Hello Spring! This is an overdue update of the blog. How's everyone?
I've been doing a lot of contemplating these past times few days in addition to I realized that fifty-fifty if my life is surrounded past times all things digital, at that spot is all the same a footing out at that spot that I involve to explore. And that's what I've been doing lately: coming together a lot of people from unlike parts of the footing (and I'm non making this equally an excuse for non updating my online diary, non all). Because lessons inwards life, I think, are learned from the exterior world. Not inwards a room, or a chair, or a table, or inwards front end of a screen. *wink*
So what's inwards my plate these days? People. Meet ups. And of course, food.
And 1 of the perks of living inwards Dubai is getting exposed to unlike culture, events in addition to celebrations - 1 of which is the so-called Nowruz, the Western Farsi New Year's Day which basically falls on the origin twenty-four hr menses of Spring. Expats, locals, in addition to fifty-fifty tourists inwards Dubai celebrate this festivity in addition to equally an ex-travel agent, I know that these flavor falls nether peak where close hotels acquire booked easily, ha!
I did celebrate the festivity alongside a few bloggers in addition to a newly constitute friend, nosotros got invited for a dinner at Shayan, a Western Farsi Restaurant at Al Ghurair Rayhaan Rotana Hotel.
See what's inwards my plate fifty-fifty though yous mightiness convey already seen it on my Instagram:
We were served a few starters similar the traditional Western Farsi staff of life in addition to a platter of Iranian crudites alongside yoghurt in addition to cucumber dip. I personally similar the yoghurt dip, I'm starting to acquire used to Standard Arabic nutrient in addition to I tin nation that everything is simply sooooo made upwards of unlike flavours!
I had Reshteh Polo for original course. I somewhat don't sympathize the concept of mixing noodles in addition to rice when both are carbohydrates but I intend they produce gustation practiced (especially when you're inwards Dubai). Oh in addition to the lamb my dear, in addition to thence soft in addition to tender!
And lastly, a deadly desert! Who would've idea a poached saffron pear would gustation meliorate alongside H2O ice cream? If yous intend these are likewise sweet, yeah they are indeed!
Noticed this pretty foreign tabular array at the door entrance equally good which happens to live a Western Farsi version of the Filipino's "Noche Buena", a tradition they kept for practiced luck through out the year.
And of course, feasts are meliorate shared alongside awesome foodie bloggers (and Greg who made extra endeavour to live at that spot despite his leg condition). Was able to encounter Lady, Myla, Pam, in addition to a few others who I already got acquainted from previous foodie events!
I'll nation that was fun, until the adjacent foodescapades!
xoxo,
JoyC