Archive for June, 2012

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Sushi

June 18, 2012

posted by Kanga.

This is a long overdue post. I love sushi. One of my concerns about moving to the U.A.E. was whether there would be salmon sushi/sashimi available. It took us a while to find a sushi restaurant. The first was Sumo Sushi in the Garhoud neighborhood.

salmon nigiri, salad, maki, and sashimi

Sumo Sushi is very tasty and moderately priced. It used to be our regular Monday night dinner when I worked Monday evenings in Dubai.

variety of maki sushi rolls

The next good sushi we discovered was Bento Ya.

aji sashimi

Especially tasty is the aji (horse mackerel).

pieces of maki sushi

Our third sushi discovery is Scoozi. It took being introduced to this restaurant by a friend, because I was put off by the name. It seemed that the restaurant was apologizing right up front – “scoozi.” It is an unusual concept to mix Italian and Japanese cuisines. We haven’t tried the Italian entrees. The sushi is pretty wonderful and they have an all-you-can-eat sushi deal for 140 AED ($38.00) that includes salad, miso soup, sushi, and dessert.

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Le Meridien Al Aqah

June 15, 2012

Posted by Kanga.

orange blossoming tree

A recent afternoon “let’s drive somewhere and see something” turned into a drive up the coast to Le Meridien Al Aqah hotel. DaddyBird had been there before, but it was new for me.

There is a pleasant beach and grounds.

beach

multilingual sign warning of hot sand

fountain

Miniature golf, anyone?

miniature golf course

red Corvair classic convertible

Ah, when cars were beautiful…

red classic Corvair car head on

view from top floor of pool and beach

The view from an upper floor.

Indian Ocean seen from upper floor of the hotel

We had dinner before heading home. My pasta was very tasty and I was satisfied until I got a bite of DaddyBird’s fillet mignon. Then I realized I had made the wrong choice. So yummy!

ketchup & mayonnaise in miniature jars

No pictures of the food, except for the condiments in tiny jars.