Blue Jade restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Dubai has launched a street food concept on Wednesday nights.
On the menu is street food from across Asia, ordered from and prepared at seven stall-style cooking stations around the restaurant. Keeping with the theme, placemats are replaced with paper “tablecloths”, dishes are served in disposable containers and eaten using disposable cutlery.
Highlights of the Streets of Asia promotion are Chinese dumplings, Japanese maki rolls, Vietnamese vermicelli crab soup and Thai rice paper rolls and pomelo salad. Asian-themed mocktails, such as matcha latte and grass jelly bubble tea, are also available.
Guests are given a bundle of coupons – featuring copies of different Asian currencies – containing their table number to hand to the chef when they order their food. Once the food is ready, it will be brought to the guest’s table.
Dishes cost Dh60 per portion. Available every Wednesday from 6-11pm. For reservations, contact 04 318 6150 or dine.dubai@ritzcarlton.com
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Why it pays to compare
A comparison of sending Dh20,000 from the UAE using two different routes at the same time - the first direct from a UAE bank to a bank in Germany, and the second from the same UAE bank via an online platform to Germany - found key differences in cost and speed. The transfers were both initiated on January 30.
Route 1: bank transfer
The UAE bank charged Dh152.25 for the Dh20,000 transfer. On top of that, their exchange rate margin added a difference of around Dh415, compared with the mid-market rate.
Total cost: Dh567.25 - around 2.9 per cent of the total amount
Total received: €4,670.30
Route 2: online platform
The UAE bank’s charge for sending Dh20,000 to a UK dirham-denominated account was Dh2.10. The exchange rate margin cost was Dh60, plus a Dh12 fee.
Total cost: Dh74.10, around 0.4 per cent of the transaction
Total received: €4,756
The UAE bank transfer was far quicker – around two to three working days, while the online platform took around four to five days, but was considerably cheaper. In the online platform transfer, the funds were also exposed to currency risk during the period it took for them to arrive.
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