Dubai: Al Hambra and Jumeirah Restaurant Week

Yesterday we went on our first Jumeirah Restaurant Week dinner. We had booked a table at the Spanish restaurant Al Hambra, where you got a Casual Dining 3-course menu for 120AED. Al Hambra is located in Madinat Jumeirah in the impressive Al Qasr building right next to the beautiful canals. Our table was outside, which was a very hot and humid experience during the first hour, but around nine o’clock the temperature had dropped to a pleasant level.

As a starter we could choose 2 tapas per person, so we tried 4 different dishes including a delicious gazpacho served in small shot glasses and the tapas classic of them all; patatas bravas, which is fried potato cubes served with aioli and a spicy red sauce.

Poul had a tasty red mullet with vegetables as a main course, and I had a rice dish with seafood, which also tasted excellent. Up to this point, the service had been flawless, but after the main course, our little table in the corner on the terrace was apparently forgotten, and we were left to stare down our main course leftovers for almost an hour.

However, the dessert was so good that I am almost willing to forgive Al Hambra the long waiting time. Sweet, crispy churros with coffee ice cream and a Crema Catalana, which easily outshone most Crème Brûlées, made sure that we could leave Al Hambra happy and satisfied.

Al Hambra is one of the places that I keep coming back to. Read about another nice dinner I had at Al Hambra.

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