Subko UAE

THE SUMAC BLT. A SANDWICH THE SIZE OF YOUR HEAD (NOT THAT SIZE MATTERS OR ANYTHING) Not a small sandwich. It was never going to be. Built on our OG sourdough - a loaf roughly the size of someone’s head. A two handed, no eye contact, unless you want eye contact and you’re into that, full attention required kind of situation. Nolen Gur bacon. The Bengali sweetener that has no business being this good in a BLT but here we are. Pickled jalapeños for the heat that sneaks up on you. Garlic aioli. Sumac aioli - because the aioli needed two entries on this sandwich to make its point. Bold. Balanced. Now - the sumac courtesy of @mishkah.ae keeping Palestinian farmers generational agricultural traditions alive. Every pinch of sumac on this sandwich carries that story. Earthy. Tangy. Citrus forward. A spice that has been growing wild across the hills of Palestine for centuries. It cuts through the richness of the bacon, lifts the acidity of the tomatoes, and makes the sourdough taste more like itself. Swipe to the second last slide. Apparently we’re not the only ones who think so. The Sumac BLT. Now at Subko, Alserkal Avenue. [subko, sumac BLT, sourdough dubai, nolen gur, alserkal avenue, brunch dubai, palestinian sumac, mishkah, subcontinent, specialty bakehouse dubai, noon food dubai]

THE TIKKA BENEDICT. HOW IT HAPPENED. We were told this wouldn’t work with Chicken Tikka. Which is exactly why we put it on the menu. Pulled Chicken Tikka - marinated, charred, carrying the memory of every tandoor it has ever known. Two organic poached eggs. Sitting exactly where they should. A Makhani style desi sauce that made hollandaise reconsider its life choices. Fried onions for the crunch nobody asked for but everyone needed. Mixed greens and cherry tomatoes to keep things honest. And underneath all of it - a Kouign Amann croissant base. A Breton pastry that wandered far from home. Caramelised at the edges. Holding three culinary traditions together without breaking a sweat. Consider this a cultural repatriation. Served with a poached egg. Hollandaise met Tikka. The Subcontinent won. As it should. The Tikka Benedict. Now at Subko, Alserkal Avenue for dine-in. [subko, subcontinent, chicken tikka, tikka benedict, eggs benedict, subko style, brunch dubai, alserkal avenue, noon food dubai, makhani, kouign amann, desi brunch]

THIS CANNOT WORK - CHICKEN TIKKA EGGS BENEDICT Eggs Benedict has a history that is, depending on who you ask, either very New York or very contested. The kind of breakfast that demands a white tablecloth and a Sunday morning with nowhere to be. Eggs Benedict was always missing something. Turns out it was us with our butter chicken gravy. We were told (assertively) this wouldn’t work with Chicken Tikka. Not just by one person. By many. Including every purist who looked at our menu and asked why we would do this to a brunch classic. Guess what? Now they’re asking if they can get a second one. That’s the thing about Chicken Tikka. It has always found a way. From the tandoors of Punjab to the curry houses of Birmingham to the dinner tables of every desi household that treated it as both weeknight staple and celebratory centrepiece. It has always belonged everywhere it has landed. This is just the latest place it decided to make itself at home. A perfectly poached egg. Chicken Tikka with the char and the spice that earns its place. Served on a base that holds the whole thing together without apology. Benedict met Tikka. The Subcontinent won. As it should. Is it brunch? Is it subcontinental? Whatever. It’s Sunday sorted. The same flavours you’ve known your whole life, reimagined for a plate you didn’t know you needed. The Chicken Tikka Eggs Benedict. Now at Subko, Alserkal Avenue for dine-in.

🚽THE GALLERY EVERYONE DIDN’T KNOW THEY WERE ATTENDING 🚽 Nobody commissions toilet art. Nobody curates it. Yet, walk into a bathroom anywhere in the world and you will find something worth looking at. A badly drawn stick figure. A handwritten note that says “call me” with a number that definitely leads to someone’s bitter ex. And somewhere, in every country, a motivational quote with at least one word spelled incorrectly that somehow still hits. Toilet art is the most democratic art form on the planet. No brief. No budget. Just someone, somewhere, deciding that the four walls of a bathroom deserved better than bare plaster - hence toilet art is huge. The bathroom is not an afterthought. It is an extension of everything we believe about space, culture, and the details that most people overlook. Because the way a space treats its smallest room says a lot. NOW WE WANT YOURS. DM us your favourite piece of toilet art. The best ones get printed out and go straight on the wall. No curation. No committee. Just good taste in small spaces. Come for the coffee. Stay for the bathroom. We mean that. [subko, toilet art, alserkal avenue, subcontinent, design details, specialty coffee dubai, conscious design, asia, community]

THE YELLOW YOUR AUNTIE’S FLOOR HAD. There’s something that happens when you walk into Subko and look at the first bar downstairs in our Taiyaar section of the Craftery. Yellow oxide flooring has been part of South India’s built heritage for generations. Eco-friendly before eco-friendly was a brief. Durable before durability was a selling point. Made from natural iron oxide pigments, it kept homes cool, aged gracefully, and required nothing more than a mop and time to maintain. And yes, for those who grew up with it, there was always that one auntie who was deeply unhappy about the yellow that transferred onto the soles of your feet. A small price. Worth every step. At Subko, Alserkal Avenue, the yellow oxide counter at the Taiyaar bar is continuity. A material that has always understood what good design means.

ZINE WORKSHOP @subkouae ALSERKAL MAY 15, FRI Magazine founder @neeljassani will be conducting a creative workshop on forming, developing & shaping an idea and transforming it into a zine Entry Fee: 75 DHS RSVP LINK IN BIO

WHO KNEW GETTING NEON SIGNS WOULD BE THIS HARD. Everyone said getting a proper neon sign made in Dubai wasn’t possible. That it was a bad idea. That we should just do an LED panel and move on. Obviously we didn’t move on. Some Like It Hot isn’t just a sign. It’s a statement about what happens behind the glass. A hot kitchen that runs on craft. On flavour interventions from the Subcontinent. On a quiet refusal to do things the easy way. The sign glows. The kitchen delivers. And to the same people who said it couldn’t be done - and then proceeded to break it - we see you. We know exactly who you are. The sign is not a handle. It is not load bearing. It is not a selfie prop. We rebuilt it anyway. Because some things are worth the trouble. [subko, hot kitchen, alserkal avenue, some like it hot, breadheads, subcontinent, specialty bakehouse dubai]

BISHESH HAS A BONE TO PICK. WITH THE MOMO. FOR THE COFFEE. Ask anyone what Nepal is known for and you’ll get the same answers. Everest. Trekking. Momos. Although Nepal has been sitting on one of the most underutilised specialty coffee stories in the world. Not enough people are saying it out loud. We are. And so are Bishesh ( @bishesh_thapa )and Subash (@subas__lama ) Two senior baristas. Both Nepali. Both deeply invested in what their country’s coffee is capable of. Both quietly tired of it being an afterthought in a conversation it should be leading. Nepal grows coffee at elevations that most producing regions cannot reach. The altitude slows everything down. The result is coffee that is distinct, traceable, and worth the attention it has rarely been given. Nepal’s coffee culture deserves the same pride, the same recognition, and the same global conversation as its mountains. Bishesh and Subash are here to make that case. One cup at a time. Project Everest. Dubai exclusive. At Subko, Warehouse 15, Alserkal Avenue. [subko, nepal coffee, project everest, specialty coffee dubai, high altitude coffee, alserkal avenue, anaerobic naturals, extended naturals, coffee dubai, subcontinent]

THE MOMO IS GREAT. BUT HAVE YOU TRIED THE COFFEE? Nepal deserves a longer conversation than its dumplings. Not a knock on the momo. The momo is iconic. But when a country sits at elevations that slow the coffee cherry down, concentrate the sugars, and produce cups that taste like nothing else on the specialty map it deserves equal airtime. Two microlots. Two districts. Taplejung District - Anaerobic Naturals Light roast. Peach. Red Apple. Chamomile Tea. Godak District - Extended Naturals Light roast. Pomegranate. Grapefruit. Jaggery. As for the design we’ve put a lot of intention in a small package. Tibetan script, multiple languages celebrating the diversity of Nepal and its communities, and the pattern of Samsara - the Tibetan Buddhist principle of continuity - running through the design. Each lot comes with its own holographic collectible sticker. Sticker bomb your laptop, your notebook, your water bottle - wherever feels right. And while you’re here, cop the merch in the Subcontinental Khandaan. There’s always something worth taking home. Stay tuned - our Alserkal heartthrobs are taking you through the cupper’s notes and flavour profiles in the next one. Dubai exclusive batch. Limited quantity. Subko, Warehouse 15, Alserkal Avenue. [subko, nepal coffee, project everest, specialty coffee dubai, high altitude coffee, alserkal avenue, anaerobic naturals, extended naturals, third wave coffee dubai, studio substance, subcontinent]

NEPAL. RARELY ON THE ROSTER. THE HARVEST YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. Nepal doesn’t get enough credit in the specialty coffee conversation. It should. What you’re seeing here is where it all began. High altitude farming requires a level of care and commitment that most wouldn’t attempt. We’re bringing in three microdots from districts that rarely make it onto a roaster. Taplejung. Godak. Bhirkune. This is a Dubai exclusive batch and it won’t be here for long. Warehouse 15, Alserkal Avenue. Come find out what’s in the box.

MAY THE FOURTH WAS WITH YOU. BEWARE THE REVENGE OF THE FIFTH. Our hot honey pepperoni isn’t the only thing coming back with a vengeance. Ask our Dubai lead Wayne - hardcore enough to name his kid after Luke. Yesterday he was decked out in full Star Wars regalia, grinning like a kid on Christmas morning. May the Fourth is his Easter, his Diwali, his Eid. The man waits all year for it. Today, revenge is served hot at the SOPI window.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

PROJECT EVEREST: SINGLE ORIGIN SPECIALTY COFFEE FROM NEPAL They’re back. Nepal’s high-elevation microlots have returned to Subko, and this time, Dubai gets its own exclusive batch. Three lots. Three districts. Three distinct expressions of what the Himalayas can produce when altitude meets intention. Taplejung District — Anaerobic Naturals Godak District — Extended Naturals Bhirkune District — Extended Naturals Each one processed differently. Each one worth the trip. Project Everest’s microlots are housed in bespoke custom coffee boxes by Subko’s in-house design studio, Studio Substance with a customised, collectible holographic sticker for each unique process, the pattern of the Tibetan Buddhist principle of Samsara, and multiple scripts on the box celebrating the diversity of Nepal and its communities. The kind of packaging worth keeping long after the coffee is gone. Feed it into your sticker bombing rotation, your gadgets, your notebooks, wherever feels right. The Dubai exclusive batch won’t be around for long. Drop by Subko, Warehouse 15, Alserkal Avenue to find out which lots made the cut, and take one home before they’re gone. [subko, specialty coffee dubai, single origin coffee, nepal coffee, project everest, alserkal avenue, subcontinent coffee, third wave coffee dubai, studio substance, dubai exclusive]