Bumble Box Dubai Launches!

This past weekend saw the very first Bumble Box Market taking place at the Al Quoz Garden Centre and if the buzz.. (see what I did there?) on twitter and the net is anything to go by, it was quite the event! Sadly I missed it and if you did too, fear not.. it was the first I hope of many more to come.

Bumble Box Dubai is a great initiative providing those of us in Dubai with fresh, organic, local produce in the shape of tasty fruit and vegetable boxes.

 
' All of the vegetables are organic and local and will be hand picked that morning so you won’t be able to find anything fresher in Dubai! We will be selling small and large Bumble Boxes which will be pre selected with fruit and veg from our local farms. '

They hold a bi-weekly market at the Al Quoz Garden Centre on Tuesdays and Saturday's which starts at 9.30am and they also provide a delivery service of their Bumble Boxes which are brimming full of yummy organic fruit and veg at 80 AED for 2 people and 130 AED for 4 people.

Bumble Box can be found at http://www.bumble-box.com/

Paratha King: House of Paratha's with over a 100 varieties

A Paratha is an extremely popular Indian flat-bread, described perfectly and in detail on Wikipedia. What they don't tell you there is that we in Dubai have a small little place (and I do mean a tiny hole in the wall) directly opposite Karama Post Office, next to Baskin Robins, that offers us over a 100 varieties of these delicious, carbalicious treats! 

My first thought on hearing about this place was how on earth did they manage to come up with a 100 different varieties? Normal variations include stuffing them with different fillings such as boiled potatoes, cauliflower or other leafy vegetables, but a hundred? That's quite the achievement and naturally my second thought was.. where do I start?

Pictured: Chilli Milli

Thankfully they make all their Paratha's with sunflower oil instead of the usual fattening ghee and whole wheat flour. The Paratha's also come with a tiny side of yogurt, chick peas, daal (lentils) and small packets of  mixed pickle.

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800Pizza.. 'Thin crust' pizza at its best

When it comes to pizza, it can be a very personal matter.. Some prefer the thick crusted Chicago style deep pan, others prefer the medium crust and those like me want the super thin crust!

We certainly don't have any shortage of pizza options in Dubai be it the run of the mill chains like Domino's or Pizza hut or another slightly newer company that's been the subject of many a conversations recently due to their mass bombardment of media. Yes I might be talking about another certain brand touting their 'healthy' pizza all over Twitter and Facebook but having tried it, I would still say they I wasn't won over - still there are some who love it and think its the best thing since sliced bread.  One thing is for sure, whoever did their PR work does deserve a medal for spreading the word that quickly.

Margherita con mozzarella di Bufala w/ extra chillies

I personally love all kinds of carbs & cheese, but when it comes to pizza's, my preferred choice is a thin crust with the slight hint of crisped (i.e burnt) edges and I have yet to find someone who does it better then 800Pizza.  Everything from the traditional handcrafted wood-fired stone oven to the Mozzarella and Flour flown in from Italy - it doesn't get any more genuinely Italian than this...

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