Abu Dhabi
Hakkasan Abu Dhabi, Emirates Palace
This upscale Chinese restaurant has a four-course set menu for Ramadan. Soup options are Chinese wild mushroom, hot and sour soup with chicken, crab and sweetcorn and Chilean sea bass with baby spinach. On the list of six starters, we couldn’t resist the crispy duck salad and the salt and pepper squid – which we highly recommend. The seven mains include steamed red snapper, wok-fried beef rib-eye, stir-fried kung po chicken and the vegetarian tofu and aubergine clay-pot in black bean sauce. But our favourite dish of the night was the wok-fried tomato wild prawns, drenched in a sauce that was equal parts sour and sweet. You can get Umm Ali or date ice cream for dessert, but our waiter said guests can order any dessert off the regular menu. Dh290, from 6pm to midnight. Call 02 690 7999.
• Hakkasan Dubai offers a three-course set menu for Ramadan for Dh298. Call 04 384 8484
Dubai
Tresind, Nassima Royal Hotel
This Indian fine-dining restaurant that fuses traditional flavours with modern presentation serves up a sit-down iftar buffet where guests get heaps of food right at their table. The dinner includes dates, saffron milk, fruits, vegetables and salad to start. Then guests gets a choice of biryani, a choice of curry with breads, two side dishes and a mocktail. Dishes on offer include roast lamb shank biryani, lamb nihari, roast lamb chops, roasted duck and more. Dh200, from 7pm to 3am. Call 04 308 0440
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