Dear Smoked Meat Lovers,

You are in for a treat!

But there’s a lot more to Perry & Blackwelder’s – affectionately known as P&B.

The locale is a composition of three distinct areas, each playing its role: the main dining hall is at ground level, and this is where most diners and their families congregate for lunch or dinner.

A fully-stocked bar is at their service, and the ambiance is brightly decorated, creating a ‘deep south’ feel – and not for nothing: Perry & Blackwelder’s is in fact Dubai’s first and original smokehouse!

And if you look down through the floor, you catch a glimpse of the downstairs action area.

In fact, the main bar is downstairs, and it is a rockin’ joint – bring your buddies and a good time is guaranteed!

And the last piece of the puzzle is the outside terrace – brilliant for the cooler months, and the occasional chill evening even during summer.

The views are tip-top across Madinat Jumeirah!

The menu is a fun-filled smorgasbord of US-inspired southern fare, and the smoked meats feature prominently!

In its latest evolution, a revolution of pork dishes have expanded the selection, and non-Muslims will delight in the available options, which are hard to find in Dubai carrying such flamboyant flavors as back home.

You do recall what the above is, right?

Pork crackling!

Served tall and proud, and oh so crispy-crunchy, and also very light and almost fluffy – excellent work in the kitchen! – and accompanied by a delicious sweet apple sauce.

It went exceptionally well with Perry and Blackwelder’s idea of a salad… topped with a half-bucket of the tenderest smokiest beef brisket you’ve ever tasted!

The pair of these appetizers set the theme for the dining experience and they were both absolutely fabulous!

We followed with a very original combination of a cajun-spiced slab of grilled salmon, on a bed of lentils and okhra… wow! Try find that one in Dubai!

Not only was it a killer combination in terms of flavors, but just look at the seasoning on that salmon!

A real masterpiece of a fish dish, and one that you will remember for years to come; in fact, probably every time you’re served salmon and it comes short of tasting as good as P&B’s!

A pulled pork sandwich – wait… a pulled pork mountain squeezed between two bread buns – also arrived to our table, and it was exquisite in its sweetness, and tangy tomato sauce.

Fries of both potato and yam, with a side of coleslaw, accompanied the mains.

And for a special treat, one of the homemade milkshakes was brought in – aptly called the Freakshakes!

If that isn’t going to impress your kids, then nothing is!

And so, fully satisfied and more, we glanced admiringly through the menu, choosing what we’d pick next visit – because the selection is just insane in its promise of lip-smackery…

Want to try a Brontosaurus Prime Smoked Mesquite Beef Short Rib? Oh yeah!

How about Texas Style Smoky Sharing Platters? Oh boy!

And I didn’t even get to the Steaks section, nor the Burgers & Dogs… just so much good-sounding food!

Still, the secret to Perry & Blackwelder’s is well-known, and no secret at all: you just need to start off with excellent meat cuts, season them well, and smoke them slow and long – and that’s exactly what the good folk in P&B’s kitchens do, and the results just melt in your mouth and force your eyes shut while a mmm-mmmmmm escapes from your throat!

For dessert, a warm and melty hug of chocolate cookie embraced in ice-cream and caressed with a drizzle of caramel. A dream while awake.

All in all, with its cowboy hats and boots well deserved by a unique and engaging decor, the true star on P&B’s chest is their slow-cooked smoked southern meats – be it salmon, beef, pork, or chicken.

For an authentic and delicious dining experience, or just a snack and a drink or two, Perry & Blackwelder’s offers a magical and seamless tele-transport to the southern states of America, where the smokehouse cuisine is part of the heritage – and all of this in Jumeirah, Dubai.