Special holiday meal: our addresses to organize your dinners in Dubai

Spending the holiday season in Dubai? Follow our guide for irresistible holiday meals, from turnkey to all-home-made, Le Petit Journal shares its favorite addresses... It may be your first winter in the Emirates and you have an irrepressible desire for a "real holiday meal". hugged, the very word “chestnut log” brings tears to your eyes? Or you have been settled for a few years but this time you will not be returning to Europe and the month of December brings with it its share of culinary nostalgia: capons, oyster platters and foie gras invite themselves into your dreams? Don't worry, it's normal, and we have everything you need to recreate a real festive, generous and festive dinner under the palm trees!

Odeon

There is no need to introduce chef Thomas Duhamel and his impeccable creations. For the holidays this year you will have three options: order online and in advance from their catering service delivered to your home, or make your purchases at the last minute directly at the March, or even choose the unique Menu offered at the restaurant for the 31 December when you will find their great classics like their foie-gras or their truffle risotto. You will also have a large choice of capons and seafood. In the shop, of course, their delicious vanilla, chocolate, Mont Blanc or even exotic logs, their homemade foie-gras and all their festive selection: be careful, try to decide in advance because the orders are pouring in!

For more information

Odeon Market, Restaurant & Catering, Villa 568, Jumeirah Beach Road, Jumeirah 3, Dubai-UAE

Phone: 0503960974

The Cheetah

A new one-of-a-kind address for an intimate and festive experience: a lovely glamorous Art Deco bonbonniere adorned with spectacular handmade wallpapers, which offers you a lounge and two private dining rooms, with different atmospheres but all so refined. In the kitchen, the French-speaking chef Yanis Yahoui, a former Ossiano (Atlanlis the Palm) then the Cantine du Faubourg (DIFC), has an exercised and creative hand for tailor-made! Why not organize your next holiday dinner there? All you have to do is join your guests…and enjoy your evening.

For more information

Reservations by WhatsApp +9613634488, or +971566878486,

Alserkal Avenue Unit 57, Al Qoz.

The Gourmets

Our address of choice in particular for their famous 100% Angus prime rib, milk-fed veal or whole duck breast straight from Périgord, or even frog legs - but yes! - prepared and marbled, plump and fine in taste, as it should be. They also offer beautiful seafood platters!

This year a great turnkey offer with their Menu for 12 people: 24 oysters (gold medals), bites of salmon served with rye bread, followed by an Artisanal Foie Gras Terrine, salmon fillet Rope Smoked Pre-Sliced ​​& lamb's lettuce, with foie gras bread, and as a main course: Ready-to-cook capon with mashed potatoes and Jerusalem artichoke, Brussels beaks, glazed carrots, pumpkin in veal jus. In Cheeses a selection of more than 1 kg and in desserts: the Buche Artisanale & Clementines (2Kg). On request, the ultra-generous menu can be enhanced with truffles…. To do "at home" as if you were in a great restaurant, and without the slightest effort!

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Duffour House

You will find there what has made their reputation: artisanal cheeses, seafood (oysters, salmon, shrimps...), foie gras, breads and logs... Will be available at the warehouse as well as their poultry and we no longer present: capon, turkey, snails and other delicious delicacies. An ideal outing before the holiday race to buy or order something to make your Christmas dinner, or make gourmet gifts, such as their lovely and delicious Advent calendar, or their gourmet baskets!

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Secret Fine Food

The essential luxury grocery address, where you will literally find…everything, from caviar to foie gras, poultry and all possible delicacies! Including a nice collection of gourmet Advent calendars with chocolates, candied chestnuts and gingerbread…

For more information

04 296 5249

All from Sweet

Our favorite this year, exquisite, delightful cakes, with combinations of tastes full of finesse and refinement. Sonia is of course preparing a whole collection for the holidays, with in particular yule logs with ultra-gourmet flavours: - Chestnut, pear, vanilla: soft chestnut biscuit, almond/vanilla crisp, pear insert and light organic vanilla mousse from Madagascar

- Chocolate, pecan, tonka bean: soft almond biscuit, crunchy pecan with caramelized pecan nuts, vanilla/tonka cream and light chocolate mousse

- Raspberry, almond, lime: soft almond biscuit, crunchy almond/lime, raspberry insert, light vanilla/lime mousse… everything is irresistible!

For more information

Shop 14 - Block 4

Wasl Square - Dubai

orders@toutdesweet.ae

+971 50 10 77 848

Forrey&Galland

Without a doubt the best artisanal chocolates in Dubai, with extraordinary combinations of tastes: their infused ganaches are truly extraordinary, such as the one with fresh mint, or jasmine or even zaatar. Without forgetting traditional products such as shortbread with jam from your childhood or branches of candied and chocolate orange or ginger, exceptional. Their lovely boxes made by hand, and the particularly neat finishes of all their products make them even more desirable during this festive period!

For more information

Dubai MallShop no 109, Unit Lower Ground

David Croiser

We no longer need to introduce the baker (his fresh baguettes!) pastry chef (his tropéziennes!) adored by the French community…. praline is a killer), and a divine chestnut charlotte. Logs also exist in many other flavors and combinations, including fruit mousses.

For more information

Phone +971 55 718 8205

IG @davidcroiser

NB: none of the suppliers we quote is limited to the list of products we mention in this article, we have simply shared with you our culinary favorites, it's up to you to meet them and explore all they have to offer.