Where: DownTown Cafe, Umm Hurrair Building, Behind Dubai Snooker club, Near General Post office, Karama.
Opens at 6pm. Find them on Facebook: DownTown Cafe Dubai
Truffle surprise
One of our favourite Japanese fine dining restaurants, Ramusake at the DoubleTree Hilton, is offering diners the opportunity to add a truffle twist to any of their 60 menu items on November 24 and 25.
Sourced by truffle experts Ramelli, Ramusake will be serving black and white truffle from Northern Italy for two days of dinner service. Restaurant staff will be at hand to guide you through suitable pairings with dishes and beverages from Ramusake’s menu, as well as tell you about the sourcing and history of the product. Guests will also be treated to live entertainment in the form of resident DJ Adam Graca who will be playing live sets in the evening from 9.30pm.
Where: Ramusake, DoubleTree Hilton, JBR.
When: November 25 and 25
Price: Black truffle Dh5 per gram, white truffle Dh30 per gram
Call: 04-5595300
Exploring foreign lands
Armani Hotel Dubai is set to take its diners on a gastronomical journey through the cities of Milan, Tokyo and New York, sitting right here in Dubai. The 2016 instalment of A World Journey: Four Chefs from Four Corners, will be an exclusive dining event showcasing the very best of the cities, on November 23 and 24, a statement read. Chefs Filippo Gozzoli from Milan, Francesco Mazzi from Tokyo and Michele Brogioni from New York, will join chef Alessandro Salvatico in his resident Armani/Ristorante Dubai kitchen to serve a seven-course degustation menu. The chefs from the iconic cities will serve dishes which will include, among other things, truffle, chestnuts, pumpkin and gold — as part of the ‘Gold Season’-themed menu. Appetites will be whet with pre-dinner apertivo — a selection of canapes by each of the four chefs. The World Journey began in November 2015 in Milan, and continued this April 2016 in Tokyo with Dubai its third stop. The series will conclude after the New York instalment in the coming year.
The details
Where: Armani Hotel, Downtown Dubai
When: November 23 and 24
Price: Dh600 per person for food only, with beverage packages available.
Call: 04-8883666.
Brunch with a Latin twist
If you are in the mood for home-grown soulful Mexican and Latin food, then restaurant Zoco is your stop. Located in The Atrium in Al Habtoor City, guests can enjoy Mexican flavours along with live Latin music. There will be live cooking stations serving tacos, guacamole, ceviche, and more. The brunch, from 12.30pm to 4pm, costs Dh350 and above. Contact: 04-4370044.
