Dubai Travel Answers

of course there is but you can also have the same food at night, It will be more Pleasent. Try it at Shandaga area in Bar Dubai

HI from Dubai :-) Hmmm, can't really think of a "typical Arabian breakfast" right now... but if you tell us which area of Dubai you'll be staying in, we can recommend some nice breakfast places!

As Jess said, let us know where you'll be staying. Also the kind of breakfast you mean - you can have a huge buffet in a hotel or just a croissant and coffee in a coffee shop.

Well I also can not think of what sort of breakfast you’re looking for. If you give VT members an idea i.e. European breakfast or Arabian breakfast that would help. Dan30

In a hotel you can order the following which is a Traditional MiddleEastern Arabic Breakfast: Arabic tea or/and Arabic coffee (called qahwa) -Labneh drizzled with olive oil or plain thick Arabic yogurt. -A little plate of olives black and/or green -Zaatar mixed with olive oil (a spice mix) -Arabic flat bread (sometimes called Lebanese bread) -Feta cheese or some may call it "white cheese" drizzled with olive oil. -A plate of vegetables (cucumber, tomatoes, radish, peppers and parsley )

A'mer I think the question was more towards local breakfast not the known middle easter food, at least that what I understood

When I say local breakfast I mean things like Bajella, khameer, Balaleet, Regag and Dangaw. this stuff you'll find in Shandagha area and you be able to eat it at night also when the weather is more pleasant.

I also understood the question but the items I mentioned and those of yourself can be ordered in many hotels and even if they dont have it on their Menu they can provide it easily!!

Thank you all for your replies. Apologies for not being very clear in my question. We are staying in the Al Barsha area and have chosen not to have breakfast at our hotel in order to try other places. As we're staying for a week we'd like a combination of traditional and western breakfast options. Cafés, restaurants, hotels - whatever you consider worth a try.

Hi, Yeah a traditional or ( Arabic breakfast ) can be found on the menu of many cafes /restaurant chains with branches all over Dubai like ( i recall) Shakespeare & Co Orchestra cafe breakfast 2 breakfast Aroos Dimashq Al shami restaurant lebneh wa zaatar zeit wa zaatar saj express Abu Ali cafe falafel express The breakfast consist of typical Arabic fare like foul, hommus , labneh ,falafel,cheese mostly halloumi ,olives,pita bread,cucumber ,tomato,murtadella,zaatar,zeit ....etc.accompanied with Arabic coffee /tea /juice . Others also offer saj bread ,fatayer and manakeesh (thin dough ,stuffed dough parcels of various shapes, flat round dough with toppings).Toppings /stuffing is mostly cheese /zaatar/meat / spinach /labneh/eggs...etc or a combination . Mall of the Emirates in Barsha has a few as well as the street cafes behind the mall across from Lulu . Enjoy ( my favorite breakfast)

Although what you are saying is some what true, it is not accurate. It is like saying typical Indian breakfast. India is a big country and what is typical in Bombay might not be so typical else where, Same thing in the UAE, it is an Arabic country but our local typical breakfast has nothing to do with what a Lebanese, Syrian or an Egyptian will have for breakfast. Typical local breakfast has nothing to do with what you have mentioned. Nothing what so ever.

Oh boy i had a bad day and just recently returned to Vt to find this .... not in the mood for arguments ....... Hi, To the original poster Arabic Breakfast on the menu of these restaurants is a set meal/ combo platter of all the fare that is known to be Arabic universally , as you would find say in the breakfast buffet of any hotel in egypt, syria , jordan ,lebanon ,gulf .... or in homes (even gulf people adapted to it ) foul,labneh ,olives,eggs,falafel hummus ,pita bread ,white cheese..etc. Traditional Arabic means the same with certain items more relevant or common to a country than another .Traditional Arabic as in Emirates specific type of breads , boiled fava , chick peas & sweet dumplings then it`s only available in their homes and the cultural fares ,heritage village in shindaga ..don~t think you need to make an effort looking for it as you won`t be missing much . Woooooohoooo ...did i just write...a thesis on breakfast. BYE Dubai forum .

Thank you Mel, the information you've provided is useful.

Mel, When you are in that kind of mood believe me..... I don't want to argue with you? I am just glad that i am not any where in sight. LOL