Food

Arab cuisine is very popular and is available everywhere in the city, the small shawarma diners in Deira and Al Karama is Dubai's restaurants and hotels. Fast food, South Asian and Chinese cuisine are very popular and are widely available. Sale and consumption of pork, but not illegal, is regulated and sold only to non-Muslims, in designated areas and airports.Similarly supermarkets, sales of alcoholic beverages is regulated. Liquor is allowed to buy alcohol, but alcohol is available in bars and restaurants and boutiques hotels.Shisha qahwa are also popular in Dubai. Dubai is known for its nightlife. Clubs and bars are in hotels, mainly because of liquor laws. The New York Times described in Dubai, "a city where you might run into Michael Jordan's Buddha Bar, or if Naomi Campbell celebrated the birthday of multiday bash".