AL FANAR RESTAURANT & CAFE

Breakfast

Breakfast in the UAE usually features breads like Raqaq, Khameer; and Chebab, served with cheese, date syrup or eggs

• Khoboz Reqaq

  Thin traditional bread

  • Plain£5.50
  • With Egg£7.95
  • With Cheese£7.95
  • With Egg & Cheese£8.50
  • With Cheese & Honey£8.50

• Beidh Qyoun or Qurs ma Khoboz Reqaq£8.95

  Egg sunny side up or over hard with Reqaq bread

• Laham Nashef£12.95

  Mutton cooked in rich gravy and our special spices, served with side white rice or bread

• Keema£10.95

  Minced beef with peas served with Paratha bread

• Paratha Wrap

  • Plain£6.50
  • With Cheese & Honey£7.95
  • With Nutella£7.95

• Chebab£8.95

  Emirati pancake

• Shakshooka£11.95

  Egg in a sauce of tomatoes, chili, pepper and topped with basil leaves

• Khoboz Khameer£7.95

  Bread baked in traditional style, served with honey and cream cheese

• Dango£5.50

  Chick Peas

• Beidh wa Tomat

  Scrambled Egg with tomato and our special seasoning

• Ma Khoboz Wagafi£9.95

  traditional bread

• Ma Khoboz Reqaq£10.95

  Thin traditional bread

• Bajella£5.50

  Broad Beans

• Balalit Ma Khoboz Wagafi£10.50

  Sweetened thin noodle with cardamom, saffron and plain omelete

Appetizers

• Robyan Mashwi

  Grilled Jumbo shrimp

  • Small£7.95
  • Large£13.50

• Hobool£12.95

  Deep fried fish roe

• Naghar Mashwi

  Grilled Squid

  • Small£7.50
  • Large£12.50

• Koftat Samak

  Deep fried crumbled fish with onion and coriander leaves in our special spices, served with Al Fanar tomato sauce

  • Small£7.95
  • Large£12.95

• Mixed Appetizers

  Koftat Samak, Samboosa and Hobool

  • Small£12.95
  • Large£15.50

• Samboosa

  Deep fried pastry

  • Vegetable£7.50
  • Meat£7.95

Soup

• Shorbat Adas£5.95

  Lentil Soup

• Shorbat Akalat Bahreia£9.00

  Seafood soup

Salad

• Salatat Jarjeer£7.50

  Rocket Salad

• Salatat Al Fanar£7.95

  Seasonal fresh mix vegetables with special Al Fanar dressing

• Salatat Deyay ma Kezbora£8.95

  Chicken Coriander salad

• Salatat Basal Wa Tomat£7.50

  Tomato and Onion salad

• Salatat Hamba WA Jarjeer£8.95

  Rocket and Mango salad

Main Dish

Due to harsh desert conditions, the tradition Emirati food uses a lot of meat, grain and dairy. Meat, fish and rice are the main foods of the Emirati cuisine. Usually lamb and mutton are the more favored meats, than beef. Emirati cuisine is a reflection of a great Arabian heritage and vast exposure to civilizations over time. The dishes are usually like stews as everything is often cooked in a single pot. Saffron, cardamom, turmeric and thyme are the core flavors used in Emirati cookery

• Machboos Samak£19.00

  Fish cooked with yellow rice simmered in fish stock with special Arabic spices and dry lemon

• Machboos Robyan£21.00

  Shrimp cooked with yellow rice simmered in shrimp stock with special Arabic spices and dry lemon

• Machboos Deyay£16.00

  Chicken cooked with yellow rice simmered in chicken stock with special Arabic spices and dry lemon

• Machboos Laham£19.00

  Meat cooked with yellow rice simmered in meat stock with special Arabic spices and dry lemon

• Beryanin Robyan£21.00

  Shrimp served with mix of rice, onion and coriander

• Beryani Laham£19.00

  Mutton mixed with mix of rice, onions and raisins

• Beryani Deyay£16.00

  Chicken served with mix of rice, onions, lentils beans and raisins

• Beryani Samak£19.00

  Fish served with mix of rice, onion and coriander

• Deyay Nashef£16.00

  Chicken cooked in rich tomato sauce and our special spices, served with side white rice or bread

• Naghar Nashef£19.00

  Squid cooked in rich tomato sauce and our special spices, served with side white rice or bread

• Robyan Magli£19.00

  Pan fried shrimp with onion seasoned with our special sauce, served with side white rice or bread

• Jesheed£17.00

  Crumbled king fish cooked with onion and mixed Arabic spices served with side white rice

• Saloona Deyay ma Khudhar£16.00

  Chicken stew with seasonal vegetable cooked in tomato sauce and our special arabic spices served with side white rice or bread

• Sallona Laham ma Khudhar£19.00

  Meat stew with seasonal vegetable cooked in tomato sauce and our special arabic spices served with side white rice or bread

• Saloona Laham Badaweya£19.00

  Mutton stew with potato, tomato and dry lemon served with side white rice or bread

• Saloona Samak£19.00

  Fish stew cooked in rich tomato sauce and tamarind served with side white rice or bread

• Thereed Deyay£16.00

  Thin Arabic bread in chicken stew with potato and seasonal vegetables

• Margougat Laham£19.00

  Arabic bread simmered in meat with potato and seasonal vegetable

• Margourat Deyay£16.00

  Arabic bread simmered in chicken stew with potato and seasonal vegetable

• Thereed Laham£19.00

  Thin arabic bread in meat stew with potato seasonal vegetables

• Samak Magli£19.00

  Fried fish served with white rice or bread

• Samak Mashwi - Seabream£19.00

  Grilled fish with our special spices served with side white rice or bread

• Samak Tanoor£21.00

  Grilled fish in oven, marinated in our special spices served with side white rice or bread. Ask for the fish of the day

• Naghar Mashwi£21.00

  Grilled Squid seasoned with our special spices, with side white rice or bread

• Robyan Mashwi£23.00

  Grilled tiger shrimp with our special spices served with side white rice or bread

• Harees£18.00

  Traditional Emiriti dish made of wheat and meat

• Kebab Emarati£19.00

  Mutton meat kebab marinated in traditional style served with side white rice or bread

• Tekat Deyay Emarati£17.00

  Chicken kebab marinated in Arabic spices with yogurt served with side white rice or bread

• Koftat Laham£18.00

  Minced Lamb marinated in onion, parsley, mint and Emirati spices; served with side white rice or bread

Side Orders

• Khoboz Wagafi (Bread)£1.95

• Aysh Abyadh (White Rice)£3.95

• Aysh Machboos (Machboos Rice)£3.95

• Aysh Beryani (Beryani Rice)£3.95

• Saman Baladi (Ghee)£1.00

Sweets

Dates, Saffron and Cardamom are the main ingredients used to prepare Emiriti sweets

• Cake Al Cacao Beltamor

  Chocolate Cake with Dates

  • One Slice£7.00

• Cake Al Tamor

  Dates Cake

  • One Slice£6.50

• Asidat Al Tamor£8.50

  Emirati Dates Pudding

• Ferni£5.50

  Rice pudding

• Leqaimat£8.50

  Golden crisp fried dough balls coated with dates syrup

• Sagoo£5.50

  Tapioca pudding

• Araroot£5.50

  Custard pudding

• Khabish£7.50

  Traditional Emiriti sweet made of sautéed flour and molasses mixture

• Seniyat Fawala£19.95

  Desserts platter that includes Leqaimat, Ferni, Asidat Al Tamor Araroot, and Khabisah

Drinks

• Fresh Orange Juice£4.50

• Fresh Lemonade with Mint£4.50

• Vimto£3.50

• Laban Ayran (Yogurt Drink)£3.50

• Water

  • Small£2.50
  • Larger£3.95

• Soft Drinks£2.50

  Pepsi, 7 Up, Mirinda, Mountain Dew

• Arabic Coffee

  • Pot£5.95

• Arabic Tea

  • Pot£4.50

• Ginger Tea

  • Pot£4.50

• Mint Tea

  • Pot£4.50

• English Breakfast Tea£4.50

• Pappermint Tea£4.50

• Karak Tea

  • Cup£3.50

• Hot Milk with Ginger£3.50

• Espresso

  • Single£2.95
  • Double£3.50

• Machhiato£2.95

• Cappuccino£2.95

• Café Latte£2.95

• Flat White£2.95

• Americano£2.95

• Turkish Coffee£4.50

• Extra Shot£0.50