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Chebab is the Emirati breakfast pancake: a saffron and turmeric batter poured thin on a hot plate, lacy at the edges, folded around cream cheese and date syrup.
Chebab is the Gulf answer to a pancake, leavened with yeast rather than baking powder and coloured yellow by turmeric and saffron rather than egg. It was cooked on a flat iron tawa over coals, which is why the underside carries the pitted, lacy look of a crumpet and the top stays pale. Fennel or cardamom goes into the batter depending on the household. In Dubai it is breakfast food sold beside khameer bread and balaleet, served with cream cheese, honey or dibs. Modern Emirati cafes have pushed it into all day menus.
2 editor picks for Chebab in Dubai, ranked by editorial score. All Dubai signature dishes · Chebab across every city.
Also in: Abu Dhabi.
Arabian Tea House has poured karak chai and served Emirati breakfasts since 1997 in a courtyard house built in the early 1920s in Al Fahidi, Dubai.
TipAsk for a courtyard table under the big tree; the Emirati breakfast tray comes with khameer and chebab baked in the house tanoor.
Al Fanar Restaurant & Cafe on the Al Seef waterfront serves Emirati seafood and heritage recipes for a brand founded in 2011, and is in the Michelin Guide.
OrderGrilled seafood, Traditional Emirati bread
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