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Shiv: What’s up guys? Welcome to the FIFTH episode of our podcast, “Food Away From Home (World Tour)”, with your hosts Annie, Cece, and Shiv. In this episode, we're going to be talking about the amazing, unique, and diverse foods that you can find in Dubai, and where they can be found, as well as the experiences too! Let's get started!

Segment 1: Dubai vs. Abu Dhabi

Cece: There is a main difference between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are both on the coast of the UAE or United Air Emirates. Let's get into some of the differences between the two places. Start us off Annie!

Annie: Thanks Cece! Dubai is more fast paced and modern structured. It is more focused on shopping, entertainment, and still busy and exciting at night. There is a main spot in Dubai that is designed for shopping and entertainment. This area is by the Burj Kalifia, which is famous for being the tallest freestanding building in the world. You can go inside of it and there is an elevator that takes you to the top. From there you can go to a viewing deck at the top and look over the city. This tall tower took a duration of 6 years to complete.

Abu Dhabi on the other hand is more traditional and quieter with less tourists, but people still go through to look around. People tend to call it more religious. The key feature of Abu Dhabi is the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, which is a key religious place in Abu Dhabi. It is created with white, marble material and has many columns. It is beautiful and I highly recommend going there and viewing it. There is also a Louvre, like the one in Paris in Abu Dhabi, which is a museum. The Jumeirah Burj Al Arab is a giant, sail shaped hotel on its own island. It is quite expensive, but definitely a fantastic investment. Abu Dhabi is a more culturally based place and offers a more traditional culture and visit. I highly recommend visiting one of these, if not both of these places.

Annie: Now, stay tuned to hear about some popular foods, because you will not want to miss this.

Segment 2: Popular foods and Sweets/Snacks

Annie: And we are back! There are many delicious foods, sweets, and snacks in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Many authentic to the county, and even some that you might already know of! Like McDonalds! Which is very clean and very good by the way. Some popular flavors in Dubai are cinnamon and cardamom. The flavors in Abu Dhabi are saffron, cardamom, turmeric, and thyme. Now Shiv, bring us more into these cuisines.

Shiv: Thank you Annie, When most people think of Dubai you think of Dubai chocolate, but there are many other foods too! So let's get into it!

In Dubai some popular foods are

1. Khuzi - Roast lamb served with rice, nuts,and raisins - is often considered the national dish of United Air Emirates.
2. Machboos - Spiced rice with meat
3. Harees - Meat stew with vegetables over pieces on Emirati bread
4. Jasheed - Minced shark and seasonings

Lots of street food too like

1. Shawarma - meat put into a flatbread with other fillings
2. Falafel - Deep fried balls made with ground chickpeas.
3. Sambusa - popular savory pastry, made with meat or vegetables

Some popular breads and breakfasts are

1. Chebab - Emiati pancakes served with cheese or date syrup
2. Rehah - thin crepe like bread
3. Khammeer - Flatbread that resembles a burger bun

Some desserts are

1. Balaleat - sweet and savory dish of noodles with sugar and seasonings
2. Luqaimat - Sweet-deep fried dumplings that are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
3. Mamoul - A type of cookie often filled with dates or nuts

Talk about favorite food from Dubai

There are also many popular foods in Abu Dhabi

Some popular foods are

1. Khuzi - It's the national dish that features a whole roast lamb served over spiced rice with nuts and raisins.
2. Machbous - A mixed rice dish with spices, meat, and vegetables.
3. Madrooba - A hearty thick dish made with salted fish and spices
4. Ghozi - A lamb dish that is paired with stuffed rice, eggs, and nuts

Popular street foods and snacks

1. Shawarma - Marinated meat, wrapped in flatbread with garlic sauce and date syrup
2. Luqaimat - sweet golden fried dumplings that are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.

Breakfast

1. Balaeet - A unique breakfast dish of sweet noodles seasoned with rose water and saffron topped with a salty omelet
2. Harees - A thick, porridge like dish made from wheat and meat that is slow cooked for hours

As you can see, there are many of the same foods between the two places. Some of them we did not include because they were the same. But there is some variety from what you just heard.

Talk about favorite food - cece starts

Segment 3: Experiances

Shiv: There are many awesome, fascinating, and one-of-a-kind experiences that you can have in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. There are desert experiences, unique foods to try, car shows, water-activities, and more.

Cece: I have been to both Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and I went to so many super cool and fascinating places, as well as interesting experiences that I have been through as well. Here are some:

1. Desert Experiences: You can experience the Dubai deserts, by going on a quad in the desert, with guides, and other people.
2. You can go sand-boarding, “snow boarding in the sand dunes”
3. Camel riding, where you can follow a trail in the desert with a camel.
4. Experiencing the unique foods that Dubai has to offer in the restaurants in these touristic trips to the deserts.
5. Car shows and franchises
6. There are many car places for car lovers to experience a bunch of fascinating and cool cars such as Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bugatti, and Porsche.
7. There was a slo an experience where you go on inflatables/ inflatable cars on the water but I didn’t go on these ones, because I didn’t have enough time sadly 🙁
8. There are many mosques and churches that you can visit too, very unique and amazing experiences.
9. The airport in abu dhabi, you can check it out-its so pretty, unique, and amazing, built sort of like a but and is just a beautiful sight too see
10. There is a major stadium in Abu Dhabi, lights up purple at night.
11. Yas marina circuit- major grand prixs are held for formula one and at night you can bike through the track, or walk through as well. There are pieces of rubber from burnt tires from past formula one cars that went by-also sometimes small pieces of car too-unique experience.
12. There is Warner Bros world and Ferrari world
13. There are mosques every like one mile
14. Even McDonalds is unique, with everything being written in Arab,
15. Dubai Mall to visit-so many stores
16. Like Annie said, the Burj Khalifa is a landmark of Dubai, you can go visit it through a super fast elevator that brings you to one of the last floors of the buildings-it has 163 floors. It is very expensive, however it is worth the investment.

Talk about favorite experiences

Ending

Shiv: As you can see, Dubai and Abu Dhabi is a very exciting place when it comes to food. AND 100000 PERCENT IN OUR TOP TEN!!! *Pause* Thank you so much for listening to “Food Away from Home” today and All: We will see you guys next week!

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