Tub of Butter, a home-grown casual all-day eatery, has opened on Sheikh Zayed Road (next to the Metropolitan Hotel) in Dubai.
Tala Khamis, the restaurant’s managing partner, says: “It’s been my dream to open a home-grown concept since I moved to the UAE two years ago. My influence for the Mediterranean menu came from my visit to Greece. There is so much to see and explore as soon as you enter the restaurant. It is the perfect place for a relaxing coffee morning, lunch with the kids or a quiet dinner.”
The venue’s counters are filled with pastries, desserts, Italian cold cuts, olives, jams and an array of Mediterranean cheeses. Rotisserie chickens are served up daily and pizzas are baked in a Mediterranean-style oven. Breakfast, served from 7am to 11.30am on weekdays and until 2.30pm on weekends, offers bites such as eggs benedict and crushed avocados with chilli chia seeds and lime on toasted sourdough bread, while the list of pizzas on offer includes a crispy smoked turkey pizza with Kalamata olives, passata, mozzarella, artichokes and ruccola.
Tub of Butter’s retail space includes Japanese tea blends, cookbooks, dried pastas, 23 carat gold truffle honey, diamond salt from Pakistan and pepper from Madagascar. There’s also a children’s play area to keep the little ones entertained.
Tub of Butter is open every day from 7am to 11pm. Call 04 343 8884 for details.
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