What Abu Dhabi eats

In a city as multi-cultural as the capital, all culinary tastes have to be satisfied. In our special food issue, M takes a look in the shopping baskets of various residents and discovers what they never go home without. With photographs by Delores Johnson

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Lucy Mehta with Benjamin, Tatiana and Cameron

From London

Profession Legal professional

Feeding Family of five

Shops at Spinneys; Mazaraa, an organic shop; LuLu

Weekly shop costs About Dh1,500

Never leaves the supermarket without Raspberries

Ali Alsaloom

From Abu Dhabi

Profession Cultural adviser and public speaker

Feeding One

Shops at Spinneys and Baqala

Weekly shop costs About Dh350

Never leaves the supermarket without Cat food

Tony (father), Remmi Rose (daughter), Rose (mother), Kaka (grandson) and Honey (daughter) Morales

From Iloilo City, Philippines

Profession Field service manager at Flowserve Al Mansoori Services

Feeding Family of six

Shops at Carrefour

Weekly shop costs About Dh500

Never leaves the supermarket without Fresh vegetables

Dee Boys

From Gold Coast, Australia

Profession Personal trainer

Feeding Two

Shops at Abella and Spinneys

Weekly shop costs Between Dh600 and Dh800

Never leaves the supermarket without Muesli

Stanley and Nirosa Samaratunge

From Negombo, Sri Lanka

Profession Engineer and housemaid

Shops at LuLu

Feeding Two

Weekly shop costs About Dh300

Never leaves the supermarket without Fresh long beans

Caroline Collins

From Kent, UK

Profession Maths teacher

Feeding Family of four

Shops at Spinneys and the Abu Dhabi Co-Operative Society

Weekly shop costs About Dh1,000

Never leaves the supermarket without Cheestrings

Hayley (daughter) and Fiona (mother) Vaughan

From Auckland, New Zealand

Profession Centre manager for a special-needs school

Feeding Family of four

Shops at LuLu

Weekly shop costs About Dh800

Never leaves the supermarket without Cans of Coke