Authentic Bites, Boundless Yums
Celebrating New Year’s Eve in Dubai has been in mu bucket list for some time, so I was very happy to experience this. Somehow, as 2018 is celebrated as The Year of Zayed, the Father of UAE. In 2018 it is 100 years since the birth of the Sheikh Zayed, and to honor him the NYE 2018 was celebrated in a different way with only LED light show instead of the well known fireworks.
The 6th day and New Year’s Eve was celebrated Downtown Dubai. I did some research about several events before we left for Dubai, and I then found out that Karma Kafé offered a NYE menu, that I booked approx. 1 month before, as they had some early bird prices as well.
Karma Kafé is a Pan-Asia restaurant, placed on the 3rd floor in Souk Al Bahar, with a balcony view of Burj Khalifa and the Fountains. Also you can easily enter the ground floor balcony to have the direct view of Burj Khalifa, which was the reason to book a table here for the NYE.
After the helicopter tour and visiting the Dubai Frame, where we went for a very big walk, my friend was so exhausted, and only wanted to take some rest – actually sleep, and I was bored AF as I wanted to go for shopping on my own. Dubai is one of the safest places in the world, you can go wherever you want on your own. As we’d already been to Dubai Mall several times, I decided to go to the Mall of the Emirates for some shopping. The Mall of the Emirates has more than 560 shops, more than 90 dining options, 5 star hotels and world’s biggest indoor ski – what an incredible view it has!
The Mall of the Emirates is located near our hotel in Al Barsha, but I went there with a taxi, as I was not sure about walking. Going there with taxi still took about 8-10 minutes.
After the shopping I went for dinner at an indian restaurant nearby our hotel – Bombay Urban Cafe.
After the incredible helicopter tour, we decided to go to the Dubai Frame, located in the Zabeel Park. The opening was officially on the 1st of January 2018, so we could only have a outdoor view of the Frame. I hope to visit it in my next trip to Dubai 😉
The best experience ever in my life; The 5th day during the trip to Dubai 😉
Helicopter tour, seeing the beautiful Dubai from the sky was another level of experience, and something I’d love to do again 😀
After our visit to Dubai Miracle Garden we took some rest before our dinner at the Palace Downtown. As mentioned before, Souk Al Bahar and the Palace Downtown are my favourite spots in Dubai. There are so much space to enjoy the moment and to relax.
The Palace Downtown consists of hotels, resorts, restaurants and lounges. If you want to stay in Downtown Dubai, close to Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall, and still need a lot of space, The Palace Downtown will be the perfect place to enjoy your stay.