Author | FooDiva
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Taste of Dubai, plus Giorgio Locatelli spills the beans
4 commentsDubai; It's time for the annual Taste of Dubai food festival at Dubai Media City this weekend, where 26 of the emirate’s restaurants take stalls each serving up mini tasting dishes of signature recipes.
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Looking to hire a chef or caterer?
4 commentsDubai; Of late I have been asked numerous times to suggest a good professional chef or caterer, so as an update to my column earlier this year in Gourmet magazine, here are FooDiva's recommendations.
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Celebrity chefs and food authors galore at LitFest
6 commentsDubai; You may not associate Dubai's so called LitFest, officially known as the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature with food, but next week we have six chefs and authors in town who are set to regale us with foodie tales and in some cases cook too.
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Sophie’s – a new home-grown café opens in Dubai
13 commentsDubai; When FooDiva heard the founders of Okku, the fabulous home-grown Japanese restaurant at Dubai's Monarch hotel had opened another locally developed concept, a so-called 'gastro-café', Sophie's on Palm Jumeirah, I had to pop in.
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The Beach House at Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi
3 commentsAbu Dhabi; Given many projects are delayed on Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat island, the capital's cultural hub one day inshallah, it's most exciting to see new resorts springing up...well we have Formula One to thank.
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Six Senses Zighy Bay – sensationally sustainable
11 commentsWhat would you say if FooDiva told you all of a particular hotel's produce for its four restaurants is either organic or local, or sometimes both?
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FooDiva turns one, plus a birthday gift!
29 commentsDubai; I can't quite believe it's FooDiva's first birthday today - one divaliciously full year since the official announcement. What started out as an amateur foodie blog whilst travelling in Japan and China has grown into my life and my passion.
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Gaucho Dubai – an Argentine restaurant or steakhouse?
6 commentsDubai; Having interviewed the man behind Gaucho Dubai and attended an impressive media opening, FooDiva was most excited to finally review the all-Argentine meat and wine list. So how does the brand's second Middle East location (at DIFC) fare?
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Tea For You…and me
4 commentsDubai has for a little while, had a home-grown tea shop brand, by the name of Tea For You - well actually it's about to celebrate its first birthday next week.
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