Author | FooDiva

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  Shall I share a secret?

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  FooDiva's gonna have to let you in on this little secret...Dubai FINALLY has its very own supper club. Now am not talking the racy Amsterdam import Supperclub which opens at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray any day now, but...

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  Wheeler’s of St James docks into Dubai

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  "I own the global brand, the oldest fish brand in the world. I was part of Forte when the hostile takeover with Granada happened, so I ended up buying it because the brand may have died and that would have been very sad," said Marco Pierre White when...

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  A steakhouse in the world’s tallest hotel

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  I am slowly but surely working my way through the restaurants at the world’s tallest hotel, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai on the Sheikh Zayed. Out of the six currently open, FooDiva's starting with the highest...

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  Meet food editor, writer and coach Dianne Jacob, plus perfecting pizza

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  I am not sure if I was more nervous soaking up Dianne Jacob’s words of wisdom in her writing workshop or whilst interviewing her in London. After all she is an award-winning...

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  Tomo tomorrow?

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  Ask any Japanese diner in Dubai and they will rave about Chef Chitoshi Takahashi’s cuisine, as I do. Well after over three decades, he has left Kisaku at the Khaleej Palace hotel and is now ensconced in his new home...

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  Café Baroque and a new year’s resolution

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  Dubai; I don't know about you but I never bother to make new year's resolutions anymore as I either forget or break them. When faced with...

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  Nice Náis Italian Kitchen

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  Finding authentic Italian food in Dubai is as hard to come by as a white truffle in Alba this season. Sadly this is one cuisine that’s become a victim of globalisation with restaurants here trying to please too many palates. Italian cuisine is so diverse...

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  Meat your beef

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  Australian Blackmore Wagyu beef, which from what FooDiva tasted recently at Al Maha is good enough to rival original Wagyu from Kobe in Japan (pre-Fukushima nuclear disaster). Incidentally, Tomo...

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  The world’s most expensive cocktail?…plus a Christmas lunch goodie

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  Dubai; Could it be the world's most expensive cocktail? Well with a name like 'Diamonds Are Forever' you would think so. The cocktail tipple mixes...

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