Restaurant Review: Circle

Name Circle

Address Beach Park Plaza, Jumeirah Road
Specialties The amazing bagels! And the desserts, especially the Oreo mousse..

Special Gimmicks The menu is like a little newspaper! Very creative.

Ambience Amazing! The best time to come is for breakfast as the sunlight pours in and lights the entire place up. What makes it even brighter is that all the tables and chairs are white. Fresh pink flowers on every table adds lovely contrast.

Favourite table By the window!

Cuisine Modern?

Attire Casual

Prices Moderate.

Who went with me Veronica

Occasion Breakfast

What I ordered Goats cheese and sundried tomato wholewheat bagel

What others had Bagel filled with 0melette

Usual crowd The Jumeirah crowd.

Rating:
bread entree 10/10, warm lovely bagels!

waiting area usually not necessary, but there are a few tables outside the restaurant.

entertainment some books are available to browse through. The view of Jumeirah Beach Park is also there.

dessert I love every single one. Especially the lemon tart and the Oreo mousse.

atmosphere 8/10

cleanliness 10/10

portion size 8/10

servers 10/10

salad 8/10..

service 9/10

crowd 9/10

parking valet if you wish, or a huge sand pit right next to Beach Park Plaza
Overall 9/10

Sorry for the poor picture quality, it was thanks to my phone!

A Midnight Feast

OK, well maybe the title's a little misleading. It's midnight snacks and not a feast.

The baguette with topping is my own invention that I made a reference to in an earlier post.

http://spontaneous-euphoria.blogspot.com/2010/10/supermarket-series-2-choithram.html

I mixed the chili mayo with olives and spread it over the hot, toasted baguette.

HOW does one neatly slice baguette?!

I then put little sprigs of rosemary to garnish each piece. Not exactly gourmet, but nice, yummy, and filling.

The puff pastry that you see is my hurried attempt at these Nutella Mallow Pillow Pockets

http://picky-palate.com/2010/11/08/nutella-mallow-pillow-pockets/

The shapes turned out all different with me for some reason! I added sprinklings of cinnamon powder to this. If made smaller, this would be perfect to serve in individual dessert plates alongside a scoop of icecream, some chocolate chips, and a lovely decadent chocolate sauce.

Another version that might work wonderfully with this is raspberries with the Nutella. A dusting of icing sugar to complete the look might also look good.

I'm not happy with my photography today but oh, well! *sigh*

More of the floral table

A Very Floral Luncheon Indeed

This is a slightly more colourful rendition of my classic feminine table setting. I was thinking of the best way to camouflage floral foam in a transparent vase of a funny/odd shape and saw a bunch of petals in a plastic bag at the florist's... And so I thought, ta-da! Might as well stuff the vase with petals all around so that the foam's hidden.

Oman

I just spent two lovely days at the Six Senses Zighy Bay in Oman far from the maddening crowd. Here are some pictures of the food from there! Room service, restaurant, and their own special water that they make there!