Karak is the UAE's everyday tea — strong, sweet and made with evaporated milk and cardamom. Here is how it arrived, and how it differs from masala chai.

Luqaimat are the UAE's best-loved Emirati dessert — crisp fried dough balls soaked in date syrup. Here is the history behind them and where to try them.

Some dishes carry a place’s whole story on a single plate. In the United Arab Emirates, shrimp machboos is one of them — golden, spice-fragrant rice cooked slowly with prawns from the Arabian Gulf, finished with the unmistakable tang of dried lime. It is comfort food, celebration food, and Emirati heritage on a fork. If you’re looking for the most authentic place in Dubai to try it, head to a quieter, greener corner of the city: Al Fanar Al Barsha — the seafood-specialty branch of Al Fanar...