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We hope you’re hungry this month. Dubai Food Festival is back, and as part of the belt-loosening event, Dubai Festival City Mall has created its very own food passport.

A food passport, you might ask? Why, yes. This handy little booklet lets you collect stamps when you dine in the mall, which you can redeem for shopping vouchers.

And that’s not all – the food passport is packed with brilliant dining deals, from free desserts to buy-one-get-one-free main courses. With a choice of cuisines from around the globe at Dubai Festival City Mall, there’s something for every foodie.

Here are just some of the deals that caught our eye…

Bagel Bar: Get two breakfasts for Dhs50 from 8am to 11am, buy-one-get-one-free on bagels and sandwiches from 12pm to 3pm, and get 50 per cent off any dessert from 5pm to 9pm.

Serendipity 3: Buy-one-get-one-free on the ‘3 Prince Sundae’.

Sugar Factory: Buy-one-get-one-free on main courses on Mondays throughout the festival.

Tea Junction: Buy-one-get-one-free on all new freakshakes.

Tortilla: Get a free bag of chips and salsa on purchase of a large burrito or burrito bowl.

Galitos: Kids eat free, plus all mocktails for Dhs5.

Peppermill: Kids eat free.

Chili’s: Get a free mini molten cake or skillet chocolate chip on purchase of a main course.

Mama Fus: Get a free dessert with purchase of a main course.

How the food passport works…

Collect your food passport from the customer service desk at Dubai Festival City Mall. Dine at any food outlet in the mall, and spend Dhs50 or more to collect a stamp. Once you’ve collected four stamps, you’ll receive a Dhs25 shopping voucher, to spend anywhere in the mall.

That’s not the only reason to get your shop on, either. Starting February 21, you’ll be able to use any Dubai Festival City Mall receipt as a movie ticket, at the mall’s very own Helipad Cinema.

Watch a free film…

That’s right – the mall’s helipad is being transformed into an outdoor movie theatre every weekend for the remainder of the winter months. All you have to do is show up and provide your receipt to enjoy a film.

Here is the list of movies for the next six weeks (showings begin at 8pm):

February 22 to 24: Overdrive
March 1 to 3: Power Rangers
March 8 to 10: Valerian & The City Of A Thousand Planets
March 15 to 17: Monster Family
March 22 to 24: Florence Foster Jenkins
March 29 to 31: All Nighter

Shopping, dinner and a movie? Sounds the perfect combo to us…

Dubai Festival City Mall Festival of Flavours, until March 10, and Helipad Cinema, until April 14. More info on website.

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