Caramel? Caramel! This sweetness is for you.

According to dictionaries and culinary encyclopedias, caramel is a confectionery product obtained by heating sugar or boiling a sugar solution with starch syrup or invert syrup. It is a plastic or solid mass (depending on the heating temperature) of various shades of yellow and brown (without additional staining), it contains sucrose, maltose and glucose. By the way, the word is French and came from the late Latin “cannamella”, meaning “sugarcane”. After reading all this, you probably are completely sure that I went to a candy store or a candy store in search of the perfect caramel? And no! I was brought to the amazing Caramel Restaurant & Lounge, the simpletons attracting Dubai's white-collar workers with its sweet lollipop name, or, more simply, employees of the Dubai International Financial Center and nearby offices.

Caramel - from morning to evening

This nice restaurant serving modern American cuisine is the perfect place for a small snack during the working day or a full business lunch with colleagues and partners. The first thing that attracts Caramel is its light and airy interior, which is dominated by natural stone and wood. The second is a rather large, but at the same time cozy, open terrace with low tables for two, four or six people and tall natural green trees in tubs. Judging by the fact that in summer the large windows of the terrace are tightly closed with plastic panels and powerful fans are placed and hung around, in the winter months there is a laid-back atmosphere of friendly dinners in the open air. The presence of ashtrays on all tables also helped to make this conclusion. So, in winter and summer, even those who still smoke can have quiet lunch or dinner on this terrace.

Well, the third and most important thing is the menu. At first glance, quite unpretentious, but at the same time, diverse. You can find about ten types of salads and snacks in it, and there are also traditional ones: Italian Caesar salad and tomatoes with basil and fresh mozzarella, and exotic ones such as green apple salad, nuts, bacon and goat cheese or salad in Chinese with soya sprouts, cashews, chicken breasts and tomatoes with soya sauce. Main dishes include signature burgers, steaks and grilled fish or chicken. In different ways and with different sauces. But, here's what is remarkable. The tables in Caramel are small, so the portioned dishes are not gigantic dishes, in the center of which some Neapolitan escalope is clinging lonely. Everything is much simpler - the plates are square and rectangular, their sizes do not exceed 25 cm on one side, and accordingly, all served dishes, occupying them almost completely, do not look huge and do not burden either the stomach or the wallet.

The desserts at Caramel are beyond praise! It seemed to us that it was their high quality and extraordinary taste that the restaurant owes its sweet-sounding name. Whether this is so or not, it is not for us to judge, but the cobler with apples and cinnamon, served in a miniature cast-iron skillet, accompanied by a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream, literally melted in my mouth. The chocolate souffle with cappuccino ice cream did not even have time to start before ending in a matter of seconds. A sip of deliciously espresso simply called for further exploits ...

Caramel - from evening to morning

Caramel transforms in the eveningI ... Tired of the day, white-collar workers, stockbrokers and financiers, gather here to discuss daytime problems, football matches or the upcoming annual report for a glass of beer or a glass of wine or another. One way or another, in the evening in Caramel it is bustling, fun, noisy and crowded. Loud music mixes with equally loud conversations. The attendants glide between the tables almost imperceptibly, without disturbing anyone. But suddenly, near the cigarette brought to his mouth, a lighter appears, appears from nowhere, with one click, and the caring waiter silently disappears into the crowd.

It remains to say that the Caramel Restaurant & Lounge is a pleasant place in all respects, located in the Dubai International Financial Center, on the second floor of building No. 3. The restaurant is open every day, except Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. exception - on Friday Caramel welcomes its guests from 5 pm. In a word, if you decide to have a good time in the circle of pleasant people and close friends, the choice of the Caramel restaurant will be a good alternative to the places you have already prayed for.

An important detail in favor of the Caramel Restaurant & Lounge are affordable prices, which vary from 35 to 115 dirhams per dish, which means the amount of the average check for dinner for one person (with a pair of glasses of good red or white wine) - about 300 drh, and at lunch - and even cheaper, because you can do without salad and a light main course, of course, without alcohol. That's actually it. Welcome to the restaurant Caramel, so unlike candy, but from this no less sweet and tempting ...