hey everyone I am still in Dubai and in the previous episode we checked out yummy Middle
Eastern sweets at the Dubai Mall and had an amazing Iraqi meal today we are taking
a road trip to Abu Dhabi so we are on our way to Abu Dhabi and our friends over here
have made us some crack which is a sweetened milk tea infused with cardamom is it just part
of them is there anything else in it sugar sugar most important ingredient is sugar
and I'm about to try it I've heard all about that about this team is something to try here
ah it's not too sweet and it's not too milky rich it's actually a really nice balance of of
the bitter tannic tea the cardamom and then just that subtle milkiness and apparently it's sort
of like a drive-through right like you could go to yeah you can go through like a shop and just
sit in your car order the tea that's perfect so Abu Dhabi is the capital of the UAE and there
are many many impressive structures here even though Dubai is sort of known for that we just
drove past the twin towers that have automatic sensors for opening and closing window coverings
they almost look from afar like a cocoon and they sends heat if it's hot they close if it's
cool they open how cool is that and we're now about to go under the longest tunnel in the UAE
the highlight of our drive was the stunning mosque which is the largest in the country and it houses
the largest carpet in the world and the entrance of the luth we were directed to park pretty far
away but that is not a problem because there's a shuttle to take you to the museum and on the
way there you get to see the Magnificent Louvre in its massive entirety my first impression of
this is it's just massive absolutely massive like I feel like the word massive doesn't even
do with justice it's so big it looks like a big dome a flattish domes really integrate intricate
layers cannot wait to see what it looks like on the inside the overall design is minimalistic
and clean but the coolest part of the museum is that it's built right on the water needless to
say the exhibits were all fascinating but I was super excited to see this famous van Gogh a few
Picasso's and this painting from the mr. bean movie does anyone know what I'm talking about
here so the pieces themselves are obviously wonderful and impressive but I am equally
impressed by the the structure of the museum itself the ceiling the floor the mounting of
each piece there's so much thought put into this place so much attention to details so this part
of the museum is my most favorite part it is what I believe is the center of the dome it's
kind of outdoors there are no walls you can see sort of the wind on my hair it's breathtaking
I cannot describe to you the grandness of this place I mean you feel so small and you look up
at this intricate roof it's a layers and layers and it's letting out dots of light that's sort of
decorating the floor it's absolutely gorgeous and the water is all around us the water is
turquoise it's absolutely beautiful color and by the way the water around this area is not
always beautiful in blue some parts are kind of murky and brown so this is something to behold
we headed back to Dubai for an authentic Emirati meal at a super cool place called El sana this
place really takes you back in time the restaurant is designed to reflect traditional Emirati homes
and culture with all sorts of vintage household items and even a camel and as always I left all
the food ordering to our local friends I have been waiting for this we are at an Emirati restaurant
which is actually not easy to find here and to start right away they bring us afraid of day
drizzled with a sesame sauce which looks so good and apparently the idea is it's supposed
to cleanse your palates of prep your palate for the meal that's about to come so here it is oh
wow the sesame sauce is a little salty they give you a plate for the seeds and the saltiness and
the nuttiness of the tahini balances out the sweet stickiness up to date and it makes it so
much better wow this is a magical combination all right I'm ready for food so the food has arrived
that I'm so excited about this the first dish I'm gonna try is something called three it was
described to me as a soggy bread stew but I love soggy food so this really appealed to me so it's
a bread called a god beautiful chicken stew on top of it I've got them right here check this out so I
got a little piece of chicken drumstick and look at this beautiful sort of tomatoey sauce smell of
comfort food the bread melts in your mouth it's so flavorful the chicken is super tender mason
tomatoey the second dish is something called much Busan this is something people have told me you
have to try it and it's rice cooked with sauce and you can choose fish chicken or whatever kind of
meat we've got new beef and it's this beautiful yellow rice yellow basmati rice right and this
beef is look house look how that just fell apart it's so so tender I can smell all the spices
good that beef is incredibly tender and the whatever sauce they use has penetrated all
the way through the rice has a little bit of a tang to it so I suspect there's yogurt
it meant that's cooked with the rice and just I can smell all the spices some cinnamon for
sure probably pardon up in there but my guess is is just a ton of spices now finally vidi
Annie pretty ani is one of those dishes that I think exists in so many different cultures
including Thailand we have a version of it but this looks very different it's lamb and the rice
is a lot whiter so the Vidya in Thailand the rice is completely yellow and there are some
raisins Oh lentils I think maybe lentils a fried shallots of the super tender lamb
upon just looking at the much boost in Liberty any you might think they're very similar but
the flavor is actually very different the Ligurian is more subtle the rice is drier
it's not it's not soaking the sauce in there's no tank in the way that the much
was has and this is legit and Marathi food my duty here my mission here is done so our
dessert has come it is a doughnut so you can't go wrong it's a doughnut come on it's called
GameA and it's got this date syrup drizzled on top with some sesame seeds sprinkled on
it it's nice and hot so I'm gonna show you what it looks like Oh chewy on the inside
excuse the use of my hand oh it's quite yellow and chewy and rather dense all right
think the donut crispy on the outside but the inside is not light and airy like an American
Jonah it's dense and chewy and super soft not that sweet the sweetness all comes from the
date syrup which is so caramelized flavor the yellow color as I clear it comes from saffron
it's a beautiful delicious dessert you can really get hurt with those because they're so addictive
and it's quite heavy but what a way to end a meal at the end of the meal we were offered
a sprinkle of rosewater to freshen our hands which was a very nice touch and next time I'm
here I'm definitely coming when the outside is open because that seating looks cool and
that concludes my Dubai trip if you missed the previous episodes definitely check them
out the links are in the description below and remember you can always come hang out with me
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