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Meet chef Virgilio Martínez as he opens Lima Dubai
2 commentsIf you’re as addicted to Chef’s Table as I am, I bet you feel you already know the dashing and softly spoken Virgilio [pronounced Vir-hilio] Martínez Véliz. He tends to drop the surname. His...
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Top 4 wines under AED100 (column 9)
Share your commentsFebruary in the southern hemisphere is harvesting time. And as you read this column, I am on a wine trip in South Africa, a legendary wine region that in only 25 years has risen to become...
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How does The Atlantic Dubai compare to Melbourne?
8 commentsThe Atlantic’s home location of Melbourne boasted three species of Australian oysters when I dined there last month - Coffin Bay, Smoky Bay, and Tasmanian Pipeclay Lagoon. On the...
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Win five different brunches – competition by Jumeirah Zabeel Saray
24 commentsWe’re back with a new brunch competition, but this time, it’s bigger and better with five different brunches (each for two people) up for grabs at...
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Rockfish: location, location and only location
25 commentsRockfish, a "Mediterranean seafood" restaurant in the new Jumeirah Al Naseem is a classic example of a restaurant in Dubai that relies solely on a dashing location to attract mainly tourists. The setting is a little set back...
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Australia: where and what to eat in Sydney, Melbourne and the Hunter Valley
1 commentWhat is Australian cuisine? Surprisingly, despite the mammoth size of Australia, the cuisine does not vary from region...
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Is Ají hot on flavour and service?
2 commentsHow times are changing. Dubai can finally boast a beach and seafront location with licensed restaurants outside a hotel environment. Club Vista Mare on Palm Jumeirah developed by Nakheel sits on the eastern trunk...
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Top 4 wines under AED100 (column 8)
8 commentsHappy 2017 to all you lovely wine readers. May this year bring you health, happiness and lots of bottles. I am dedicating this eighth column to old classic grape varieties, the so...
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New Dubai restaurant openings (2017)
5 commentsWhat's on our plate for Dubai's restaurant scene this year? It's becoming trickier and trickier to extract confirmed restaurant openings from operators and investors - one sign...
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