Abu Dhabi is filled with incredible sky scrapers, palaces, and lots of malls, none of which hearken to simpler times, when its most lucrative industry was pearling. One remnant is the Al Meena fish market, on the east end of the Corniche.
We visited after work, which is not the most lively time at the fish market. But most of the stalls were filled with an incredible assortment of fish, prawns, lobster, langoustine - and even shark!
With some difficulty (how to choose?!), we bought a small fish and a few prawns, and took them over to a grill-while-you-wait stall. There was much waiting, and what looked like minimal grilling: it took a surprising amount of time to get back our catch, but we enjoyed a couple of cold drinks while they...did something.
We visited after work, which is not the most lively time at the fish market. But most of the stalls were filled with an incredible assortment of fish, prawns, lobster, langoustine - and even shark!
With some difficulty (how to choose?!), we bought a small fish and a few prawns, and took them over to a grill-while-you-wait stall. There was much waiting, and what looked like minimal grilling: it took a surprising amount of time to get back our catch, but we enjoyed a couple of cold drinks while they...did something.
We brought the food back to our hotel -- whatever they did was definitely worth the wait. And it went well with A Night in Casablanca -- NOT to be confused with Casablanca.
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