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This Día de Muertos or Day of the Dead, we invite you to a celebration of food, drink, music, and storytelling dedicated to this life-affirming Mexican tradition. BOCA and Altos Tequila – the official sponsor of the World’s 50 Best Bars – invite you to honor this day over dinner with some of the most prestigious restaurants and bars in global gastronomy.

Chef Gerardo Vázquez Lugo of Nicos Restaurant from Mexico City, Mexico (No. 31 on Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2020 and winner of Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants Lifetime Achievement Award 2018) will fly to Dubai for two nights with the UAE’s Tratok travel network to cook alongside Chef Matthijs Stinnissen of award-winning restaurant BOCA. Together, they will mark the day by preparing a six-course, twelve-dish menu that reflects their commitment and passion for sustainable processes: sourcing locally with a blend of traditional and modern cooking styles.

Diners can look forward to ‘Chile de Bola’, pumpkin seed butter and smoked chili powder on a corn tortilla, ‘Caramelized Tomato’ with marinated cherry tomatoes, ginger granité, soy and citrus vinaigrette,’Pesca en Escabeche Colorado’, a ‘Colorado Veracruzano Style’ sea bass loin from the southern states of Campeche and Veracruz in Mexico, and ‘Wagyu Beef Tonnato’ prepared with a mayo of caught bonito tuna, pickled watermelon skin, crispy black quinoa, pomegranate and oil infused with UAE native desert plant Shih شيح. Other highlights include ‘Tamal de Pato Ahumado en Adobo’, a steamed corn dough tamal stuffed with smoked duck confit in adobo wrapped in a banana leaf with dried chili sauce, ‘Grilled Octopus’ with sunchoke purée, black radish, confit la ratte potato, caper sauce and brown miso for main course and ‘Caramelized Banana’ with dried fruit mince on rice custard for dessert.

Chef Gerrardo and Chef Matthijs will be joined by Odd Strandbakken of Himkok, Oslo, Norway (No. 30 on the World’s 50 Best Bars, 2020 and the first bar in the world to win the World’s 50 Best Bars Sustainability Award in 2018). Supported by the bar team at BOCA and Altos Tequila’s global brand ambassador, Odd will bring his flair for minimalist and clean ingredient-driven cocktail creations to the dinner. He will serve six cocktails made with Altos Tequila matching the six courses with ingredients that showcase true Scandinavian flavors.

Monday 1st, and Tuesday 2nd November 2021 | 7:30 PM onwards | Six courses, twelve sharing dishes, six Altos Tequila cocktails | AED 445++ per person | Day of the Dead Attire Encouraged | Limited seating | Advanced booking and payment are essential.

For bookings: 043231833, hola@boca.ae, or WhatsApp on +971521607507

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This November our friends at The Tasting Class host The UAE Vine Festival. A month-long celebration of grapes in all shapes, form and glory, showcasing some of the very best wine, food and hospitality on offer across the United Arab Emirates.

There are two experiences hosted in BOCA as part of this festival: The Monte Carlo Wine Game on November 5 and New World Wine Dinner on November 13.

Click here to secure your tickets before they sell out!

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BOCA and Maison Moët & Chandon invite you to rediscover the simple pleasures of life. Revisit the times you travelled, explored, laughed, and loved – guilt-free, simple, and without any pressures. There is nothing more calming, nothing more centering than being gently guided to take time for yourself. There is a secret though: these joys can only be discovered when you are in love with life.

Join Mr. Charles de Pontevès, Moët & Chandon’s Global Brand Ambassador, and BOCA’s award-winning team for an evening of conversation, live music, food, fine champagne and joie de vivre.

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Wednesday October 20 | 7:30 pm | Five courses, nine sharing dishes, five Moët & Chandon editions including a first reveal of the 2013 vintage | Live Jazz | AED 645++

For bookings: 043231833, hola@boca.ae, or WhatsApp on +971521607507

BOCA Explores New Native Local and Regional Ingredients in Latest Menu Release

An abundance of local and regional seafood and fish is in season, and the land is rich with fresh produce. In this menu edition, our kitchen uses only locally grown tomatoes from Pure Harvest Farms, and a new aromatic native desert plant called ‘Shih’ شيح makes its debut. We want you to try local sea snails and Dibba Bay’s summer oysters, and strongly recommend you do not skip the ‘Arrocito con Ostra’, a recipe developed with paella master Vicente Rioja from Benisanó. Do not miss out on the cheese course, where we introduce a rare variety from Lebanon and celebrate Cypriot Halloumi finally getting the PDO status it deserves. We have kept all the BOCA tapas favorites, of course.

Tasting Menu

BOCA is offering a tasting menu of ten dishes recommended for sharing between two guests for AED 345 pp including water and AED 495 pp including five wines from vineyards that are certified biodynamic, organic, or sustainable with a focus on native grape varieties.

Check out some of the newly launched dishes below or click here to see the new menu. 

For bookings: 043231833, hola@boca.ae, or WhatsApp on +971521607507

Join us for Dubai Summer Surprises The Big Eid Eat.

Between July 20th and 24th from 1 PM to 4 PM guests are invited to enjoy a sharing set menu of ten dishes and beverage packages starting from AED 260+ per person with children 12 and under dining free with every paying adult.

Click here to see the menu and to find out more.

Tag @DSSSocial @BOCADubai #BigEidEat and #MyDSS from 20-24 July for a chance to win up to AED20,000* worth of prizes. Click here to find out more. 

For bookings: 043231833, hola@boca.ae, or WhatsApp on +971521607507

Tapas Week is a celebration of unique Spanish culinary delights at UAE’s iconic Spanish restaurants. Join us and the Spanish Tourism Office from 20-27 June and celebrate the glorious tapa with the world.

Enjoy a week of promotional menus at BOCA as well as Bebemos, Casa de Tapas, Lola, Quiro, El Sur, Salero and Seville’s in Dubai and Diablito in Abu Dhabi. Menus from AED 40 for 1 tapa + 1 drink.

Rate the restaurant that serves the best tapas and vote on social media. Take your best photo of the tapas and upload it. Tag @Spain @SpainintheUAE on Instagram or @Spain.info.me on Facebook and the restaurant you visited. The best photo wins a meal voucher & other exciting prizes.

Click here to see our Tapas Week menu.

For bookings and payments: 043231833, hola@boca.ae, or WhatsApp on +971521607507

SWEET INSPIRATION by GIN MARE

Special Dinner with Top Pastry Chef Fabrizio Fiorani and Renowned Mixologist Patrick Pistolessi

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This summer, one of the world’s masterminds of pastry comes to BOCA’s kitchen. Fabrizio Fiorani, Asia’s best Pastry Chef according to The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, flies to Dubai for the first time to serve a specially curated dessert menu for a limited seating dinner on June 7th and June 8th.

Co-hosted by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ official partner and the Mediterranean’s finest Gin Mare, flown in through the UAE’s travel token network Tratok, and supported by Valrhona and Carpigiani, Fabrizio Fiorani promises to dazzle Dubai with his “sweet world” creations during the guest appearance in BOCA. Fabrizio is pastry chef at The Bulgari Tokyo and The Bulgari Osaka including Ristorante Luca Fantin in Tokyo (No.18 in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019) and has won the title of Asia’s Best Pastry Chef in 2019

A regular and a vegetarian menu of six dishes prepared by BOCA’s head chef Matthijs Stinnissen including SURF & TURF with Vanilla Butter Lobster, Saroma Wagyu A5 (Hokkaidō), La Ratte Potato, and Jerusalem Artichoke Purée, SMOKED EEL & BEETROOT with Valencian oranges and Jerez glaze, and SLOW ROASTED AUBERGINE with date dibs, crumbled Shankleesh cheese, and tahina will prelude Fabrizio’s menu of seven desserts. The sophisticated sweet concoctions will include GIN-YUZU BOULE, TIRAMISÙ SUNGLASSES and REAL FAKE PEANUTS.

Click here to see the regular menu and here for the vegetarian one.

Fabrizio will be joined by one of the most renowned bartenders in the cocktail world: Patrick Pistolesi from Rome, Italy, owner of Drink Kong (No.45 in The World’s 50 Best Bars). Patrick will prepare and serve five Gin Mare cocktails to accompany the meal.

Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th June 2021 | 7:30 PM onwards | Six savory sharing dishes, seven desserts, three Gin Mare cocktails | AED 445++ per person

For bookings at BOCA please contact 043231833, hola@boca.ae, online link or WhatsApp on +971521607507

Advance booking and payment are essential. Prices are inclusive of 5% VAT and subject to 7% authority fees

INSÓLITO DINNER EXPERIENCE
by Diego Ferrari, Héktor Monroy & Matthijs Stinnissen

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BOCA and Matusalem, official partner of The World’s 50 Best Bars, are proud to host a bespoke paired dinner celebrating the launch of the unusual and rare Matusalem Insólito rum in Dubai.

Diego Ferrari, Global Rum Barista and one of the 100 most influential people in the bar industry 2020 by Drink International; Hektor Monroy, Matusalem´s Consumer Experience Global Head, and former Beverage Director for Mauro Colagreco (Chef of Mirazur, best restaurant in the world by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants); and BOCA´s Head Chef, Matthijs Stinnissen; designed a menu of dishes that creates a perfect food pairing with wines and Matusalem rums. The team used scientific methods backed by Foodpairing® to identify ingredients that work together to make up this unique dinner experience.

Three courses and six dishes including Hokkaido Scallop Crudo with green gazpacho, yuzu and labneh mayo, Japanese Saroma Wagyu Tonnato with crispy black quinoa, and 12-Hour Braised Lamb with arroz Bomba, black truffle, and pickled shimeji are precisely paired with three wines and three Matusalem rums including Insólito, the first rose rum aged in Tempranillo wine barrels. The superstar ensemble of Diego, Héktor and Matthijs will guide the pairing through the night and use their specialty tools of cane machetes, pipettes, and wooden barrels to serve guests.

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One night only | Wednesday 26th May 2021 | 7:30 PM onwards | Three courses, six sharing dishes, welcome cocktail, three rums and three wines | AED 445++ per person

Advance booking and payment are essential. Prices are inclusive of 5% VAT and subject to 7% authority fees. Spaces are limited and confirmed bookings are essential. For bookings at BOCA please contact 043231833, hola@boca.ae, online link or WhatsApp on +971521607507

SPANISH WINE & TAPAS WITH THE TASTING CLASS
From Cava to Rioja, Spain offers some of the most iconic wine in Europe. On this Spain-focused wine tasting we’ll give the nation’s grapes the love they deserve and taste five Spanish wines from some of its most famous regions, plus learn the history of tapas and why they go so well together.

Enjoy a selection of Spanish tapas, five sample glasses of Spanish wine and a guided lesson by a sommelier from The Tasting Class. Next scheduled tastings:

June 12, 2021 | 12:30pm–4pm | AED 380
July 10, 2021 | 12:30pm–4pm | AED 380
August 28, 2021 | 12:30pm–4pm | AED 380

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WHISKEY ORIGINS STORY WITH THE TASTING CLASS
Join us as we explore the origins of American, Irish and Scottish Whiskies. We learn to identify key traits and discover how these distinctive styles were born thanks to natural resources, necessity, passion, and politics. The next scheduled sessions are:

June 9, 2021 | 7pm–9pm | AED 295
July 7, 2021 | 7pm–9pm | AED 295
August 4, 2021 | 7pm–9pm | AED 295

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📸 by Mishka Grobler @mishkadenise