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Can Sushiyaki compete in Dubai’s crowded Japanese scene?
Share your commentsLet’s see who's old-school Dubai. Do you remember golden oldie Japengo? With a Japanese and broader Asian menu. The Souk Madinat Jumeirah outpost overlooking the waterway...
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Bordo Mavi with solely seafood on the menu
Share your commentsA new restaurant in Dubai serving SOLELY seafood. And a few veggie dishes. But ZERO meat. Not even one single dish. So if you’re in the 15 per cent of my Instagram poll further below, then perhaps don’t read on...
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Top Dubai restaurants: a FooDiva 2024 guide
Share your commentsI give you the ninth edition of the annual FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai. A record number of 45 homegrown, locally developed concepts have made the cut...
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How does the new Okku compare to the original?
Share your commentsThe original Okku that opened in 2009 became Dubai’s first independent, homegrown, licensed restaurant concept. Remember the wild disco brunch and Sunday L.O.V.E. promo? Those heady, old-school times are...
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A bientôt Chez Wam
Share your commentsI knew my cover would be blown. An open-plan kitchen with the chef patron on the pass in full view is a dead giveaway. However, I insist on paying the bill – hence you’re reading this review. Otherwise, what a waste of both my time and the restaurant’s...
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Best practice food sustainability
Share your commentsWhat does the term food sustainability really mean? On the back of recent visits to a resort that fully champions sustainability across all areas of the operation, I decided to do some digging, and...
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Bungalo34: a restaurant, not a beach club
Share your commentsWhen Natasha Sideris, the founder and CEO of The Tashas Group, first mentioned that she was developing a new homegrown, independent restaurant in Dubai, Bungalo34, at Nikki Beach Resort, she...
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Top Dubai restaurants: a FooDiva 2023 guide
Share your commentsThe eighth edition of the annual FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai is here. 38 homegrown, independently operated, locally developed concepts have made the cut...
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Mexican authenticity at Lila Wood-Fired Taqueria
1 commentUnlike popular opinion, I adore the word ‘authentic’ – even more so when I discover restaurants ticking this box in a city that boasts every cuisine under the sun, with many a fusion interpretation. Dubai has a host of...
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