One of the most exciting features of the new Abu Dhabi Food Festival is The Emirati Kitchen, a three-day celebration of local food and culture on the Corniche.
Taste and cook
Participating chefs include the first female Emirati celebrity chef Khulood Atiq, from Dubai; Saeed Fawaz, the executive chef at Royal Catering in Abu Dhabi; the Emirati Ali Ebdowa, the executive chef at Mezlai in Emirates Palace; and Wafaei Al Zaham, the chef de cuisine at Atayeb and winner of Regional Cuisine Chef of the Year at last year’s Gourmet Abu Dhabi. Visitors can sample a variety of food, meet chefs and sign up in advance for daily masterclass sessions.
Cultural extravaganza
Each day, there will be demonstrations on Arabic coffee etiquette, the making and storing of Emirati spices, and how to prepare harees, a wheat and meat dish. There will also be a souq selling local products including talbina (made by mixing barley flour, milk and honey, and is said to have healing properties), dates, spices, dried and salted fish, kitchen utensils, pottery and sweets.
Eateries on site
Meylas Emirati Mobile Food Truck, a new concept that debuted in Abu Dhabi last year, will offer rgaag sandwiches (thin, crispy bread filled with chicken or meat), batheetha (a dessert made with date paste, wheat flour and ghee) and legeimat (sweet, deep-fried dough served with date syrup). The owner Shaikha Al Kaabi, from Abu Dhabi, says: “It’s a good way to promote Emirati food and let people taste it. I always go to these festivals and every time I go, I never see Emirati food. I’m really very excited and very proud to be part of The Emirati Kitchen.”
Original article by Stacie Overton Johnson
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