Several of the capital’s finest restaurants will host special dinners throughout the festival
• At Emirates Palace, Mezzaluna will feature an indulgent white-truffle menu featuring Italian dishes, including steak tartare and tagliolini covered with Alba white-truffle shavings. There is even an Alba truffle ice cream. Le Café in the palace will also host an Arabic afternoon tea menu that allows you to experience tea as the locals do, with prices starting at Dh200.
• At Eastern Mangroves by Anantara, Pachaylen will offer a bespoke four-course Thai menu featuring signature dishes every night from now until December 23, for Dh250. The hotel will also host a special Pool Deck barbecue on December 23, the final night of the festival, that will feature a performance by Parisian band Swing Deluxe. Tickets start at Dh239 and will be sold on www.tixbox.com.
* Stacie Overton Johnson
