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  India: a culinary travel guide

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  I returned from India with stomach intact and no Delhi belly, but sans voice, courtesy of tremendous smog in the north. A good job this isn’t a podcast. I learnt my tummy lesson on my first visit 18 years...

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  FooDiva’s 28 top restaurants in Dubai (2020)

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  What makes you return to a restaurant? Yes the food has to be good – but, for me, efficiency and warmth of service draw me back. We’re talking about the hospitality business...

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  Should you visit Saudi Arabia now?

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  Unless you’ve been living in a cave over the last few months, the news that Saudi Arabia is opening up has made headline news around the world - thanks to a country’s marketing machine in overdrive with...

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  Online gourmet grocers and caterers in Dubai

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  With demand for at-home entertaining on the rise given the expense of dining out in Dubai, I am getting more and more requests for gourmet ‘grocers’ (read artisans) and bespoke caterers.

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  To pop into Kayto or not?

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  Promoting a new Dubai restaurant as a six-month pop-up is, likely, a clever marketing ploy to entice diners quickly and often - before changing the concept to lure them back in again. With that in mind, I half-expect an outdoor-only venue solely operating for the winter...

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  3BK: what on earth is an upscale multisensory global dining experience?

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  “Upscale multisensory global dining experience”. Words that strike fear through my stomach as another Dubai restaurant – 3BK - attempts to find a niche in one of the most competitive food...

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  Vamos to Bebemos

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  The Garhoud district of Dubai appears to be undergoing a culinary renaissance. Who remembers the glorious French restaurant, Café Chic at the Meridien Dubai Airport Hotel, that was so à la minute for its time? Well, sadly that shut shop...

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  Can Opa smash it?

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  Another Greek restaurant in Dubai. Another Greek restaurant review? That's my thinking as we trudge towards another ‘authentic’ experience, but in the same way that the plain elevator in the Fairmont Dubai on Sheikh Zayed opens to a mesmerising...

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  Is Taverna Greek Kitchen authentic?

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  Goodbye Left Bank. Hello Taverna. Another licensed Greek restaurant opens in Dubai – this time overlooking Souk Madinat’s waterway. Operated by Food Fund, the Greek-South African restaurateurs who also own Eat...

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