Dubai, UAE:  This Mother’s Day, celebrate your favorite woman in the world with a special surprise at Café Society, Dubai. Running for one-day only, on the 21st of March, Mums dine with our compliments for breakfast, lunch and dinner when visiting with family. 

Whether you want to indulge in breakfast with Mum by your side or allow her to truly shine by treating her to a fancy lunch or dinner that not only feeds the soul but also the stomach, Café Society is the place to go. The restaurant offers a sumptuous menu that features breakfast dishes, appetizers, lunches, desserts, beverages and more! Choose from the Eggs Benedict or Breakfast Waffles, to make your mother’s morning special with one of our favourites. If you wish to treat her to an elegant evening instead, savour the luscious Truffle Mushroom Pizza to the Mediterranean Seafood Paella bursting with flavour to the juicy Filet Mignon, for dinner. 

No meal is complete without dessert. Bring an end to the special evening by treating your mother to a dessert a wee bit sweeter than she is. Indulge in a diverse choice of treats including the Café Society Dulce De Leche, Art Deco Tiramisu or a Rose & Strawberry Vanilla Cheesecake, guaranteed to bring joy. 

Located in Tamani Marina Hotel, King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Street, Dubai Marina, UAE, Café Society is open for service daily from 9.00am till 11.00pm. Advanced booking is recommended. For reservations or more information, please call +971 4 318 3755, email info@cafesociety.ae, visit www.cafesociety.ae or follow @cafesocietydxb.

Dubai, UAE – February 24, 2021: Popular French-American singer and actress, and Tina Turners’ daughter-in-law is currently touring the UAE – on work and holiday – and visited one of Dubai’s favorite hot-spots – The Selfie Kingdom (TSK). 

Afida Turner plans to shoot her upcoming song at The Selfie Kingdom and is thrilled with her recent visit to the UAE said, “UAE is an amazing place and my visit has been magical so far. My recent visit to The Selfie Kingdom has been wonderful, with so many options to take amazing pictures and videos. It is the best studio in the world and I would definitely like to shoot my next music video when I visit Dubai next.”

The hub now has a total of seventeen highly-visual backdrops/props and remote-controlled selfie pods, offering a fresh immersive photo-friendly experience. TSK has become a popular destination to create great content and it plans to have new backdrops for the spring and summer. 

The Middle East’s first “selfie museum,” TSK has been a must-visit attraction among all photo/video enthusiast since its launch last January, 2020. 

By Joshua Trias

Dubai, UAE – Now, travelling from Dubai International Airport is a breeze – literally.

This city that never has a dull moment recently launched a fast-track airport control system that requires nothing less than showing your face in front of a camera at the check-in counter and voila! You’re ready to fly.

Using the most advanced biometric technology which combines facial and iris recognition, you can check in, consummate immigration procedures, be in the airport lounge for some coffee and on to the boarding gates without having to show your passport at every step of the way.

And if this is not exciting enough, latest word has it the Dubai International Airport will, in the future, be doing away with immigration terminals – that most cumbersome part of travelling.

“People will be able to stroll through the airport to complete all formalities. The time taken to complete immigration formalities will solely depend on how fast an individual is able to walk,” Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) was quoted by local media as saying.

Eight registration terminals have been set up at the first and business class check-in counters of Emirates Airlines.  

According to GDRFA, 122 smart gates in the departure and arrival areas of Dubai Airports have been set up, reducing passport control procedures to about nine seconds. Pre-registration is required.

Looking for something new this weekend? Bring the whole gang down to the airy terrace of Liwan, Swissotel Al Ghurair’s signature dining restaurant for sizzling evenings every Thursday and Friday.  Savour a delightful grilling experience under the stars that will have you raising the steaks on good times and great food, every weekend.

Seared, braised or grilled, outdoors or inside. The choice is yours. 

Make use of the hotel’s limited time super saver promotion with the 2 for 1 deal running till April 11, 2021. Want to splurge further? Add some shisha to the mix for  only AED 55. 

Dubai, UAE:  Indian cuisine lovers are in for a treat this March with the launch of a delicious, limited time Street Food Festival at Masala, Bab Al Shams Desert Resort’s signature Indian cuisine restaurant. 

Taking place from March 3 to 20,  from 6pm to 12am, diners will be delighted to sample street food favorites from all across India, every time they visit. Served akin to local street food stalls found in India’s many cities, Masala’s culinary team have put together a tantalizing menu of twelve live cooking stations for you to taste your way through. 

From popular must-try street food staples such as Chaat Pakora, Dahi Vada to North East Indian fare like Chicken Momos (steamed dumplings), Vegetable Chowmein and authentic delicacies including Bangali Curry, Mutton Biryani and more – there’s plenty to discover during the nearly two-week long festival. 

Sweetening up your journey are an array of mouthwatering dessert delicacies, diners can’t leave without trying the Payasam, Gulab Jamun or Gajar Halwa and Kaju Katli during their visit. Perfect for those looking at getting their street food x, the menu is served with soft beverages, fresh lassi and chai. 

If you want to make the trip down a night’s stay, the desert resort will be running a special staycation package, called “Taste of India” where guests can enjoy complimentary passes to the festival inclusive of a one-night stay and next day breakfast. The staycation is priced at AED 1,599 and is valid for two adults and one child (below six years).

Dubai, UAE:  Enjoy the best experience the city has to offer at Mood Rooftop Lounge, perched atop The Meydan Hotel in Nad Al Sheba where guests can indulge in a range of exotic food and drinks while enjoying the views and cool winter weather every single night.

The urban rooftop oasis features an exciting menu inspired by the elements of nature, with signature dishes like the Grilled Lobster Thermidor and Charred King Prawn cooked using hot stones while the Australian Black Angus selections are cooked using the Josper Grill, ensuring food are cooked evenly throughout.

Diners can choose from a selection of local and international favorites, from the starter, salad, sushi, pizza to mains. Each dish is cooked to perfection, using high-quality ingredients. Sharing desserts is available but one should not miss the Flavored Cigar, a luscious dessert with a surprise flavor.

MOOD Rooftop Lounge offers fantastic beverages ranging from classic favorites and hand-crafted mix to a nice grape list of red and white choices from all over the world.

Come a bit early to catch the marvelous Dubai sunset and stay late in the evening to experience the awesome winter breeze. The beautiful venue is adorned with sophisticated lounge furniture and comes with a retractable roof making it an urban rooftop paradise for any weather.

For reservations, please call +971 54 440 0227. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Dubai’s only vegetarian Italian restaurant, Little Italy Ristorante in Karama has launched a delicious and tempting offer for all the pizza and pasta lovers in town.

Every Tuesday and Saturday from 7pm to 11pm, visit the restaurant known for its casual Italian aromatic vibes and indulge in unlimited pizza and pasta for only AED 49 per person. 

What else? The offer is valid on all pizza and pasta dishes on the menu. Order the most expensive pizza or pasta on the menu and still pay AED 49 only.

It’s time to round up your friends and make most of the offer.

The offer is not valid for takeaways. 

The tempting pizza and pasta varieties on the menu includes OM, Ultimate, Freestate, Zen, Garden, Bombay, Nawabi and more. Little Italy’s menu caters to the Indian palette including a wide variety of authentic Italian dishes. Complete the meal with refreshing mocktails and mouth watering desserts of Tiramisu and Tres Leches.

Since 1995, Little Italy has been a steady part of every Indian’s food journey. Being the pioneers of vegetarian Italian cuisine in India & Dubai, we believe that our expertise as well as gracious hospitality always set us apart from the rest. With thoughtfully curated menus that boast of most lovingly prepared authentic Italian delicacies that have been perfected over years in a setting that is sophisticated and charming in equal measure, a dining experience at Little Italy is indelible as well as incredible!

Little Italy Ristorante 

 Shop no 2, Al habbai Building, Next to Cakewalk restaurant, Karama

+971 568225537 

+971 43852445

Timings : 11am to 11pm 

Lotsa! Tacos, a one-of-a-kind taco concept serving premium food in uniquely different flavors has just launched! The delivery-only concept boasts a wide range of menu items including Burritos, Quesadillas, light Fajita platters, Chips and Dips and lots more treats on the menu.

Lotsa! Tacos uses premium ingredients to create Tacos with different flavors, consider this your new globe trotting taco! They’re fabulous in their quality of ingredients (kimchi, togarashi, raw salmon, brisket, japanese mayo and different in all the flavors from around the world. 

Lotsa! Tacos stands out from the crowd with its unique melting pot of cultures present in each taco.

1. Tangy Tandoori Chicken (tandoori marinated chicken, Indian slaw and mint chutney)
2. Teriyaki Glazed Salmon Taco
3. Birria Brisket Dipper (melt-in-the-mouth Birria style quesadilla of braised slow cooked pulled beef brisket, mixed Monterey Jack & cheddar cheese, a dipping consommé of beef broth, lime sour cream, chopped onion, cilantro & jalapenos)
4. Korean Taco made with marinated flank steak and homemade kimchi & a harissa mayo 
5. Taco Fried Chicken with an anchovy Caesar dressing that packs a punch
6. Salmon Poke Taco done the right way in a crispy taco filled with delicate scottish salmon
7. Chili Con Carne Beef 
8. Traditional Al Pastor Chicken(tender grilled achiote chicken and freshly grilled pineapple) 

Enjoy appetizers like Chilli con carne balls, chunky style fresh avocado made to order, grilled fajita platters, loaded fries with your choice of beef – brisket or chilli con carne and filling Burritos. If you want to skip the tacos and build your own, we’ve got grilled fajita platters with every protein under the sun.

In case you still need more convincing, enjoy a couple extra perks such as fabulously different homemade sauces with flavors that are calling your name and Taco Party Boxes so you can fiesta like there’s no manana!

Motivational speaker and para-athlete (@zainab.aleqabi). Zainab Al-Eqabi is truly an inspiration. She has overcome personal challenges and champions self-acceptance. 

Her traumatic experience of losing her left leg at age seven in a bomb explosion in Baghdad, made her realize that she is still blessed with other abilities in the face of what she has lost.

Through her involvement in several sports events and charitable initiatives, she is sending a message to the world that life doesn’t stop when you have a disability.

Al-Eqabi says “Self-love is being confident in your own skin, in your whole being. Loving, caring and showing respect to who you really are.”

The Body Shop, the activist beauty company, which has launched the global self-love movement, has been working with Al-Eqabi in the Middle East to inspire acts of self-love across the region.

When Anita Roddick founded The Body Shop, she believed passionately that beauty is an active, outward expression of everything you like about yourself.  She understood the importance of self-esteem. 

In 1997, she launched a self-esteem and body positivity campaign featuring a generously proportioned doll, Ruby, with the slogan: There are 3 billion women who don’t look like supermodels and only eight who do. The Body Shop was the first beauty company to talk about self-esteem and importantly, the link between personal wellbeing and collective wellbeing.

Fast forward to today, the body positivity movement has gained much traction.  Yet we live in a troubled and turbulent world, where inequalities continue to widen. The Body Shop believes the next frontier in creating positive impact in the world is increasing self-love.  

The Body Shop aims to inspire 1 million acts of self-love in 1 year, to create more love and positive change in the world.  It doesn’t matter how big or small, every act can lead to big change. Tips on acts of self-love will be shared on the The Body Shop’s online self-love hubs* and social media channels.