We call that, “Brunch”.
Brunch has been described as “an institution” in Dubai. Something that everyone must experience… at least once. With this in mind, a few friends and I headed to Dubai back in April in search of our own “brunch experience.”
Apparently, brunch works like this. Arriving midday at your eatery of choice, usually a fancy hotel, you begin your feast of unlimited food and a generous supply of drink tickets. You eat and drink all day until you are a silly mess of yourself. I was told there was dancing (possibly on the tables) involved.
Ok, so… you probably know that’s not my style. Being the teetotaler that I am, and not wanting to pay the extra dirham for alcohol I won’t drink, it worked out well that my companions weren’t too keen on the heavy drinking either. Keeping this in mind we selected a brunch option that was reasonably priced and included only one alcoholic beverage. As you can imagine, there was no dancing.
The hotel has a nice spread of food from around the world. Most of it wasn’t suitable for a vegetarian diet… but I assumed as much going in and wasn’t too disappointed. I can only eat so much in one sitting anyways. This photo is of my first go around… I ate more, don’t worry.
We enjoyed our meal and the lovely surroundings, even if it wasn’t the drunken mess that it could/should have been.
