EGN NEWS DESK
Dubai’s “flavour queen” Kunwal Safdar is to host a pop-up supper membership within the Maldives, bringing her Persian-Punjabi delicacies to Eid diners for a particular beachfront feast.
The three-day residency on the palm-peppered InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort will characteristic progressive signature dishes like pani puri ceviche, smoky fried feta with spicy honey, and pickled prawn samosas.
After the starters are served, predominant programs can pay homage to the culinary traditions of the Gulf area, together with lamb shank stew with ghee croutons, herbed stuffed fish on polenta, and lamb ouzi with toasted nuts. The dessert record in the meantime options tahini halwa, pistachio and darkish chocolate baklava, and rose rice pudding.
The pop-up dinners from June 15-17 might be hosted on the InterContinental’s Lighthouse, which hovers on the finish of a pier over Tiffany-blue island waters, and the resort’s open-air seaside restaurant Cafe Umi.
London-born Chef Kunwal – who’s behind artisan samosa and broth model Moreish by Okay – presents distinctive eating experiences at her homegrown supper membership in Dubai, which is common with VIPs and foodies alike. She additionally runs Dubai’s first zero-waste kitchen and curates a line of gold honey sourced immediately from UAE farmers.
The supper membership was born in COVID, with Chef Kunwal aiming to “share the enjoyment of meals” from the consolation of her art-filled condominium in Dubai Marina. Guests expertise bespoke menus with components from native producers throughout an interesting night of culinary storytelling — whether or not at a personal chef’s desk seating as much as 5 or a bigger group expertise at intimate tables arrange all through the area.
The pop-up at InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort marks a primary worldwide growth for the supper membership, and is a becoming setting among the many island’s assortment of seaside, lagoon and overwater villas on the Raa Atoll, 35 minutes by seaplane from the capital metropolis of Malé.
Guests are invited to flee and reconnect with nature surrounded by the lodge’s comfortable white sands and palm timber, with glimpses of resplendent marine life – together with a novel manta ray sanctuary – from the close by UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
