The Alba Terrace offers a sleek new table service Friday brunch concept that just might redefine the very notion of daytime indulgence.
Do you love Friday brunch but loathe lining up at the trough with fellow brunchers? Well, you’re not alone. The newest addition to the Abu Dhabi hotel scene, The Edition, has proposed a brunch to spare you from all that: The Rose Brunch at Alba Terrace.
What you get at Alba for any meal is sleek and simple: attentive service, fresh ingredients, and simple Mediterranean fare served al fresco. The Rose Brunch allows diners to try nearly every item on Alba’s menu, which is worth a visit alone given the outlet’s menu were conceived by Michelin-starred chef Tom Aikens.
Alba’s menu is by design fresh, tasty, and high on form. Every dish from starter through dessert is a visual feast. Each plate possesses a beautiful symmetry, balance of flavours, colours, and textures, because every great chef knows that a truly satisfactory dining experience goes far beyond the flavour of the food itself.
Word of warning: the brilliant focaccia that arrives first with roasted garlic dipping sauce is absolutely delicious, but don’t fill up this though you may be wont to do so; there’s so much more on its way.
Amongst the starters, the vegetables were the stand outs perhaps to mitigate the meaty mains; the following in particular: sea bream carpaccio, burrata and the roasted tomato salad. The beef and lamb meatballs were the star of mains, and you might find yourself asking for multiple rounds as you truly can’t have just one if you are a meat eater. The desserts are light and scrumptious with the vanilla and bay-infused crème brûlée being the first devoured of the sharing desserts.
This meal can best be described as a best of Alba’s menu, which is itself a paean to the food of the Mediterranean, using the freshest vegetables, seafood, and highest quality meats. Drop by for this elegant new take on Friday brunch, then stay for the after party at the Annex.
Rose Brunch at Alba Terrace, The Edition Abu Dhabi, 12:30-4:30pm, 02 208 0000.
