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Moving back to Dubai after 22 years has been an experience! Back then we didn't have the internet or blogs. Now we do I can jot down my thoughts on daily life, things we come up against, things we enjoy, the multi-national society, the laws, the weather...plus other things in general which catch my attention.
About Me
- Seabee
- We lived in Dubai from 1977 to 1984, visited on a couple of holidays, then moved back again in 2005. We came because we wanted to watch the incredible development as it happened and we moved back to Oz in 2011. I now blog on Life in Oz and the link is on my last post here. I welcome comments & debate on the blog, but insults are unnecessary and inappropriate. I will delete any which are libel, racist, obscene, advertising or which are simply to make a point but are completely off-subject. If you want to do that, create your own blog. Oh, and I've decided to add a new category to the delete list because there are too many of them left on blogs - stupid comments. If you want to use my photos or quote from my posts you may do so - but only if you credit the source and give a link back to my original post.
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10 comments:
Mr seabee, how much was the buffet? I will invite all of my family to go there as it is considered a feast in our country to have that on our table. Hope that wasn't one-off.
Hmmmm. And I thought I'd seen it all in Dubai. But personally, I'd rather you keep this under wraps, to avoid any sort of repurcussions/ backlashes to all concerned. Esp. with the current Dubai mentality. Or at least keep the venue under wraps.
Alvurnheeyha I think they usually have Peking Duck but this time they had the suckling pig instead. If you want to go especially for that you should check with the restaurant to make sure they have it. Cost of the buffet is Dh200 per person.
Shankie: "I'd rather you keep this under wraps, to avoid any sort of repurcussions/ backlashes". Repercussions for selling pork? It's openly available all over the city, in supermarkets and restaurants.
Cost of the buffet is Dh200 per person.
Seabee,
I presume you'll had to pay extra for spirits?
Pork might be freely available in the supermarkets and restaurants but you might be the one who gets penalised for eating it rather than your neighbour even though you both had a dabble.
We know that it's one rule for one and one rule for another at the moment in Dubai, and with the Imaam of the Grand Mosque of KSA visiting Sheikh Mo yesterday, things are only gonna get tighter and back the way they were. Conservatively Islamic!
Anonymous at 5:11 PM - 3/20
That would truly be a shame if Dubai takes the conservative route for the sake of a bailout for that would surely mean in simpler terms; a final nail on its dilapidated coffin.
Here's hoping its neither.
Bring on that great pork crackling...
Sorry, I overstated the price of the buffet by five dirhams. I checked the bill and it's actually Dh195.
DougF, yes, that's the price for the food. Drinks, inc water, are extra.
Anonymous at 5:11 PM
you might be the one who gets penalised for eating it
In that case will it be the restaurant who will be penalised afaik?
And it's not really so much about us eating pork in the restaurant but them displaying it on the buffet table.
Exactly my point. Even though the restaurant is displaying the pork, it is a high probability that the consumer will be penalised judging by how things have been actioned in Dubai in current months.
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