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We celebrate the UAE's 49th National Day by popping open a bag of one our childhood favourite crisps: Chips Oman. Featuring Chips Oman devotees on our team, our GM and Food Tour Guide Farida Ahmed and our Eating Designer Mufaddal Husein. Please watch and subscribe to our #onedishDXB videos on YouTube and on IGTV! Instagram handles: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures), Farida Ahmed (@faridaa) and Mufaddal Husein (@mufaddal.husein).

We dip our fingers into the rich buttery subject of clarified butter aka ghee with artist, home baker and nature lover Cherida Fernandez and our Frying Pan Adventures food tour guide Noorin Ansari. Mentioned on the podcast, Cherida's blog post on ghee: ‘Ghee-wiz’ – Discovering the surprise that clarified butter holds Please watch and subscribe to our #onedishDXB videos on YouTube and on IGTV! Instagram handles: Cherida Fernandez (@cherida_fernandez), Noorin Ansari (@noogoopoo), Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures).   

We dip into jars of spicy relish inspired by flavours of the Middle East, Mediterranean and East Asia. Our guest speakers are two Dubai-based small-batch culinary artisans. Rasha Itani from S'Hauce and Ali Shawwa from Banak Kitchen. Instagram handles: Rasha Itani from S'Hauce (@shauce_ae), Ali Shawwa from Banak Kitchen (@banak.kitchen), Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures). 

We take a "cake walk" down memory lane with our food tour guides Nahla Tabbaa and Stephanie Mahmoud to unearth childhood cake trends. We also shine a light on creative cake variations and bakeries that you can find now in Dubai.    Grab the list of all the bakeries mentioned on our blog here. Partner shout-out on this episode: Gulf Photo Plus, the region's leading photography education resource. Learn more about them at http://gulfphotoplus.com/ and check out Mohamed Somji's photo mentioned during the show here. Instagram handles: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures), Nahla Tabbaa (@nahlatabbaa) and Stephanie Mahmoud (@everydayfeasts). 

We explore some biryani variants that we've enjoyed in Dubai with our our Eating Designer Mufaddal Husein and our food tour guide Tanya Rehman. Grab the list of all the restaurants mentioned and a few more to try on our blog here.  Corrections: Beriani Isfahani is made with lamb (not goat meat) and the lungs on the side are black once cooked. Arva's memory hasn't served her too well 6 years after her trip to Isfahan!  Instagram handles: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures), Mufaddal Husein (@mufaddal.husein) and Tanya Rehman (@tanya18r). 

From blind dates to double dates, we share our favourite spots for date night in Dubai with our Frying Pan Adventures' food tour guides: Farida Ahmed, Nahla Tabbaa, Tanya Rehman and Noorin Ansari. Visit our blog for a list of all the restaurant details mentioned in our podcast. Instagram handles: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures), Farida (@faridaa), Noorin (@noogoopoo), Tanya Rehman (@tanya18r), Nahla (@nahlatabaa).

We shine a light on 4 Syrian dishes that the rest of the world has to try with Nahla Tabbaa and Omayah Atassi. Grab the list of all the dishes described and the restaurants mentioned on our blog here.  And if you'd like to watch the YouTube video by the entertaining Syrian home chef that Nahla mentioned on the show (it's in Arabic), click here. Nahla Tabbaa is a Jordanian-Bangladeshi artist, curator and food tour guide with Frying Pan Adventures. Omayah Atassi is a Syrian-American food and architecture photographer and writer. She blogs at Omayah Cooks and launched a doughnut concept called D'omes Donuts. Instagram handles: Nahla Tabbaa (@thefinelychopped), Omayah Atassi (@omayah.atassi) and Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures).

We learn how Chinese food became Indianized the history of 'authentic' Desi Chinese cuisine and share our favourite foods with Mumbai-based food writer Kalyan Karmakar and our Frying Pan food tour guide Tanya Rehman. Grab a rundown of all the dishes described on our blog here.  Instagram handles: Kalyan Karmakar (@thefinelychopped), Tanya Rehman (@tanya18r) and Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures).

We explore 5 chilli-studded dishes in Dubai that aren’t just dangerously hot, but also irresistibly delicious with our GM and tour guide Farida Ahmed and the founder of Haute Sauce, Ambika Rajgopal. Grab the list of the 5 dishes shared on this episode and where to find them on our blog. Instagram handles: Farida Ahmed (@faridaa) Ambika Rajgopal (@hautesauce_dxb) and Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures).

We try to wrap our heads around cooking and eating sacks of fish roe with guest speakers Mo Abedin aka @saucebeast from Sticky Rice and Deepika Shetty aka @shortgirlbakes. Instagram handles: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures), Mo Abedin (@moabedin / @saucebeast), Deepika Shetty (@shortgirlbakes)

We unearth popular gluten-free flatbread recipes that have historically been made across India with our two food tour guides, Farida Ahmed and Noorin Ansari.  Visit our blog for Noorin's recipe for a lentil-based dosa as well as where to find these flours and breads across Dubai. Instagram handles: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures), Farida (@faridaa), Noorin (@noogoopoo). 

We sift through the history and technique behind making the perfect couscous with Algerian food lover and blogger, Radia Si Yousef. Check out our blog post which includes a link Radia's perfect couscous recipe and other couscous links as well as the full transcript. Instagram handles: Radia Si Yousef (@radatouille), Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures),

We get to the bottom of why Uzbek restaurants serve Korean dishes with two of our teammates who led a Korean-Uzbek food tour in Dubai. Check out our blog post with the list of dishes, restaurants to taste them at in Dubai and the full transcript here. Instagram handles: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures), Nahla (@nahlatabaa), Mufaddal (@mufaddal.husein). 

We discover Azerbaijani cuisine with Jamila Qadir, a Dubai-based journalist from Azerbaijan. She serves us a virtual 3-course feast of traditional plov, kufte bozbash and ajapsandal. Get Jamila's recipes for her 3-course feast on our blog here. You can also connect with Jamila over twitter @jamilaqadir. Instagram handle: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures).

We share the quirks and perks of eating with hands across four cultures found in Dubai—Indian, Jordanian, Filipino and Ethiopian—with our Frying Pan Adventures' food tour guides, Farida Ahmed and Nahla Tabbaa. Visit our blog for a list of restaurants where you can order these traditional meals. Instagram handles: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures), Farida (@faridaa), Nahla (@nahlatabbaa) 

Two Chinese food afficianados, Xini Wei and Jing Leng, reveal 5 Chinese noodle dishes that you've got to try.  Get the restaurants, location pins and noodle names shared by Xini and Jing on our blog. Instagram handles: Xini Wei (@xiniw), Jing Leng (@tinhindubai) Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures).

A special episode dedicated to Beirut in the aftermath of the explosions on August 4, 2020. We hear from 5 Dubai-based chefs who are behind the Cook for Beirut dinners to raise funds for the Lebanese Red Cross to aid those affected in Beirut.  The 5 chefs that joined us on the show are: Bethany Kehdy (@bethanykehdy), Rita Soueidan (@sweetfixbyrita) Greg Malouf (@gregmaloufchef), Ruby Chaer (@rubychaer) and Mohammad Orfali (@m.orfali). Special thanks to Marilyn Zakour and Rhea Chadid from Who Run the World podcast for sharing information on how to support Beirut through the crisis. The link mentioned in the podcast is: https://lebanoncrisis.carrd.co/#donate Links to Support: We will continue to add links from the community here in Dubai to support Beirut: Links to the Lebanese Red Cross and other organizations supporting the relief efforts in Beirut: https://lebanoncrisis.carrd.co/#donate Lebanon Disaster Relief Screenings on 9th, 14th, 15th August 2020 at Cinema Akil: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDmCNQHB4lj/ Beirut Relief Dinner on 16th August 2020 at Bait Maryam in Dubai: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDtAul8scaZ

*Reposting as the previous Shawarma episode had only music, no shawarma. Sorry about that!* We share our top spots for shawarma in Dubai and what toppings we strongly believe must (or must not) be in your chicken or meat shawarma. Rerun from Who Run the World podcast. Get the list and location pins of our favourite shawarma spots on our blog. Instagram handles: Who Run the World (@whoruntheworldpod), Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures).

Amanda Mouttaki from Marrakech Food Tours takes us through 3 days of nose-to-tail lamb feasting in Morocco for Eid Al Adha, the Muslim Festival of Sacrifice. Read more on our blog: About Amanda Mouttaki Podcast Recap: Lamb Dishes Cooked Across 3 Days of Eid Al Adha in Morocco Amanda's Prune & Fried Almond Lamb Tagine Recipe (Mrouzia) Transcript of the podcast episode Instagram handles: Amanda Mouttaki (@marocmama), Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures).

We explore six of our favourite Indian chaat dishes and where to find them in Dubai with long-time Indian expats and tour guides, Farida and Noorin.  Find the list of foods and restaurants mentioned as well as the complete transcript of this episode on our blog here. Instagram handles: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures), Farida (@faridaa), Noorin (@noogoopoo).