Dubai Restaurants You Should Have on Your Radar

"A serene rooftop omakase that opened in September 2021, led by chef Solemann Haddad, where Japanese techniques are woven with Middle Eastern ingredients to create a distinctly Dubai cuisine. The hushed, emerald-tiled kitchen and residential-tower rooftop set a quiet, intimate stage for inventive compositions: a cylinder of seaweed-wrapped rice topped with tuna belly brushed in local dates and honey; yuzu-steeped stracciatella dusted with pomegranate molasses and served in a miso muhammara that begs to be eaten with fluffy charcoal khubz; hamachi crudo in a sumac-and-citrus ponzu brightened with za'atar oil; and a fiery hamachi tartare enlivened by shatta. The food is simultaneously refined and regionally rooted, and the chef has been recognized with a Michelin Young Chef Award." - Sarah Khan