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  #DealDiva: Dubai and Abu Dhabi dining deals for September

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  Eating out in the UAE across licensed restaurants is becoming prohibitively expensive, so from feedback you’ve given me across FooDiva’s social media...

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  Online grocery shopping in Dubai

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  For a city that prides itself on convenience, and door-to-door service (think dry cleaning and car washing), Dubai is very late to the online grocery delivery game. Surprisingly, two of...

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  There is no such term as a ‘Michelin chef’

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  An open letter to all restaurateurs, hoteliers, chefs, PRs, journalists and digital influencers in the UAE. This may come across as a bit of a rant, and it is – but I have bitten my tongue for far...

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  Dubai restaurants open for daytime dining over Ramadan – 2017

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  How times are changing. Last year, as Ramadan kicked in, we saw many restaurants in Dubai serve more than just juice during the day, in a move...

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  Abu Dhabi restaurants open for daytime dining over Ramadan – 2017

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  Ramadan is drawing closer and if you are not fasting, like me, you will want to know where best to grab breakfast, lunch, or coffee in Abu Dhabi. Just...

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  Top 12 private dining rooms in Dubai

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  Whether planning a special occasion, an intimate dinner, or for a really large group where you want to avoid a disorderly, multi-table sprawl, sometimes the main restaurant...

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  23 golden oldie restaurants in Dubai

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  Dubai’s dining scene is fickle with new restaurants opening and closing almost as quickly as it takes to knock up a curry. Having arrived in Dubai nearly 18 years ago, I have 'outlived' many of...

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  New Dubai restaurant openings (2017)

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  What'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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  FooDiva’s 30 favourite Dubai restaurants (2017)

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  The number one question I am always asked when I explain what I do, is simply - “what is your favourite restaurant?” It’s very hard to single out one sole restaurant in Dubai as I have...

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