Smashing seafood dining in Dubai

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Smashing seafood dining in Dubai. With a hammer in hand, Gulf News tries out the crabs at this unique seafood restaurant in Dubai. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv.

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00:00Now, if there's something we know in the UAE, it's our food.

00:13With over 200 nationalities, there's something for everyone, from the hook cuisine and the

00:17fine dining to meals on a budget.

00:20But what that means for business owners is that they have to do something really special

00:23to stand out.

00:24We've come to the Marina, JBR to be precise, to one such restaurant which is looking to

00:28offer something unique.

00:29This here is Aprons and Hammers.

00:31It claims to be the first restaurant in the UAE centred around a hanging garden.

00:35Plants, as you can see, offer a centrepiece which everything revolves around.

00:39But the absolute highlight has to be the fact that you're on the beach.

00:43Where else would you like to have seafood?

00:45Now, like me, the first thing that may have popped into your head when you heard of Aprons

00:48and Hammers is, why Aprons and Hammers?

00:50Well, as a seafood restaurant, it's offering something different.

00:54It's customary to put on your apron.

00:56Every customer gets one.

00:57Not because I'm going to be doing any cooking today, but because it's accompanied by none

01:02other than a hammer, and we're about to find out why.

01:08Well, at first glance, there seems to be quite some variety on offer here.

01:11You've got all your typical seafood, like your shrimps and calamari, but then there's

01:15also things like crab cakes, and they do have vegetarian options, as well as a Goan-style

01:20fish curry, which sounds quite tempting, and the likes of chicken and vegetarian pasta.

01:26Aprons and Hammers, we've come here to try out the experience, and I think it'd be foolish

01:30not to order some crab.

01:32Aprons and Hammers is, of course, a UAE-based company, and they claim that all of their

01:35seafood is freshly caught every single day.

01:39I'm very excited, to say the very least.

01:40I cannot wait.

01:41It's not the way I expected it to come.

01:43It's almost...

01:46It's...

01:48In a pot, but nonetheless, I'm really, really, really looking forward to this.

01:52I do love crab and lobster, so this should be very, very, very, very good.

02:01So it does actually come in handy, in some sense or another, but it does get you quite

02:05dirty.

02:06A bit of it's just gone in my face, but...

02:14That is...

02:15That's good.

02:16I'm quite surprised by how much meat is inside, as well.

02:18Especially when you order crab or lobster or the likes, there's usually not much meat

02:23inside, but these seem to be quite generous.

02:34Another thing I've noticed is it's quite flavoursome, as well.

02:38It's obviously...

02:39I got the option of the sauce I wanted at the start, and I chose a Provencal sauce,

02:44and you can really taste that it's cooked in there.

02:47So as you can clearly see, it's not the sort of place for those who are quite picky and

02:51fussy about getting their hands dirty.

02:54But if, like me, you like to get stuck in when you're hungry, it's definitely worth

03:01it.

03:04Well, that was difficult.

03:05I feel absolutely stuffed.

03:07As you can see, there were eight pieces of crab there.

03:10I think I've managed to chow down about six of them.

03:13One state of this, a state of this, and I've got my apron dirty, which I think I've done

03:19myself proud.

03:20The experience, all in all, is fantastic.

03:22Here's just some hot lemon water, lemon and mint water, to wash your hands in.

03:26It's a really, really good experience, something I've never done before, and something I'd

03:30definitely recommend.

03:31And I think that's one thing we started off talking about, about how restaurants are having

03:34to be more unique and offer a unique selling point, and I think this is definitely one

03:39way of achieving that.

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