![]() While celebrating three years of confusion, fights, struggles and bouts of happiness, he came up with the idea of dining at a South East Asian restaurant called Cho Gao. So, my husband and I were in Abu Dhabi celebrating our 3 rd anniversary. How can you gobble up something you love so much…that’s why it is my fishy kind of love! I have been a heavy seafood eater but the sheer freshness, melt-in-your-mouth texture and taste of the sea won my heart and my palate. Took the first bite and I fully understood the adage “tasted like the ocean”. The shiny skin crackled as soon as it hit the hot pan, the natural oil from the fish made it crispy and ready to eat.įishing Village in Oman (approx…50 km from Al Ashkhara Beach Resort, Resort Coordinates: 21☄4’07.2″N 59☂8’55.8″E) I brought home some of the treasure and fried it with close to no marinade. I went to the makeshift market where sardines, king fish, jumbo prawns, squid, octopus and lobster were being sold. I stood there in awe as the locals untangled the fish from the fishing nets. I touched the freshly caught fish and was amazed at the absence of the distinctive smell that we have grown to associate fish with (thanks to the supermarket fish aisles). It was during this trip that I witnessed the early morning ritual of fishermen setting out into the sea, coming back with a boat full of the freshest catch. So I settled for a road trip to a fishing village located 50 kilometres away from Al Ashkhara, Oman. I would like to think of myself as a mermaid but my insatiable appetite for seafood would make me an inhospitable member of the community. There is nothing fishy about my love for the ocean and the creatures that dwell therein. It is indeed a place for celebration, a place that rekindles the lovey kind of love!Ĭaution:This post may be inedible for the Finding Nemo fan base! The flavours are in place, the hospitality is top notch, the ambiance is warm, cosy, elegant and not to forget romantic and the food is to die for. This restaurant is doing a lot of things right. The sauce added that extra punch to the dish which was elevated by the mash and the veggies. Love at First Bite, Shatti Al-Qurum, Next to Fit Body or Opp. While I enjoyed ‘Forget You’ – my strawberry margarita, my friend called for a ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ (chicken breast cooked with coriander and cream served with mashed potatoes) I must have been looking splendid ). You can have a highly productive conversation just by reading the wicked and naughty menu with dishes such as ‘the way you look tonight’, ‘it’s complicated’, ‘dangerously delicious’, ‘sinfully divine’, ‘obsession’, ‘one night stand-wiches’… Explore their menu at The romantic indoor shamiana or Arabian tent with silk drapes, cushions and lanterns is perfect to spend a romantic evening with that special person! Lot of my friends do not know about this place and is the perfect opportunity for me to gloat. With a name like that, need I say more? But I do intend to, coz this is a food experience that positively added the lovey kind of feeling to LOVE! Photo Courtesy: ![]() The icing on the cake was dinner at a restaurant in Muscat called ‘Love At First Bite’. It was my milestone birthday this year and my friends and family made is spectacularly lovely.
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