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Where to eat in Estonia: A FooDiva culinary travel guide
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Estonia’s delicious dietary staple, fermented rye ‘black’ bread is reason enough to visit this northern Baltic country and EU member. That, and the fact that this nation is often likened to...
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Goodbye Palm Grill. Hello Tamoka.
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Remember the sand-in-toes gem Palm Grill at Ritz-Carlton Dubai on JBR Walk? Well say goodbye, and hello to new Latin-American restaurant Tamoka, with a separate beach bar...
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Where to eat in Sri Lanka: a FooDiva culinary travel guide
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[UPDATED 3RD FEBRUARY 2025]. I was asked on Instagram for the name of the tour guide who organised one of my trips to Sri Lanka. That's me. I always do my own research through guide books...
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A FooDiva guide to under-the-radar restaurants in Dubai
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Dubai boasts a staggering 20,000 or so restaurants, but many go under the radar. This guide celebrates those gems, all homegrown concepts, that deserve more love from us. These...
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Where to eat and drink in Athens: A FooDiva culinary guide to Greece
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Within just one hour of strolling around the streets of downtown Athens, mask-free, a huge weight lifted off my shoulders – and I could finally breathe...
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What to eat at Time Out Market Dubai. A tried and tasted guide.
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Time Out Market in Lisbon was a foodie highlight of my visit back in 2016. So much so, I wondered then why Time Out hadn’t considered bringing the successful...
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A simple guide to perfecting food and wine pairing
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When you first delve into wine, pairing it with food can be so intimidating. Place two things inside a tiny chamber packed with taste receptors, and they’re always going to have an effect on each...
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FooDiva turns 10. The 10 most popular restaurant reviews. Plus some news.
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9th February 2011. The date my trade licence for FooDiva was issued. I can’t quite believe a decade has whizzed by. Well 2020 doesn’t count, so perhaps...
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Lola Taberna Española for pork, glorious pork
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Discovering a Dubai restaurant with a licence to cook pork is like searching for a diamond in the desert. So a new independent Spanish tapas restaurant that reveals a menu with 19 out of 57...
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