Thanksgiving With a French Accent at Brasserie Boulud Dubai

Thanksgiving is a New York tradition, and few chefs know New York better than Daniel Boulud. So it makes sense that his Dubai brasserie marks the occasion every year, and that it does so with a little French accent.

On Thursday 26 November, Brasserie Boulud at Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk brings back its annual Thanksgiving dinner: a three course set menu that takes the American classics and gives them the brasserie treatment.

What is on the menu

Dinner opens with a velvety butternut squash soup. The centrepiece is La Ballotine de Dinde, a turkey ballotine served with the brasserie’s seasonal signature sides, and the evening finishes the way Thanksgiving should, with pecan pie alongside pumpkin and vanilla cream.

It is the kind of menu that suits a long table of family or friends, and the setting helps. Brasserie Boulud opened in 2020 as Chef Boulud’s first restaurant in the Middle East, bringing his relaxed take on French dining to the city, and it has since earned a MICHELIN Guide Bib Gourmand in 2022 and 2023 and two Gault and Millau toques in 2023 and 2024.

Bringing the children

The hotel’s family policy applies: children aged 6 to 12 can choose from the children’s menus or dine at 50 per cent off when with an adult, and children aged 5 and under eat free.

Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk itself is worth the trip. The 51 storey landmark, around ten minutes from DXB and Downtown, blends ancient Egyptian grandeur with French style and looks out over Dubai Creek and the Burj Khalifa.

Thanksgiving Dinner at Brasserie Boulud
Thursday 26 November, from 7pm
AED 295 per person for three courses
Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk, Wafi, Dubai
Reservations: +971 4 281 4111
Email: Dine.Dubaitheobelisk@sofitel.com

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