Made With Love at Garage, The Grill

Philly Steak Sandwich & Dynamite Shrimps 

The best thing about homegrown brands is that they have lots of passion and hard work behind them. Young entrepreneurs getting inspired by their dreams, risking everything they have and turning their dreams into reality.
While on my mission to find the best food in UAE, I was lucky enough to meet such young, energetic, passionate Emirati entrepreneurs from Sharjah, who are challenging the way people think about them.

Garage, The Grill is the brainchild of three brothers, friends and now partners.

Left to right - Mohammad, Hussain, and Chef Tariq

The first thing that attracted me about Garage, The Grill was the name. Raw and very original just like their food. I saw some pictures of their outlet that people shared on social media.

Although it's not a dine-in restaurant yet a lot of effort has gone into making the place unique and interesting. This was enough to getting me craving some burgers. In no time I was on my way searching for Garage, The Grill on Wasit Street, Sharjah.
The guy I met there was one of the most humble guys I have met in a very long time. Tariq is an Emirati and he is a chef, which is again not very common. Tariq got very excited about my VLOG and made me 2 of his signature items from a very diverse menu, Philly Steak Sandwich, and Dynamite Shrimps.
What happened after that, you have to watch it in our this week Vlog

The Chicken on Fire at Grill'O

Grilled food is one of my favorite foods of all time. It is probably the purest and the oldest method of cooking. Men have been grilling food since the stone age. The history of grilling began shortly after the domestication of fire, some 500,000 years ago. ‎

My love affair with grilled food started some 30 years ago when we went on a family picnic and my mom made us  Grilled Chicken. I cannot forget that chicken, even today. It was juicy, tender, spicy and the smell of charcoals enhanced the taste, even further.
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Somewhere, the taste of authentic Grilled Chicken is getting lost b'cos of the way it gets cooked, these days and what we are served is the slimy, greasy and tasteless chicken which is available at every corner.  If you try it once, you won't be able to eat it, again.  
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So, when my friend introduced me to Grill'O, a joint that specializes in grilled food, I was expecting the same. But, my first bite of Grill'O Chicken with their special Peri Peri sauce.... it was like going back in time.

In this week website of The Hidden Greats, we went to discover the unique taste of my favorite Grilled Chicken at The Grillo...‎ a must try for those who love grilled food.

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Tallest and the juiciest burger in Dubai

Burgers are my weakness and my hunt to find the best burgers is a never ending journey. People who know me often come up to me with their finds and most of the times I'm left disappointed. 

Big brands are mostly failing big time in producing "the perfect burger". Somehow they all taste the same and leave us feeling full (and unsatisfied) for days.      

Recently, my friend shared a photo of him devouring a work of art created by a small restaurant called The John Denials. I was stunned by looking at this huge burger. It was big, juicy, colorful and I could not move my eyes off it. I immediately called my friend and he said these guys know what they are doing and they are probably making the best burgers in the world. 

When I decided to start The Hidden Greats, my food Vlog, John Denials just had to be the first on the list. I called these guys and they were gracious enough to invite us over and let us try their burgers.

Watch my vlog to witness the masterpiece they call their burger.