Taste of home in Dubai

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Taste of home in Dubai. Gulf News goes store hopping in search of ethnic foods. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Dubai is a melting pot of nationalities, which is why, when looking down the streets, you'll

00:03find shops catering to every community. We take a tour of some of these shops and see

00:08what they have to offer.

00:09For the Filipino community in Dubai, Philippine Supermarket is where you can go to get your

00:14pancit noodles, tilapia or calamansi juice, among other local specialties.

00:18Filipinos, they have their own product, fish. They are very, very much interested in that.

00:25Like bangus, and they call it in other languages, they say milk fish. They really like their

00:32own product, which is century tuna or blue bay tuna. It's very famous. We have both of

00:36them.

00:37The supermarket also serves takeaway sago and halo-halo drinks, some of their fastest

00:42selling products.

00:45Green Tree Supermarket, which has been open since 1986, is a one-stop shop for the Egyptian

00:50and Sudanese community in the UAE.

00:53We get our products from Abu Dhabi, Ain, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, and other places, because

00:59our products are not available abroad.

01:02This is called kuddim, it's a Sudanese product.

01:08There's also hab al-aziz, an Egyptian product.

01:12Freak, a local product.

01:16Molokhia nashfa, Kerkadeh, Dome.

01:21The products are sourced according to demand. Omali, Barstama, and Rumi cheese are among

01:26customer favorites.

01:28Located in Bur Dubai, Bee Kingdom has been open for over 20 years. Honey sold in the

01:32shop comes from Pakistan, Yemen, UAE, and Oman.

01:43As well as being a table condiment, most of the shop's customers buy honey for its medicinal

01:47properties, which are mixed right here by the shop owner.

01:51For example, if you put honey in the liver of a goat, it's the food for the bees.

01:58This is called humkul al-qah.

02:00This brown thing is cinnamon, to lift blood pressure.

02:03And this is palm oil.

02:05This is ginseng, the main ingredient of ginseng.

02:08It's good for the body.

02:10This is the main ingredient, it's good for the liver.

02:22Oishi Nippon sells the best organic produce to come out of Japan, where fruit is renowned

02:28for its sweetness. Because of the way they're grown, melons can be sold for as much as 360

02:34dirhams.

02:35Even though the prices are very high, but once they get to know the quality, then they

02:41often come back.

02:43The fruit baskets sold are also wrapped in the traditional Japanese way.

02:48We're also selling these materials right here.

02:50You can choose from six colors.

02:52And then we wrap like this with the flour.

02:55And this is very traditional.

02:57Wafi gourmet is a delicatessen for shoppers with a refined taste for Lebanese food.

03:02While most of the food comes from Lebanon, they also import from Turkey and Iran depending

03:07on the season.

03:08This is olive with cheese.

03:12This one, we prepare it here in our outlets.

03:18I'm sure you will never find this one in any other...

03:21Cabbage with labneh, nuts, and za'atar.

03:25This is our special item.

03:27This is very healthy, you get it from Lebanon directly.

03:30From Lebanese market.

03:32So actually this one is very, it's a rare item.

03:35You cannot find it always.

03:37It's a seasonal one.

03:39What is it called?

03:41Maramiya.

03:42This is a kind of figs.

03:44It's the best selected kind of figs.

03:46We get it from Turkey.

03:47And we stuff it here.

03:49From honey collected in the mountains of Pakistan to Filipino fish staples.

03:53If you look hard enough, you'll always be able to find a taste of home in Dubai.

03:57ILO Gulf News.

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