Yo! Sushi in Festival City Center - Dubai

A two days weekend plan out of nowhere to go to Dubai !!

would never be faced by a No despite the tough midterms coming in the way
I took my books, laptop and packed my bags and drove all the way to Dubai to get out of the sick routine and try a new thing or two

While first day went nice between shopping, indian food and italians I wanted to try something extraordinary something as unusual as the Japanese food and so I asked my little sister who's more open to new options when encouraged

"How about SUSHI ?!"

sis: "ummm I'm not sure, I like shrimp and fish but when its raw .. I'm afraid we won't like it.."

me: "ya me too I mean I tried raw fish before but hey japanese restaurants has cooked options too and I mean come on have a look at the food rail !! and ... I miss eating with chopsticks lol !"

and so we went for it.

YOOOOO SUSHI !



the atmosphere was really great I loved the purple lightings and the japanese dolls

the eating policy was as simple as pick a dish moving on the rail and based on the colour you pay the allocated price
the prices ranged from 13AED for vegetables sushi rolls to 23AED for a combination of raw fish sushi

we were like "ok so we will pick the most good looking dishes and consider the pricing !"

Making the discussion for the first try took us more time than estimated for a regular lunch and there was no much time left to catch up the movie lol !

on each table you would see the most famous spice of japan ! WASABI !
I learned how to mix the wasabi with soy sauce in small plates back in Korea so I had something to amaze my sis with ;p



if you go to yo sushi make sure you take a slow eater who enjoys each and every bite !
the plates are really small and has around 3-4 pieces filled with different flavours which I wouldn't dare to take my other sister to altho she likes Japanese culture a lot!

Crab Onigiri my fav !

and there is this thing about asian food in general; is that few bites are enough to make you as full as someone who just ate a whole chicken !
I still hasn't figures out why yet but maybe its the secret for eating less and looking slim in asia hahaha~

if you've been to any asian restaurants nearby feel free to share the experience
I look forward to go for Korean and A REAL Chinese one in Dubai next time !

Peace,
Amna 

Mother's Day, Seafood experiance & Rotana Zest Buffet

Yesterday night I cancelled all my "beginning of the vacation" schedule and felt like its time to give my mommy something special !

Thanks to one of my closest friends who recommended Rotana hotel's Buffet "Zest". I went there earlier that day to reserve a table and planned the surprise so well. Of course convincing my mom to go out on Thursday night without knowing why and where to was the hardest but I managed to surprise her enough to leave her smiling the whole evening :)

so

Happy Mothers Day :) xoxo

Now to the food review :

The buffet was well arranged and had variety of options including seafood (something I never dared to try or like!) so I said why not try few dishes as a start especially when you pay a lot on fancy places like Zest!? Also, a person who wants to visit east Asia soon should at least try to love that sort of food in order to get along well there.

so my first pick was the Japanese sushi !!! to be honest I've always wanted to try sushi not for the filling but for the seaweed wrap ! so I picked the one that had only veg fillings like those :

and unfortunately my first sushi had a tiny unseen piece of strong tasted fish that made me sick and seaweed wasn't good after all !! :/ will I try it again ? maybe but not soon !

My second challenging dish was the smoked salmon, I've never had salmon before ! its funny I know! but I've always hate all sorts of fish except canned tuna (by americana lol ) and I remember seeing my uncle enjoy each and every bite of it and describing it as the most delicious dish ever!

and guess what ?

It was delicious !!! the common untrusted phrase of " it tastes like chicken" actually appeared in my mind n I said: " well mom you know what ? it doesn't taste like chicken but it does taste like TURKEY with the smell of smoke !!" lol

my experience in line : Seafood isn't that bad after all but it depends on the cooking style and the ingredients mixed however, I can't live on only seafood during my stay in Korea its almost like being vegetarian !! D:

after dinner we moved to the desert table ~! I love the decor and their date cake !

Arabian style with the coffee pot ( Dalah ) and the other different types of sweets :3

And by that our sweet evening ended and I received a sweeter gift .. a good prayers from mom :)

Be kind to your mother and treat her as a queen whenever you can. Life is nothing without this incredible lady !

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