Divine Sea Food In Dubai .!!

We always eat out on a weekend .And we research well before we do that .This time we had a choice of eating either sizzlers at Kobe or Seafood .We have been eating north Indian food –butter chicken ,dal makni,pannier pasanda –quite a lot .And our last experience in Arabian Courtyard was bad .I can put myself down as a food critic and that’s because I cook more or less everyday .The moment I see the food ,I know whether its going to be good or not .The colour ,the aroma ,and the heat that emanates from its containers are enough indication of how the food is going to be before the first spoon goes to the tongue !!

We settled for Seafood and we decided to hit Mahesh Seafood restaurant in Karama .Yes it’s a branch of the same Mahesh in Mumbai which is legendary for its seafood .The traffic was chock a block as we winded our wy into one of Dubais most crowded localities –Karama .We had booked a table for ourselves and we barely made it in time .The ambience of the place was  nice .We asked the chef to suggest two dishes of fish without any bones .–one dry and one in gravy .He suggested Basa Malabar Tikas and Hammour Mallipuram fish gravy .We asked for appams (like small chappati sized  dosas ),rice and chappatis .

What we got was amazing .!!The tikkas were  wonderful and had such a aromatic  flavor to them ,and the fish gravy was out of the world .It was slightly thin and cooked in coconut milk .Like all south Indian dishes it had all the lovely ingredients –cardamom ,black pepper ,”daal cheeni”, “curry patta” .cumming seeds ,and what not .It was cooked as per our specifications –we wanted it to less spicy .While we waited we saw waiters flitting carrying live pieces of fish and showing it to the customers .Yes –they actually ask you to select a piece of your own choice which they cook subsequently .Of course one has the choice of depending on their choice –like we did .!!

It was a great weekend and if you are in Dubai and want to eat sea food  in a good restaurant which is not located within the confines of a 5 Star Hotel –then  go to Mahesh !! And before going –maybe you could down a glass of Red French Wine !!

Kulbhushan Kain