Food Porn

Food porn and it begins in Dubai...

I had to get myself some Arabic food on my first day in Dubai. I just couldn’t wait. Every time I take a bite of something I have this insatiable desire to capture it on camera, it’s my thing, it’s my food porn. It annoys the hell out of my friends, especially when starved. But now, they find it kind of funny... like ha ha funny. I just have to take pictures of every thing I consume.

I picture it from up close and from a far. In different angles, then different positions, OH and even in different lighting. And if I am feeling particularly adventurous, I get them posing together, props included. Perhaps a San Pellegrino bottle, or a knife, or even a good action shot where I am in mid bite. Oh and a really good one is when you have the food split wide open exposing it’s revealing centre. Hmmm... All this for the sake of getting my perfect shot. And I’ve even discovered this really cool miniature effect on my camera. Because all I want to do, is get up close and personal with it and so do you, ya freak. 

Then I feel the need to publish it or at the very least show it to the person next me. I just need to get it out there. Heck, I even forage through my albums just so I can be taken back. Ohhh yeessss, that's the stuff right there.

I get knocked for it.  This is true.  I even get in trouble for posting it up on facebook via live feeds. But to all the people out there that just don’t get it, all I have to say is “Don’t knock it. It’s my food porn, just love it and embrace it”.

I love it especially, when I can get people going. They "pull their faces", they “ooo” and they “arrghh" and their symptoms of hunger pains are rising. I can tell. I can sometimes even get their mouths wide open and they give me the distinctive jaw drop with the "O" face.  Little do they know, they’ve just had their very own food-gasm. And honey, that was only a still shot.

Secretly... you know you want one too.

It's in my genes too. My sister is a far worse food porn addict than I am. She even has a food blog to boot. Have a sneak peek. And yes feel free to lick the screen, god knows I've done it.
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Here is my first collection of my eats and treats in Dubai. Feel free to me let know of your foodgasms about the collection. 

Welcome to Dubai and some much needed food porn.

Hummus

Moutabal
Eggplant with Tahini 
Looks similar to hummus but can you spot the difference?

Falafel

Fattoush
Typical Arab salad - YUM!

Labna w Garlic
Easily the best I've had in my life!

Group shot

More hummus

Another Fattoush Salad - hmmmm

Fresh bread 

Olives

Pickled vegetables
a typical accompaniment w Arabic dishes

Kibbeh
A meat version looking falafel

Haloumi

Kibbeh exposed

The money shot.
Arabic desserts dripping with a vanilla cream sauce