UAE, Feb. 26 -- A large venue that offers indoor table and booth seating as well as al fresco seatingnear the Dubai Fountains, Tanuki has a cool interactive robot to greet customers at the door, where he speaks and even has a menu for patrons to peruse before entering. The venue is relaxed and casual, and has lots of seating, indoors and outside near the Dubai Fountains. There are some lovely large cherry blossom trees dotting the area, as well as an open kitchen. It boasts of a Pan-Asian menu with the emphasis on Chinese and Japanese food cooked fresh.

We were served edamame and miso soup, loaded in tofu. We also tucked into Surai, or the dynamite shrimp, coated with a delicious creamy mayo based sauce. Our salad was the EbiSando-a fres...