Savour Californian mezze in Dubai

When life gives you Lemonade, go eat there.

The UAE seems to be blessed with a new American-origin outlet on a weekly basis, but if you’ve overindulged in the steak (CUT, Boa), burgers (Burger Joint) chicken-and-waffles (Clinton St), then may we suggest some respite in the form of Lemonade.

The Californian chain, a favourite of the celebrities who slave away on sets near the West Hollywood and Venice Beach branches, opened at the end of April in Ibn Battuta Mall, with a Shaikh Zayed Road restaurant to open on August 1.

It’s a ray of sunshine in a market that appears to be engaged in a competition to come up with the biggest bacon-frosting-crusted-cronut-burger.

Lemonade is in many ways a celebration of light, So-Cal vegetable dishes, but in no way is this punishment on a plate. They’ve got all those trendy veggies you’ve been wanting to try — kale, watermelon radishes, edamame — served in bright, appetising ways.

Those radishes — beautiful whorls of pink and green, with a light peppery flavour — dominate a mix of seared ahi tuna and white and black sesame, spiked with a ginger vinaigrette. It’s pretty and punchy. Just don’t call it a salad.

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Savour Californian mezze in Dubai