Author | FooDiva

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  Restaurant reviews, food blogging and going viral

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  I eat out more often than I eat in. I sometimes make a restaurant reservation under my dining companion's name. If there’s window seating and it’s daylight, am grabbing that table. Once I’ve ordered, if the menu isn't online I nab it...

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  Can the Taste Initiative champion change in Dubai?

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  A 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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  New kids on the block

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  Dubai; No sooner have I polished off my last morsel and pressed the publish button, another new restaurant or café opens. So much so, FooDiva has a trio of goodies...

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  An interview with Chef Nobu in Dubai

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  Dubai; Sauntering into Nobu at Atlantis, I find the chef himself, Nobu(yuki) Matsuhisa standing behind his sushi counter grinning shyly as the camera clicks away for a publicity shoot.

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  Goodbye Cellar, hello Nomad

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  Dubai; Who remembers The Cellar, the Dubai dining institution at the Aviation Club? Well with the opening of the Jumeirah Creekside Hotel...

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  Fancy soup? You will love this giveaway – presented by Philips

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  Those of you who have been following FooDiva for a little while, will know I am a huge fan of Philips’ kitchen goods thanks to...

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  Fancy a fine food festival?

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  Dubai is about to stage a first with the inaugural International Fine Food Festival (IFFF) at Meydan racecourse this week starting Tuesday.

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  Giannino at Meydan Beach Club – a new Italian stallion?

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  FooDiva should have heard of Giannino, the Michelin and celebrity star-studded Italian restaurant in Milan - but the fact is I hadn't and the concept has now descended on Dubai...

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  Sugar and spice and all things nice – Zanzibar

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  Did you know Zanzibar’s name originates from the Arabic Zinj el Barr meaning land of the blacks? And that Zanzibar was the original Omani capital?...

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