Sista Time - Day 4, Eating out, Abu Dhabi. June 2014

Dropping the visitors off at 8.45am at the Grand Mosque during Ramadan isn't the best idea especially when the security guard will not even let you inside the grounds until 9am.  So after driving around and around the area and not knowing how to get back to the mosque side, I drop them off on the opposite side of the road and they have to brave the heat and labourers to walk across an overbridge.  As with anyone who visits here, they were overawed by the splendour and glamour of the Grand Mosque.  I manage to get totally lost from then on and end up driving half way to the desert before finding a turn off and the road back to work, arriving an hour or so late!

Our outing tonight takes us to visit the recently opened Almaz by Momo Moroccon restaurant in Galleria Mall on Marayah Island, just next to Reem Island.  This restaurant has a special interest to Diane and Lua due to connections in London so we booked a table and dressed up to go out.

The teenager thought it was time Mother tried shisha so after a feeble attempt while the niece was here, tonight was the real McCoy.

Ok Aunty, this is how it's done!

 Intense concentration.

 Wait!

Maybe this isn't for me!  

A lot of laughs at my expense.

We had booked for the Iftar buffet and the food was delicious.  As with most local restaurants, the desserts offer a snapshot taste of so many different flavours and you have to taste many to find one that you truly enjoy.

Unable to decide which dessert to try.

Selection of sweets.

My favourite dish was the fish cooked in the terrine.  Talk about melt in the mouth.  Delicious.

Our original table was directly inside the door, not a nice setting so we opted to move to a table in the smoking area.  This meant we could partake of shisha during our meal.  I spent the whole time taking care not to knock over the shisha pipe and cause a fire.  The men rushing by with hot coals have a full time job and the regular customers were noticable by the undivided attention they received.

Shisha pipe.

 Nephew & Aunty bonding.

 Gaylene & Lua.

 Lochie & Aunty Diane.

 Lua.

 Coffee time!

 Shocking photographer but you can see we are all dressed up for our night out.