Our <a href="http://www.lakeland.co.uk/10380/Banana-Guard"><b>Banana Guard</b> </a>wishes have been granted! <b><a href="http://www.lakeland.co.uk/">Lakeland</a> </b>has finally opened in Abu Dhabi.<br/><br/>It's located in <b><a href="http://www.mushrifmall.com/">Mushrif Mall</a></b>, but since the shops there have been opening quietly and slowly over several months and without any real fanfare, we've only just discovered it's now trading.<br/><br/>Dubai, of course, already has a branch of this cult British kitchen and homeware store (in Mirdif City Centre and Mall of the Emirates) but this is Abu Dhabi's first and there really is nothing else like it. <br/><br/>For those who are not Lakeland-familiar it specialises in quirky domestic labour savers you don't find anywhere else. As such, it has earned something of a cult status. People who love Lakeland really love it, not only because everything is reasonably priced but also because each visit reveals new <b><a href="http://www.lakeland.co.uk/3318/Magic-Oven-Liner">products you didn't know you needed</a> </b>to make your domestic life complete. <br/><br/> You go in for an <b>oven mitten</b> ...