My Michelin-star restaurant experience in Dubai: When I found ‘least favourite vegetables’ on the menu

My Michelin-star restaurant experience in Dubai: When I found ‘least favourite vegetables’ on the menu

On a journey to discover if Michelin-star restaurants are worth it, a KT staffer finds an interesting item in the menu

Published: Tue 6 Jun 2023, 6:00 AM

Imagine going to a Michelin-starred restaurant and finding an item on the menu called 'your least favourite vegetables'.

Well, true story, I - an avid meat lover - found this menu at Avatara and loved every bite of the restaurant’s 16-course.

But first things first. Michelin-starred restaurants have always fascinated me. So, you can imagine my delight in 2022 when the prestigious guide arrived in the city I have called home for as long as I can remember.

Since then, I have dined at two such restaurants both of which have been very unique experiences. Each time, the question I posed to myself was the same. Do Michelin-starred restaurants live up to the hype?

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Coming back to the affair of my 'least favourite vegetables', it is what I found on the menu at Avatara, the newly minted restaurant that was awarded a one-star at the Michelin Guide 2023. I was apprehensive about how much I would like an all-vegetarian fare.

Helmed by chef Rahul Rana, Avatara celebrates soulful Indian food and is one of Dubai's only all-vegetarian fine