Colourful Burj Al Arab view from Uptown bar at Jumeirah Beach Hotel

Set menus for business lunches are aplenty here in Dubai, but when it comes to dinner, we have to pay full whack for à la carte or an umpteen-course degustation menu. Why can’t we have prix fixe menus à la the Parisians, day AND night? Well we can for a few days only, thanks to the folks at Jumeirah who are running their hugely popular Restaurant Week promo for the second consecutive year in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and for the first time across their international hotels - starting next week. Modelled on the long-standing New York Restaurant Week, 50 plus restaurants will offer three-course set menus with a choice I should add, for dinner and/ or lunch every day – and that includes signature dishes.

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The chef’s table at Thiptara

Dubai; I dine out a lot, in restaurants that is. But I don’t often dine INSIDE the kitchen. Not my kitchen, even though on occasion I do, but a restaurant’s. Otherwise known as the chef’s table, smack bang in the kitchen or in some cases just outside but with a full view. You can either order à la carte with any special requests, or indulge in a tasting menu – with the chef jotting down your order and even serving you. A sommelier usually takes care of the vino. And there’s no extra charge. Whether you’re after an intimate dinner à deux, or a raucous group celebration, it certainly makes for a different dining experience. Well in Dubai we have quite a few chef’s tables, so allow me to give you the low-down…

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Inside Fogueira – I took this pic at 1am when we were leaving and the restaurant had emptied out

Dubai; Traffic is steaming on a Thursday night. Our taxi driver doesn’t know how to reach the hotel, and neither does Google maps so we decide to jump out and make our own way. The entrance is hidden away, in wait for this, a car park, in one of the JBR towers. We stumble in, literally, my heels are killing me. The lift whisks us to the 35th floor, the rooftop. The restaurant is abuzz – a cute, cosy and convivial joint all decked out in oakwood. We’re in Fogueira at the Ramada Plaza JBR, Dubai’s first dedicated Brazilian churrascaria. They are popping up across Dubai as quickly as it takes to skewer the barbequed meat. In the space of six months, we now have three.

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