Friday, June 6, 2008

Friday Brunch

A very popular activity on a weekend over here is Friday Brunch. Brunch over here is not a big fry-up at about 11am on a bank holiday Monday, it is a long lunch held in most of the hotels around town. Friends and families get together, from lunch time to late afternoon, eating good food, having the odd drink, and basically enjoying a relaxing day together.

Today four of us went over to Al Fanar restaurant at Le Royal Meridien. This is probably one of the most talked about brunches in town, mainly because Al Fanar is at the top of the hotel, on the 25th floor, and is a revolving restaurant, offering fantastic views of the city. You get to see both extremes of Abu Dhabi, from the calm seas of the Arabian Gulf to the Manhattan like skyline that is emerging as AD develops.



Al Fanar is an experience, the food was endless, your glass was never allowed to go less than half full, and every time you looked out of the window you had a different view and different perspective of the city. Seeing the hustle and bustle below one minute to the tranquility the next.

It does take a bit of time to get used to the motion, though set at a steady pace, you could see and feel that you were moving. But nonetheless, it was really good fun and a very popular place, and you have to book a month in advance!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

well heard alot of this brunch..how much is it??

Chris Nicolaides said...

Selvah, I can't exactly remember how much it was, as I said, your glass was never allowed to be empty! If I recall it was between 150 and 200 AED per head, all inclusive, definitely no more than 200. It is popular, so if you want to go, you should book 4 weeks in advance.