YOUR GUIDE TO EATING AT EXPO

1 YOUR GUIDE . TO EATING AT EXPO. ISSUE 1. A WORLD OF. CULINARY. EXPERIENCES. One of the best ways to experience a country is by tasting its cuisine, and at Expo 2020, you can eat your way around the world without having to leave the UAE. With food central to Expo's multi-cultural experience, you can try everything from authentic street food to fine dining prepared by top international chefs. With more than 200 food outlets, you are spoilt for choice, with options ranging from Expo's dedicated dining venues and facilities to cuisine cooked and served at many of the international pavilions. It's your chance to get a true flavour of countries from every continent. Expo, with help from its food partners, is also pushing the culinary ethics agenda with its Food Ethos, using organic, locally sourced produce and sustainable packaging where possible.

2 Expo is a dining destination in its own right, offering a huge array of cuisines, venues and gastronomic experiences all in one place. From sitting on a picnic bench at one of the food truck parks to savouring a three-course meal at an upscale restaurant, there are an endless number of dining options to explore, each with their unique vibe. Discover the Never Been Seen Collection, which features a range of culinary experiences brought especially to Expo, bringing together chefs and flavours that had not previously reached Dubai. Don't miss our Local Gems, including some of the UAE's most longstanding and beloved eateries such as Al Reef Bakery (Opportunity District), Chicken Tikka Inn (Sustainability District), Dampa Seafood Grill (Mobility District), Hanon Feras Sweets (Mobility District), Maraheb Restaurant (Opportunity District) and Ravi (Mobility District).

3 Every day, some of the world's most creative culinary minds will push the boundaries of gastronomy in our Bespoke Food Concepts. For some foodie theatre, head to the live cooking station at Farrago, the Expo Culinary Experience restaurant, where Expo has invited countries from around the world to showcase their national dishes, cooked to perfection by guest chefs. BESPOKE FOOD. CONCEPTS. Concepts that have been curated and developed specifically for the Expo Alkebulan: The African Dining Hall The world's first African dining hall, Alkebulan gives you the chance to explore the cuisine of this vast continent. Alkebulan (pronounced al-kee-boulan) the oldest name for Africa and translating to Mother of Mankind' or Garden of Eden' is a culinary concept curated by award-winning chef Alexander Smalls.

4 Each counter and concept has its own unique design that honours the individuality of the region, cuisine and chef . Top African chefs are being flown in to cook up their signature dishes, including chef Coco, celebrity TV chef Kiran Jethwa and chef Smalls, along with a host of guest chefs throughout the Expo. With culinary demonstrations and musicians performing live as you dine, providing upbeat African ambience, it is a must-visit. Expo Street Food You will find a Food Truck Park in every district, each serving delicious grab-and-go fare, from pizza, hot dogs and Lebanese Afro Street Eatery, by Coco, Bar Cane, by Coco, satisfies sweet snacks to ice allows you to explore the streets cravings, serving what could well cream, waffles, mini of Africa and share in Coco's vision be the world's finest doughnuts, pancakes and more.

5 Of modern African street food, washed down with dessert Ideal for a quick with rich aromatic flavours of West cocktails. pit stop to refuel Africa, and dishes such as Ugandan- with friends and style miniature chapatti wrap filled family, these casual with beef or vegetable curry. outdoor venues have plenty of seating and you won't leave hungry. Where: Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability districts. Chicken Coop, by Smalls, celebrates Choma BBQ, by Coco, is inspired the humble chicken in two of its by the art of roasting, grilling and best forms: rotisserie and fried. smoking meats, with a menu that The triple-fried Tunisian baharat includes the not-to-be-missed chicken, paired with a thick, Zanzibari spiced rice and lamb, custardy Belgian waffle, is not to be served with kachumbari salad, as missed.

6 Well as Kenyan-style beef skewers served with roasted green bananas. Jiko Cocktails, by Tribe Hotel Penja, by award-winning chefs Pierre Seven Seafood, by trailblazing Kenya, brings together the flavours Siewe, Glory Kabe and Moos Gbane, chef Kiran Jethwa, offers a and spirits of Africa through shaken, promises innovative African cuisine contemporary look at East African stirred, muddled and strained and a world-class culinary experience seafood using ingredients, flavours cocktails created by talented from Cameroon and Benin, featuring and combinations from the region bartender Kelvin Thaiya. dishes such as farm cockerel breaded to take traditional Kenyan cuisine with mustard and tapioca, and into the modern world. tandoori vegetables with fermented cassava semolina.

7 Shoebox Bakery, by chef Mame Sweet Ophelia's, by Smalls, is an The Tasty Goat, from Jethwa, Sow, offers the ultimate pan-African Afro-Asian wok bar that serves showcases nose-to-tail dining of bakery experience, spanning tasty rice, noodle and dumpling this fantastic and versatile meat, sweet and savoury items, including dishes, including West African combined with the tastes, textures Ethiopian injera flat bread. favourite Cameroonian pepper fish. and avours of modern East African cuisine. Type of cuisine African Saturday-Wednesday: 10:00 - 00:00. Opening Times Thursday-Friday: 10:00 - 01:00. Oasis Food Hall - Next to Water Location Feature, Behind Pepsi Drop. Map Reference: B5. Price Point $$$$. Book Here Rising Flavours As a global first, get a real taste of Arabia as the region's best entrepreneurs and celebrity chefs bring together 11.

8 Concepts, showcasing the range and creativity of the region's vibrant and ever-evolving food scene. It will serve as a celebration of the incredible flavours and talent that have been born from and nurtured within the region. Chefs include: Oman: Nader Al Aisari KSA: Adnan Yamani Qatar: Mohamad Najem UAE: Musabbeh Al Kaabi Kuwait: Khaled Al Bakr UAE: Hattem Mattar KSA: chef Duha Bahrain: Roaya Saleh Type of cuisine Middle Eastern Saturday-Wednesday: 10:00 - 00:00. Opening Times Thursday-Friday: 10:00 - 01:00. Oasis Food Hall - Next to Water Location Feature and Mastercard Exhibition. Map Reference: C5. Price Point $$$$. The Future of Food: The Epochal Banquet Created for Expo 2020 Dubai, The Future of Food: The Epochal Banquet is a multi-sensory food journey to the cuisine of tomorrow.

9 Enter the year 2320 as immersive multi-sensory studio Bompas & Parr and Expo 2020 bring you a pioneering two-hour culinary experience inspired by space, microbiology, artificial intelligence and hyper-intelligence. The radical new concept, designed to highlight the impact of AI on the future of dining, will stir your senses. Diners will experience a three-course set menu, featuring numerous world firsts, taking creativity, innovation and technology to a new level. Book to enjoy one of our three sittings per day. Type of cuisine International Daily: 12:30-00:00. Experience times are 1pm, 6pm Opening Times and 9pm daily. Duration is 2 hours Opportunity District - Sunrise Location Avenue, Opposite UAE Pavilion, First Floor. Map Reference: C3. AED 575 non-alcoholic AED 785 alcohol Price Point Private Dining (Up to 10 guests).

10 Lunch AED 1,315 pp and dinner AED 1,840 pp Book Here talabat Kitchen Delivery or dine in, it doesn't matter! Let the fleet of talabat riders, delivery robots or robotic baristas delight you with food from the state-of-the-art multi-storey talabat Kitchen. As the Official Food Delivery Provider of Expo 2020, talabat presents its innovative cloud kitchen, based on the edge of Jubilee Park, showcasing more than 30 brands and 15 different cuisines from around the globe. In addition to dine-in, talabat riders will deliver to fixed locations throughout Expo's site using safe, sustainably responsible e-scooters. Download the talabat app and start ordering today. Type of cuisine International Saturday-Wednesday: 10:00 - 00:00. Opening Times Thursday-Friday: 10:00 - 01:00.