BOCA restaurant, located in DIFC, has launched a sharing menu of eight dishes highlighting responsibly sourced local ingredients.
Guests can expect Dibba Bay oysters with salty seedaf & tomato ponzu vinaigrette, seafood ceviche made entirely of local and regional seafood, and ‘spring in the desert’ with local desert plants including khobez, homaid, seedaf, and pickled khansour together with five-day aged local beetroot.
For mains, couples share an Emirati sea bass ravioli with Arabian Gulf sardine beurre blanc and a 12-hour braised lamb with creamy polenta, crispy sunchoke, rosemary and seedaf. The meal ends with ‘marinated figs & dark chocolate’ made with hazelnut ice cream, guanaja chocolate mousse, and Emirati ‘blossom’ honeycomb.
The special menu is available on Sunday February 14, 2021 for AED 495 for food only and for AED 655 including a ‘sea change’ house beverage.