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  A warm welcome at Naya

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  My expectations for Naya, the new Indian restaurant in Dubai at Jumeirah Beach Hotel, weren't necessarily high. I'd read the launch PR from March, I'd skimmed through the online menu, and wasn't wholly convinced that...

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  Solo – where Italian tradition meets modern gastronomy

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  Solo Bistronomia is a new Italian restaurant in Dubai at Raffles Hotel, replacing Fire & Ice, with Dubai veteran chef Corrado Pani at the helm...

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  Meet Pierre Gagnaire, the ‘best chef in the world’

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  Pierre Gagnaire may be back in Dubai at Reflets to celebrate his ‘Best chef in the world’ award voted for by his peers whose restaurants boast two and three Michelin stars - but the humble...

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  Meet chef Oliver Glowig

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  German chef Oliver Glowig helms a two-Michelin star restaurant in Rome, Aldrovandi Villa Borghese, which rather unusually won both stars within eight months of opening - an accolade it has consistently maintained since 2011...

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  The capital’s next great catch?

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  On a blissful, sunny Saturday we decided to lunch at a new seafood restaurant, Catch, in the beach club of St Regis Abu Dhabi on the corniche. The decor leaves you instantly...

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  Cove Beach for lunch with a view

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  A sleek and sexy restaurant sits sheltered in a cove on Dubai’s Jumeirah beach with gorgeous views of Burj Al Arab. Newly opened Cove Beach at Jumeirah Beach Hotel is owned...

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  What makes a dish iconic and timeless?

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  What makes a dish iconic and timeless? Is it all about simplicity and soul food? We live in an era where molecular gastronomy and sous vide cooking techniques govern many a hotel...

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  Nusr-Et – an expensive cut of steak in Dubai

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  When the rumour mill started that Nusr-Et was set to open a restaurant in Dubai (at the Four Seasons), I couldn’t understand the appeal of a steakhouse import from Turkey. Don’t get me...

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  Does the new-look Pierchic still offer a fairy tale ending?

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  Once upon a time, a fledgling kiwi, newly emigrated from New Zealand, was wined and dined al fresco by a prospective employer, at a...

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