FUJAIRAH IN FOCUS: Have You Tried The New Faseel Café in Fujairah?

The signage is up and the customers are walking in to the new Faseel Café on the ground floor of the Siji Hotel Apartments. There is public access from the street and hotel apartment access from within.

This new eating and drinking hole is on Al Nakheel Road across from the mosque and near the coffeepot roundabout. Check the map below for the location.

Attractive
Here are some of the attractive features:

* The ambience is clean, fresh and bright.

* It has a colourful, floral décor that is sure to pick people up in the morning.

* It is spacious with a versatility of seating and tables—7 tables that can seat 4 people, 2 tables to seat 2 people and at each end of the café there is an arrangement of sofa or lounge type furniture.

* It has newspapers (Arabic and English), two TV monitors (with CNN and BBC) and WiFi so people can connect with the world in whatever way suits. This is a good place to come with your laptop and get a free, fast Internet service while you are supping your coffee.

Menu
For a café this has got a surprisingly extensive and varied menu (printed in Arabic and English). Here are the offerings (there is more detail on the menu card):

Garden Green Salad 15 AED
Chicken Caesar Salad 25 AED
Deluxe Star Sandwich 25 AED
The Club Siji 25 AED
Crunchy Chicken 30 AED
Croissant Sandwich 22 AED
Twin Tower Sandwich 22 AED
Flying Chicken Sandwich 22 AED
Grilled Bun Chicken Sandwich 22 AED
Beef/Chicken Burger 25 AED
Steak Sandwich 35 AED
Pizza Margarita 20 AED
Pizza Capricciosa 25 AED
Snake Bite 45 AED
(Deep-fried prawns stuffed with cheese, green chilli, served with coriander pesto and French fries)
Tex-Mex Chicken or Beef Fajitas 32 AED
Banana Split with Chocolate Sauce 22 AED
Ice Cream (two scoops) 18 AED
(This is the delicious Häagen Dazs ice cream and in addition to the usual flavours is the Green Tea ice cream that is really worth a try)

Cakes and Pastries
There is a selection of cakes and pastries which changes according to what the chef bakes. It includes (and the price is per slice):

Chocolate cake, Black Forest, Mango Mousse Cake, Praline Cake, Strawberry Cake 12 AED

Cheesecake & Tiramisu 18 AED

A selection of pastries (including croissants) and muffins 2.50 AED

Selection of Coffee
The signs say ‘We proudly brew Starbucks Coffee.’
Espresso 10 AED
Turkish coffee 10 AED
Freshly brewed coffee 11 AED
Nescafe, Decaffeinated Nescafe 10 AED
Decaffeinated coffee 11 AED
Cappuccino, Mochachino 12 AED
Café Latte 12 AED

Selection of Tea
Lipton 8 AED
Earl Grey 8 AED
English Breakfast Tea 8 AED
Chamomile Tea 8 AED
Japanese Tea 8 AED
Chinese Tea 8 AED
Green Tea, Lemon, Mint, Orange and Jasmine 8 AED
Fresh Mint with Lipton or Green Tea 9 AED
Moroccan Tea 10 AED

Hot & Cold Beverages
Hot/Cold Milk 8 AED
Hot/Cold Chocolate 10 AED
Iced Tea 10 AED

Fresh Juices
Orange, Lemon, Melon, Carrot 14 AED
Mango, Strawberry, Kiwi, Grapefruit 16 AED
Pineapple, Apple 18 AED

Chilled Juices
Orange, Mango, Apple, Pineapple 10 AED

Sparkling Juices
Apple 10 AED
Grape (white or red) 10 AED

Other Beverages
Fresh laban 10 AED
Vimto or Vimto diet 8 AED
Red Bull (original or sugar-free) 15 AED

Non-Alcoholic Beer
Moussy 10 AED
Barbican 10 AED
Holsten 10 AED

Soft Drinks
Cola, Diet Cola 8 AED
7-Up, Diet 7-Up 8 AED
Mountain Dew, Mirinda 8 AED
Soda Tonic 9 AED

Sparkling Water
Perrier (France) 10 AED
Apolinaris (Germany) 10 AED
Perrier (lemon or lime from France) 12 AED
San Pelegrino (Italy) 10 AED

Flavored Water
Masafi (strawberry, peach, lemon) 7 AED
Al Ain (lemon, lime, orange, passion fruit, apple, cherry) 7 AED
Volvic (natural lemon, natural orange from France) 12 AED

Still Water
Dibba 6 AED
Masafi 6 AED
Al Ain 6 AED
Evian (France) 10 AED
Volvic (France) 10 AED
Aqua Panna (Italy) 10 AED

All prices are in UAE dirhams and are subject to a 20 % service charge and tax.

Hours
Because of the menu range the Faseel Café is a good place for breakfast, brunch, lunch or an afternoon tea but it is also open until late.

The Faseel Café opens at 6.30am and closes at 1.00am.

Contact
The items and prices on the menu represent the details as at October 2009 but in time they are bound to change.

Contact the Faseel Café for up to the minute details, for more information or to make a group booking.

Tel: (09) 2053 347