GOLD ON YOUR PLATE

Dubai restaurateurs are taking the city’s love for gold to a new level by offering dishes wrapped in edible gold

- SMITA TRIPATHI

Gourmet fare The vada is filled with Italian truffle butter and cheese and is then wrapped in 22-carat edible gold from France

GOLD O’VADA PAO BY O’PAO

How do you make the humble vada pao gourmet? Fill the vada with Italian truffle butter and cheese, and then wrap it in 22-carat edible gold from France. Introduced by O’Pao restaurant in September, the Gold O'Vada Pao is served in a carved wooden box lit with a nitrogen base and comes with a side of sweet potato fries and mint lemonade. Amol Dhote, the founder of O’Pao, says it is mildly spicy, oozes a truffle smell, and tastes like mashed potato with cheese inside a soft scrumptious bun. It’s available at the restaurant in Al Karama and is priced at AED 99 (indicative price in India around ₹2,000).

Take a sip The Armani Hotel Dubai in Burj Khalifa serves a gold cappuccino adorned with 23-carat gold flakes

ENJOY A CUP OF GOLD CAPPUCCINO