Fine Dining at Atelier M

Dubai Food Festival (DFF), Dubai’s annual citywide culinary celebration, returns from February 22 – March 10, 2018, with a range of events, activities and promotions. Organized by the Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), highlights of the 2018 edition will feature a mouth-watering line-up of events and activities, and engage more than 1000 restaurants and 50 celebrity chefs showcasing the diversity, creativity and multicultural nature of Dubai's culinary offering.

Atelier M, the high-end Marina venue has designed a special four-course set menu as part of this year’s DFF. From 25 February until 3 March, diners will be able to join celebrity chef Mohammed Islam’s table. Each night, Chef Islam will teach diners about each dish they’re served, educating them on everything from the preparation to the presentation of the meal.

Chef Islam is a firm proponent of high-quality produce. Unlike many of his contemporaries, the chef has always maintained he will not buy local just for the sake of appearances or ease of access. Accordingly, he continues to source everything, from the hand-churned butter and best cuts of beef to the seafood, chicken and seasonal fruit and vegetables served in Atelier M, from Japan, France, Australia, Hawaii and Alaska.

Chef Mohammed Islam is popular for creating a tasting menu inspired by the ingredients used in L’Occitane beauty products. Islam’s L’Occitane menu is a delicious study in freshness, quality and creativity, with an almost poetic combination of ingredients. The three-course meal, priced at Dh199, starts with a choice of two appetizers: the pan-seared lump crab is a veritable explosion of flavours, served as it is with baby spinach, white asparagus, heart of palm, blood orange and – inspired by a L’Occitane fragrance – a honey-citrus emulsion; and the wild black rice risotto comes with slow-cooked artichoke hearts and petit pois , along with orange blossom and a sour cherry jus, the latter exuding a taste and scent that linger on the tongue and at the back of the throat.

There will also be entertainment provided, with live music from singer and pianist Julia Franz. The four-course set menu costs AED249, which is exclusive of 5% VAT and 10% Municipality Tax.