Beumer: The Cheesecake Factory

The Cheesecake Factory

Everything that is something ... is in Dubai! That´s what the Cheescake Factory must have tought, cause in August 2012 they opened their first establishment outside of the US. In the Dubai Mall, the biggest mall in the world. The restaurant is located just opposite the largest aquarium window in the world. We went to ask for a table and got a pager to our suprise, with the promise they would signal us when a table would become available, estimated waiting time 20 minutes. As the place is HUGE, my expectations for the quality of the food dropped.

The Dubai Mall entrance & Burj Khalifa by night

The Cheesecake Factory ( back entry )

The biggest aquarium window in the world.

As a good American tradition you get free refills for your drink.

We looked for a starter to share and immediately agreed on the crab cakes. And OMG they were so good, with some graded cole and some deepfried ricenoodles. We were off to a good start.

When I saw the plates passing, there was clearly a theme noticable ... TOWERS. Just one picture of the food waiting in the window to give you an idea. My hope of ever tasting the actual cheesecake there was shrinking :)

Although the place is huge, food is flying out of the window and they re certainly not understaffed. Marleen went for the "BANG-BANG CHICKEN & SHRIMP".

A spicy Thai dish with the flavors of curry, peanut, chile and coconut.

Sauteed with vegetables, served with steamed white rice.

I chose the Hibashi steak. Served with mushrooms, sesame , a tempura of asparagus and mashed patatos topped with a wasabi sauce.

It might not look so appealing but it tasted very good !

And than started the difficult task of picking out our cheesecake. Countless cheesecakes available offcourse but the price of craziest went unanimous to the one with the Snickers bar baked into the cheescake ( see picture of the menu ). However we decided to try their best selling cheesecake : The original with glazed fresh straberries and wipped cream.