There’s only one drawback to Elli’s Café and Bakery – you’ll have to fly to Dubai to try it. But given the fact that Emirates and Fly Dubai are continuing to fly despite the war, Dubai is a good destination to get away to before it gets unbearably hot (although that ship may have already sailed). Here’s what happened to me.
I was flying back from Japan to Israel and a mechanical problem with the flight kept us on the ground in Tokyo for three hours, meaning I missed my connecting flight to Israel. My husband and I were starving, and then I remembered that since the last time I had been in Dubai, Elli Kriel, who also runs a catering company out of Abu Dhabi, had opened a café. Elli’s Café and Bakery is in the Golden Mile Galleria mall, in the upscale Palm Jumeira area.
The Golden Mile runs between hotels on one side and residences for expats on the other. Behind the mall is a large park and if it’s not too hot outside, you can eat on the terrace. Inside Elli’s Café is one of a series of restaurants on the entrance floor of the mall.
There is no sign saying that it is kosher although she has certification from both the O-U and the EAKC (the Emirati Agency for Kosher Certification) which is run by the local Chabad. The décor is light and airy with a pizza oven behind the counter and lots of plants in the room. “We want to be a feel-good place for families regardless of whether they keep kosher or not,” Elli Kriel told me.
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