There’s always room for more you’ll find when you walk the Taste of Abu Dhabi. Past vendors who serve up delectables from farms and other local businesses, past grills that sigh with smoke at each slap of red meat. The smells engage you. So it’s just as well that we get to the annual food fest in time an hour after it opens – at 3pm. This is late enough for the chefs to have set up shop and not so late that the queues get frustrating. It’s still teeming though.
The food fest has 16 pop-ups with Taste exclusive menus that come with just the right size of bite. Then there are the workshop areas, white and well lit to ensure cooking – and clean-up – is up to standard. There’s a spot you can learn how to make your favourite coffee, another where matcha is whisked to tease flavour out, and still a third where you’ll find chocolate rain for your ice cream.
The chefs behind the succulent meats heat up the grills and season the meat. Norbert Kasumba, of Oak Room, says it’s his second year cooking at Taste of Abu Dhabi. “I was here last year and it was amazing. I got a nice experience and we sold the burgers.
