Aalia

When Aalia launched in 2022, its culinary team was led by executive chef Paul Farag. He spent years exploring dishes and techniques from lesser-known regions and coastlines of the Middle East and North Africa. He discovered forgotten ingredients from millennia ago and uncovered recipes from within the pages of 10th-century Arabic cookbooks. Although Farag has since moved on, Aalia beautifully combines ingredients from across territories and times, contrasting tradition with modern techniques to offer diners an Arabian nomadic time-travelling odyssey of dishes. Aalia's interior organically emerges from Harry Seidler's original iconic MLC architecture. An ambition realised in a space, an experience that fluidly blends the past with the now, the interior with the exterior. Sculptural architectural features, tactile materials and furnishings are used in perfect synergy to create intimate and relaxing spaces.