Abalone on the Menu

A friend of mine is in Dubai and sat down for dinner in an upscale restaurant. He sent me a photo of the Menu.

According to XE.com 1 AED = 0.27 US

Nice to know that my table fair is the stuff of royalty but I can also understand why poaching is such a problem.

If CA poachers got that kinda scratch here, there wouldn't be any left.   

The menu is from a chinese restaurant called Hakkasan in the Jumeirah Emirates Towers.

I'd like to poach some of their recipes...for some reason braised ab with shiitake and scallop sauce sounds better than deep fried ab in bread crumb.

Btw Hakkasan just opened a restaurant here in SF a few weeks ago. Probably a better deal on the truffled whole abalone than their dubai location.

Ah! Need to show this to my wife!

"Honey, you see??!! If I get a couple of avalone, they already paid for my wet suit and STILL we're saving money!"