Atlantis, The Palm brings back Cirque de Cuisine: The Festive Edition

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Cirque de Cuisine will kick off Dubai’s festive season with a Winter Wonderland theme. Taking place in The Avenues at Atlantis, The Palm on 6 December, early bird tickets for the all you can eat and drink concept start at AED495 and will include four hours of festive fun.

Cirque de Cuisine allows diners to wander from restaurant to restaurant, enjoying signature dishes, live cooking stations, buffets, drinks and live entertainment. This enables the exploration of some of the worlds’ top restaurants, including Nobu by Nobu Matsuhisa, Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen & Bar, Gregoire Berger’s underwater restaurant Ossiano, Ronda Locatelli by Giorgio Locatelli and the recently-opened Michelin star Cantonese restaurant brand, Hakkasan.

All signature restaurants are open exclusively for Cirque De Cuisine ticketholders. The venues are located within two minutes of one another.

This year, The Avenues will be transformed into a winter wonderland hosting Cirque le Soir. The event will see fire eaters and fire blowers, feather fan dancers, magicians and the human pin cushion join winter acrobats as they roam snowy walkways. Upon arrival, guests will be welcomed by a choir singing Christmas carols under a giant wreath arch constructed at the entrance and decorated with festive ribbons and bells. The Avenues will be lined with Christmas trees, snow-capped street lamps, fairy lights and life-sized nutcrackers.

Beverages will be available at eight different bars throughout the venues including a ‘feature bar’ located in the centre of The Avenues. Those looking to continue the night will be treated to a festive after party from 11 pm to 3 am in Bread Street Kitchen & Bar, where resident DJs will blast Christmas classics.

Festive inspired food on offer includes:

Nobu Dubai
Sushi via roaming trays in the venue and a selection of Nobu signatures including Nobu tacos, yellow tail sushi jalapeno, black cod butter lettuce and beef tenderloin anticucho*, a ceviche and mochi bar will be available as well with a selection of beverages. The evening will feature Nobu’s resident DJ accompanied by an electronic violinist.

Hakkasan Dubai
Hakkasan will feature signature dishes, as well as selected dishes exclusive to the Dubai location.

Bread Street Kitchen & Bar
Guests who enter Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant can feast on British favourites with a festive twist including the signature mini turkey Wellington, and truffle mac & cheese fritters with chestnuts and roasted veal carpaccio. Entertainment will include a British inspired Christmas soundtrack from Bread Street Kitchen’s resident busker.

Ronda Locatelli
Offering a traditional taste of Italy, guests can feast on truffle risotto, baby spinach salad, and homemade ravioli and caserecce** pasta with duck ragu. A selection of Ronda Locatelli’s signature wood-fired pizzas will be available. The evening’s entertainment will feature an Italian duo playing the best in Italian festive classics.

Seafire Steakhouse and Bar
Guests who visit will enjoy live cooking stations serving roast turkey and an Atlantis beef carvery. Savoury short rib donuts and Seafire rossini*** will be available as well as numerous signature dishes from the a la carte menu. Entertainment will include a five-piece jazz band, providing a festive soundtrack all evening long.

The Lost Chambers Aquarium

Dine under the sea with a selection of desserts by Ossiano’s Chef de Cuisine, Gregoire Berger and the in-house pastry team. In addition, there will be numerous live cooking stations serving caramelised “Smores” marshmallows, French croissant toast and the smoked nitro popcorn. There are also freak shakes**** and a designated Atlantis chocolate praline and roasted chestnuts station.

Atlantis, The Palm is the first entertainment resort destination in the region and located at the centre of the crescent of The Palm in Dubai, UAE. The ocean-themed resort features a variety of marine and entertainment attractions, as well as 17 hectares of waterscape amusement at Aquaventure Waterpark, within a 46-hectare site. It is home to one of the largest open-air marine habitats in the world, with over 65,000 marine animals in lagoons and displays including The Lost Chambers Aquarium, a maze of underwater corridors and passageways providing a journey through ancient Atlantis.

Details:

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Make reservations at +971 4426 2626

*Meat-based snacks, served on a skewer.

**The pasta is shaped somewhat like a scroll folded back on itself.

***Steak with foie gras.

****A milkshake decorated with toppings such as cake slices and pretzels.

Taking afternoon tea at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel

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The Jumeirah Beach Hotel offers an ideal place for a quiet meeting over afternoon tea in the recently refurbished Palm Court Lobby Lounge. The Traditional Afternoon Tea menu embodies English traditions, with handcrafted bites presented on a bird cage stand and a wide tea selection, from Jing choices to Earl Grey classics.

Afternoon tea is served daily from 1pm to 7pm, at AED200 with a choice of tea or coffee. 

For booking or for more information visit jumeirah.com/Palmcourt.

Atlantis Dubai provides wide range of choice for iftar meals

Atlantis is offering a taste of Arabian culture with three different venues for iftar and suhoor this Ramadhan, at Asateer, Nobu and Kaleidoscope.

Asateer, named after the wise words and stories that have been told inside Ramadhan tents for centuries, offers a tent experience with views of the Arabian sea for up to 900 guests. A traditional iftar sunset buffet is served for AED195, including Ramadhan juices, and an ala carte suhoor* menu from 9.30pm. 

During iftar, guests can enjoy traditional foul moudammas and balila stations, as well as a wide variety of Ramadhan fresh juices such as jallab (a syrup made with carob, dates, grape molasses and rose water), laban (also called ayran, a yoghurt-based drink mixed with salt), kamr al deen (pureed dried apricots soaked with water) and karkadeh (roselle). Arabic sweets such as Osmaliya with Ashta, Katayef and Znoud El Sit will be served. Traditional Arabic ice cream will be prepared at live cooking stations. 

Guests will be able to enjoy new continental dishes during suhoor including the Asateer Beef Burger, calamari, a variety of Italian and Indian dishes and a mix of international desserts.

Set menus are available for groups of 20 people or more, and a Royal Majlis and five exclusive Majlis areas are open for private gatherings. Each Majlis has a PlayStation and a plasma television. 

Free WiFi is provided throughout Asateer. World Cup games will be aired during both meals, while traditional tableh and oud players will play timeless Arabic favourities after 9.30pm. Shisha is also available during suhoor, while chess and backgammon sets can be requested.

Asateer provides complimentary valet parking steps from the tent.

There is a smart casual dress code for Asateer during Ramadhan, comprising a minimum of long trousers, no shorts, and a T-shirt with sleeves, but any footwear. 

For more information and reservations, please e-mail asateer@atlantisthepalm.com or call +971 4426 0800.

For the first time, Nobu will be offering iftar during Ramadhan. The Japanese hotspot will blend Chef Nobu’s signature dishes such as Steamed Seabass Dry Miso with Eggplant Purée and Creamy Rock Shrimp with his spin on iftar staples such as dried fruit and vegetables to break one’s fast. The daily iftar set menu costs AED270 per person, and a regular ala carte menu is available as well. The dinner service is from 7 pm to 11.30 pm Saturday to Wednesday and will run to 12.30 am on Thursdays and Fridays. 

For more information e-mail restaurantreservations@atlantisthepalm.com or call +971 4426 2626.

Kaleidoscope will include the traditional Ramadhan favourites served an interactive open kitchen and live cooking stations. For AED200, guests can choose between an iftar buffet including water and Ramadhan juices from 6 pm to 8:30 pm or the dinner buffet from 9 to 11 pm. 

For more information e-mail restaurantreservations@atlantisthepalm.com or call +971 4426 2626.

*Only those over 21 will be admitted.