GIA, the upscale Italian restaurant located in the Fashion Avenue of The Dubai Mall, welcomes diners to experience the flavours of its brand-new menu. Available from January onwards, GIA’s recently enhanced menu can be enjoyed from morning until late evenings.
The Italian restaurant’s new menu spoils guests for choice with several options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Each plate is brought to life with fresh ingredients adding flavour to every bite, and no dish is complete without an ode to Italian culinary traditions. Choosing your favourite dishes from the menu won’t be easy when options such as a Focaccia alla Carbonara or Pizza Tartufo are available, the perfect blend of crunchy airy Italian bread with carbonara sauce, bacon bits, and olives, and a delicious fluffy pizza with bufala mozzarella, truffle mushroom sauce, sliced porcini mushrooms, and truffle shavings. GIA recommends a refreshing and creamy salad such as the Avo e Stracciatella for a light but filling meal, a dish consisting of a bed of diced avocado and heirloom cherry tomatoes and a large dollop of stracciatella cheese on top, finished off with a drizzle of homemade pesto glaze. After perfecting its bolognese sauce with wagyu beef raguslow-cooked for 6 hours, Italian food lovers won’t be let down by their choice in GIA’s Calamarataalla Bolognese if they’re looking for a classic dish to indulge in. Those looking for a creamy and rich flavour from their meal should opt for the Risotto di Zucca e Cheek, a pumpkin and mushroom risotto with slow-cooked beef cheeks glazed with an aromatic herb jus.
Diners interested in a taste of the Mediterranean can opt for two delicious seafood dishes, the Polpo al Limone and Linguine alloScoglio. Transport yourself to the Mediterranean coast with GIA’s Polpoal Limone, chargrilled octopus doused in lemon and garlic over rosemary potatoes with salsa verde. Get the best of both worlds with the Linguine alloScoglio, a melange of clams, mussels, prawns, baby squid, and heirloom cherry tomatoes entangled with linguine pasta and Sicilian breadcrumbs. Lastly, to finish any meal, the Oro Fondante is the perfect way to end on a sweet note, a traditional fondant made with peanut butter covered with a 24k gold leaf and accompanied by vanilla gelato with mixed berries.
Visit GIA starting this week to immerse yourself in a one-of-a-kind culinary experience through its newly revamped menu.
Focaccia alla Carbonara
AED69
Pizza focaccia topped with crispy bacon, parmesan cheese fondant, egg with capers, and olives
Avo e Stracciatella
AED79
Creamy burrata, pesto glaze, heirloom tomatoes, and avocado
Polpo al Limone
AED89
Chargrilled octopus, lemon & garlic, rosemary potatoes, and salsa verde
Calamarataalla Bolognese
AED99
Calamarata pasta, wagyu beef raguslow-cooked for 6 hours, and parmigiano cheese
Linguine alloScoglio
AED99
Linguine, clams, mussels, prawns, baby squid, heirloom cherry tomatoes, Sicilian breadcrumbs
Risotto di Zucca e Cheek
AED129
Slow-cooked beef cheeks, pumpkin and mushroom risotto, aromatic herb jus
Pizza Tartufo
AED110
Fresh bufala mozzarella, truffle mushroom sauce, porcini mushrooms
Oro Fondante
AED89
Peanut butter fondant, 24k gold leaf, and vanilla gelato with berries
