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Meet the man behind Gaucho Dubai’s restaurant opening next month. Plus how to cook a steak!
14 commentsDubai; We all love a new restaurant opening, don’t we? Well with Gaucho, the London-born Argentine restaurant concept opening in Dubai at DIFC in the first week of October, FooDiva met with chef turned operator, South African Ryan Hattingh, Gaucho’s International Operations Director to chat all things beef, why he won’t be dishing up Wagyu, the all-Argentine wine list, and plenty more. He even tells us how to cut, prepare and grill a steak!
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Italian tonight? Medzo at Wafi Restaurants
10 commentsDubai; We all have a favourite Italian, restaurant that is, and FooDiva's in her Bur Dubai years was Medzo at Wafi. It’s since reinvented itself (well over a year ago am ashamed to admit) with not just a new interior, but a complete menu revamp thanks to Nonna Chef and restaurant manageress Livia.
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Room for another Dubai steakhouse? The Rib Room at Jumeirah Emirates Towers
6 commentsDubai; Jumeirah Emirates Towers has relaunched its steakhouse restaurant yet again; now by the name of The Rib Room. Quite cleverly, the hotel’s Agency wine bar has relocated right next door which am sure helps pull in the punters.
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Cantonese franchise Royal China opens in Dubai
4 commentsDubai; Another franchise restaurant knocks on Dubai’s door; Cantonese outfit Royal China with locations across London, Singapore and Shanghai. Infact I seem to recall befriending the Bayswater restaurant many moons ago in FooDiva’s London days.
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What’s TBJ? Could it be Atlantis Dubai’s new burger joint?
4 commentsDubai; FooDiva’s always been fascinated by all things burger, so my heart started racing when I first heard Atlantis Dubai was opening a burger joint, in fact it’s called exactly that; TBJ [The Burger Joint]. I’ve not yet made up my mind whether I like the anagram or not, so FooDiva Friends feel free to dip in.
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The Ivy Dubai; what’s FooDiva’s verdict?
5 commentsDubai; Is the jury still out on The Ivy Dubai? FooDiva finds out if Dubai's latest restaurant opening lives up to all the hype; a kind of restaurant hype this town's never experienced before.
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Jamie’s Italian in Dubai; his first restaurant outside UK
10 commentsDubai; FooDiva’s been longing to review Jamie Oliver’s first restaurant outside British shores since it soft opened in Dubai a month or so ago, but I was hoping for its licence to come through first. Always nice to have a glass of fruity red with one’s favourite pasta, no? Anyhow, patience has never been my virtue, […]
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La Petite Maison
2 commentsDubai; When I heard that the Nice-borne restaurant La Petite Maison had opened an eaterie in Dubai, FooDiva had to check it out. Famed for its Nicoise cuisine, and its signature salad of the same name, La Petite Maison has locations in London, Moscow and Nice of course. Located at DIFC’s Gate Village, the French restaurant […]
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Armani’s Amal
Share your commentsDubai; Now you know FooDiva loves any excuse to take in Dubai’s magical fountains, so given I was heading to an event at Armani Prive (the hotel’s nightclub) last night, my guest and I thought we’d first try out their tapas and bubbles at the champagne bar. Well sadly not, the bar was closed for a private event…for Tom Cruise […]
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