Restaurant Vouchers

February 18, 2016 by monica 35 Comments

THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED.

Want a complimentary meal (and drink!) at La Tablita, the newest Mexican hot spot in town ?

No problem, they’ve given us 2 dinner vouchers for AED 300 each for my DoinDubai SUBSCRIBERS!

Another fabulously generous offer, thank you La Tablita!

You can listen to what we say about La Tablita in our latest podcast here and here

What kind of Food can you expect at La Tablita

Gorgeous Guacamole dip, crispy fish tacos, fresh ceviche combinations with salmon or tuna and melt in the mouth puddings! Chocolate churros any one?

Did I mention the Tamarind Tequilas to wash this food down with?

Or Mexican beers if you prefer! This place has great options for vegetarians too!

How to Enter

Enter your answer to this question in the comment box below.

What’s your favourite Mexican food?

You have to be a DoinDubai SUBSCRIBER to enter the competition.
Enter the answer to the question above into the comment box at the end of the post.
Click on the ‘CLICK to WIN’ button The button will subscribe you to the DoinDubai Newsletter at the same time
DoinDubai SUBSCRIBERS who are already registered STILL have to go through the process to enter the competition. Don’t worry you will not have mulitple subscriptions, it just helps us to have all the entries in one file.
Once you click on the button. Please complete your entry by opening the confirmation email to confirm your subscription has been added to the WIN a meal competition list

Did you open your subscription confirmation email? It is this list we will look to decide our winners.

Winners for La Tablita dinners announced on TUESDAY 1ST MARCH!

Can I enter more than one competition ?

Absolutely you can and we’d love you to do so! Just click on the pictures below

Nola DoinDubai drinks — WIN A MEAL AT NOLA

Freedom Pizza 6 Beetniks free — WIN A FREEDOM PIZZA

Want to DOUBLE your chances of winning?

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I’ll call the 2 lucky winners on MARCH 1ST.

Good luck everyone, enter all the competitions, more chances of winning and even more if you share the post!

Monica.

2nd MARCH 2016

and the WINNERS are:

Maura and Roha! Well done to both of you. Vouchers on their way to you via email as we speak!

June 14, 2014 by monica 18 Comments

COMPETITION NOW CLOSED

The winners are SHARNEEN and SUJATHA well done to both of you, your meal vouchers are on their way. Thank you to everyone who took part.

Ramadan is nearly here and restaurants in Dubai are preparing their offerings for Iftar. DoinDubai was invited to try the Four Points Sheraton Moroccan meals that will form part of their Iftar, but are available now.

2 lucky SUBSCRIBERS can try the Moroccan Moments meal for FREE!

The Sheraton have kindly offered us:

2 dinner vouchers (each voucher for 2 people )

Even if you don’t win this time, every SUBSCRIBER who books a meal at The Moroccan Restaurant gets a FREE cocktail or mocktail so it’s win win all around. The competition question is at the end of this review. Be a SUBSCRIBER to be in it to WIN!

Moroccan Mint Tea — Moroccan Tea and Pastreis

THE AMBIENCE AND THE LOCATION

The Moroccan Restaurant (that’s it’s name) is located on the mezzanine floor of the Four Points Sheraton hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road, valet parking is available. The décor is subtly Moroccan middle eastern without being over the top. I really liked sitting and eating in the u shaped sofa booth dining section; great for those end of term mums nights out as no poor person is at either end of a long table. Would comfortably seat 12 or so people. There is a fabulous bar area adjacent to the restaurant where a Hollywood Moment meets a Moroccan Moment, think Bogey and Bacall. This section would make a great venue for pre dinner drinks or after dinner Moroccan tea and pastries. It is a non smoking bar and restaurant

THE FOOD

Our meal consisted of a number of freshly prepared courses:

*Harirah Soup: Perfectly spiced tomato based chick pea soup, hearty, healthy and super tasty. I loved it and could have made a meal of this alone as it’s served from a mini casserole dish with fresh bread. (Hummous and flat breads were on the table to start with)

*Seafood Bastilla: The equivalent of a Moroccan Cornish pastie; very substantial and bursting with sea food that included shrimp, squid and fish. I was quite full from the soup but managed half of the bastilla which I think is served with pigeon in Europe and called Pastilla? Do let me know.

*Chicken or Lamb Tagine: We tasted both of these flavours, again substantial portions and while the couscous was cooked to perfection, our party was split between the flavours of the meat, some loved it, others thought it should have been more falling off the bone tender.

The finale of fresh fruit and vanilla ice cream served in little Moroccan starter dishes was gorgeous to look at and a delicious to eat. We made room for a traditional glass of Moroccan tea in the bar and tasted some little Moroccan pastries to finish.

DoinDubai tip: order your tea ‘medium’ otherwise it’ll be too sweet.

THE SERVICE

Faultless and authentic as at their Italian restaurant Luigis next door.

WIN A MOROCCAN MOMENTS MEAL

What is the name of the HOLLYWOOD MOVIE

that is also a Moroccan city

starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

and also has a line about a famous gin joint ?

Subscribe to DoinDubai by entering your email address in the SUBSCRIBE BOX in the side bar to the right of the screen
Answer the question in the Comments Box below:

I’ll use the Random Number Generator to pick the winners on the 19^th of June and email the Lucky SUBSCRIBERS with the good news !

Do you want a FREE COCKTAIL OR MOCKTAIL ?

Then try any of the Moroccan dishes above (Have a mini Moroccan Moment and try the soup – only Dhs 39.00- and a glass of Moroccan tea perhaps)

Book your table

Use the contact form below ONLY if :

You are a SUBSCRIBER to DOINDUBAI (see the SUBSCRIBE box at the end of the review or email entry box in the side bar to the right of the screen)
You wish to book a table at the The Moroccan Restaurant (the contact form goes directly to the restaurant)

Scroll down to the Comments Box to enter the Competition

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November 24, 2013 by monica 22 Comments

KEBAB BISTRO AUTHENTIC PARSI FOOD

Kebab Bistro Authentic Parsi Food in Dubai

– Kebab Bistro serves authentic and tasty Parsi food in a tiny microcosm of a neighbourhood just behind the main post office in Al Wasl road in Dubai. It’s not somewhere you would come across as you were doing your errands or walking around, you have to look for it but it’s worth seeking out.

What did DoinDubai like about Kebab Bistro?

The outdoor seating area in a QUIET road with potted plants and greenery for decoration. Don’t think The Farm in Al Barari, more simple Greek Taverna on peaceful holiday island
The food – Kebab Bistro specializes in Parsi cuisine – food that is typical of an ethnic group who originated in Iran but settled in large numbers in Bombay, and their dishes are tasty, different from typical Indian cuisine and well worth trying out.

I would recommend the spiced minced lamb cutlets Parsi style and sizzling kebabs either chicken or lamb. Another authentic Bombay dish from the chaat menu is a dahi papdi chaat – a savoury cold dish made with yoghurt and tamarind sauce and crunchy pastry shells stuffed with delicate, crispy Bombay mix type ingredients. One was enough to share between two people.

The Parsis have adopted a particular Britishness to their cooking (so you get dishes such as cutlets for mains and custards for pudding) but incorporated the spices of Iran and India for amazing results. Their custard pudding was better than I have eaten in many fancier restaurants and was more like a rich crème brulee than custard – again we shared one between two.

And to drink ? Try the recommended fresh sugar cane juice that I thought went down easier diluted with water than on it’s own, another very Bombay seaside offering.

And to top things off, service was excellent and prices very reasonable.

Where is Kebab Bistro located?

If you’re coming from Burj Al Arab side then take a right just before the main Post Office on Al Wasl road, just after the Emarat petrol pump (quite far down, well past Safa Park), take the first right again and go down the road till you see the Kardouche bakery. Park anywhere here, then walk down the alley with the picture of the Mona Lisa ! Kebab Bistro is at the end. It’s actually on Road 6A.

Tel: 04 349 3934

Tel: 04 349 3936

What’s the deal at Kebab Bistro?

Kebab Bistro has kindly offered DoinDubai subscribers a Delicious Deal:

All subscribers to DoinDubai get:

a FREE item of their choice from the Chaat menu (typical savoury streetfood snacks) when they order any main course
AND the chance to win 2 prizes of a traditional Parsi buffet lunch for 2 !

DoinDubai visited in the evening on a Friday, it was busy but certainly not overfull, you may have to wait for a table as seating area is limited. This is not a fine dining, hotel type restaurant but one of those refreshingly simple authentic cafes where you would feel very comfortable with your family.

They cater for parties of more than 10 people and also do home delivery, apparently also to the Ranches, but this hasn’t been tested as yet ! They are open from 11 am to 11pm.

And please do share on Facebook, I’m sure your friends would love to know..Thanks Monica.

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW OVER (but you still get the free chaat when ordering a main course, just take the latest edition of the DoinDubai NEWSLETTER or show them the NEWSLETTER on your phone!)

Just make sure you are a subscriber to DoinDubai, and tell me the name of the now deceased Parsi lead singer of a famous British rock group. There’s a couple of clues in the following sentence:

Enjoy the Bohemian atmosphere of the restaurant, you’ll love the Killer Kebabs, and fresh juice, Guaranteed to blow your mind !

And if you want to read a great book by a favourite Parsi author of mine try Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry.

Mr Todiwala’s brand new book: Bombay, or bust? (culinaryadventuresofthespicescribe.wordpress.com)

While there’s still time (thehindu.com)

September 6, 2013 by monica 34 Comments

SMILING BKK WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

W I N N E R S A N N O U N C E D !

Well done to everyone who entered the competition, I am delighed to tell you that our 2 winners are

Lima and Moiz, as selected by the Random Number generator.

Your vouchers are will be emailed to you today, enjoy your meal and do tell doindubai what you thought of the new branch of

Smiling BKK .

Giveaway from Smiling BKK in Al Wasl Square

Smiling BKK in Al Wasl square near Safa Park (new branch) has kindly given DoinDubai two dinner vouchers for Dhs 250 each, as a Thank You for our interest in their restaurants.

Would you like to win one of these vouchers ?

Dinner for free at Smiling BKK

Then simply make sure you have subscribed to DoinDubai’s free emails by putting your email id in the subscribe box and follow instructions and describe in one sentence what you think Pad Thai is in the comment box below. That’s it.

On the 14th of September I’ll let the random number selection gizmo (www.random.org) choose two people who have fulfilled those 2 conditions. I will then email the lucky winners straight away with the good news and the voucher of course !

Thanks Monica.

PS We visited the Al Wasl branch on Friday night and were really impressed with the food and service.