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Omnia Gourmet – Silvena Rowe’s first café in Dubai
17 commentsSilvena Rowe seems almost custom-designed for Dubai, and also seems to have a plan to exploit her built-in local market advantages. Those advantages
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A taste of Tashas
5 commentsWith lunch back on the agenda given our Ramadan lull, it’s time for some café culture, and I have a few Dubai newbies to share with you. First up, is South-African import Tashas (the nickname of Greek-South African...
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Why is service in many Dubai restaurants the weaker link?
59 commentsI’ve had a couple of dining experiences in new Dubai restaurants and cafés recently, where whilst the food was in the first case excellent...
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Love at first bite
17 commentsDubai; Earlier this year I wrote about one dish worth the drive to Abu Dhabi, well I’ve now eaten one worth rolling out of bed, wherever you are in the world, Mexico included...
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A Dubai dining bucket list meets Gourmet Trails
4 commentsI’ve shared my short and sweet foodie bucket list for Dubai before, but with a flurry of new restaurant openings and a changing food scene, an update is long overdue. So with the launch...
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5 diversely different dining spots in Dubai
6 commentsFooDiva should be regaling you with waistline-friendly dining options given new year resolutions and all, but as an occasional believer in portion-control, gene management and exercise – all in moderation of course (my two mantras are Mireille Guiliano’s French Women Don’t Get Fat and Dr D’Adamo’s Genotype diet)...
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New café concepts with a difference
12 commentsDubai; A good few years ago I harboured an ambition somewhere in the depths of my hyper-active brain to open a café one day - to the point that I started collecting retro memorabilia to decorate this dream.
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Dubai has a new chic café
13 commentsEvery now and again, Dubai surprises us with the opening of locally conceptualised eateries, and Comptoir 102 Café is just that, and more...
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Can the Taste Initiative champion change in Dubai?
26 commentsA monolith of a concrete structure stares down the Sheikh Zayed; impossible to miss as you drive towards Mall of the Emirates, Dubai-bound. Well that's...
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