Birthday Brunch

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Well the big day had nearly arrived and it was therefore time to gather together friends and family and celebrate the end of a decade. Luckily this celebration was going to involve a lot of sparkling wine and chocolate so the blow would not be too great.

Al Qasr, in the Madinat Jumeriah Resort put on a stunning welcome for us. The entry into the hotel is really quite special with 12 golden dancing horses escorting you into the site. From there you get to traverse the main lobby and descend the grand staircase, under the frightfully expensive swavorski chandelier, to the main restaurant below.

And it is here that you are amazed with the spectacle the awaits you. The concept of a Friday morning brunch is somewhat unusual to us kiwis. Because Friday is the muslim holy day all the Christians seem to have decided that this is the perfect day to go out for a frightfully long and calorie heavy brunch. You can take your pick of about 15 different venues to go to, where they put on an all inclusive food fiesta. All of the food and drink is included within the relatively inexpensive price of AED285 (approx 100 kiwi pesos.

Al Qasr is on of the best places to go for brunch and the array of food that they have on offer is truly astounding. There are about 12 different cooking stations and you can get anything from fois grais, lobster tails to omelettes. All served with what ever drink you wish to have, mojitos, sangria you name it, you could drink it. They even had a chocolate fondue fountain! (most of which james managed to end up wearing on his shirt)

Needless to say a fantastic time was had by all, and the next day was a complete write off. And Jeremy has had to take today off work as well to recover (actually he is sick but the other way just sounds better).

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Photos

B'day Girl
The Birthday Girl

James & his cake
All that yummy food. No wonder we all felt ill

Work mates
Will and Kofi

Work mates
John and James

Arguing with the Abra Drivers
Arguing with the little men who control the abras!

Comments

[jimichoo]

It's not my fault that chocolate was talking to me!! Jimmy