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• Lunch with Pierre Gagnaire next week at Reflets?

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  Dubai; Guess who’s coming to town next week? Well it has to be food related, n’est-ce pas? None other than, Michelin star chef (11 in total) Pierre Gagnaire, the culinary genius behind Inter-Continental Dubai Festival City’s Reflets French restaurant and ten other restaurants around the world. Now FooDiva’s always been a fan of this true […]

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• Hashi at Armani Dubai – a Japanese treat?

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  Dubai; Hashi at Dubai’s Armani hotel has been on FooDiva’s ever-growing wish list for a while, so as I try my utmost to support all things Japanese right now, friend and I turned up for a mid-week reservation. Hashi translates to chopsticks by the way. I do love a restaurant that confirms your telephone reservation […]

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• FooDiva’s London Gastro Guide

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  I promised you an English capital restaurant round-up, so here’s FooDiva’s gastro guide to all things munchy in London - best distinguished by the times of day you get those tummy cravings. So go on, plan your summer holiday. [caption id="attachment_2179" align="alignright" width="300" caption="London's Millennium Bridge leading to St. Paul's Cathedral"][/caption] Lunch The Providores and Tapa Room - smack bang on my favourite London street for cafe society and shopping; Marylebone High Street. The brainchild of two New Zealand chefs Peter Gordon and Michael McGrath of Sugar Club fame, the ground floor houses the casual cafe and bar, Tapa Room - not a typo, just takes its name from the huge, traditional Rarotongan Tapa wall cloth hanging. But they do serve Spanish tapas-like dishes. Up the creeky stairs sits The Providores, for formal white linen tablecloth dining. If you're in London on a weekend go for brunch; try the hot smoked salmon with two poached eggs and spinach on walnut toast with yuzu hollandaise. And a serving of grilled chorizo on the side. On a Sunday, potter along to the Farmers' Market just behind Waitrose on the high street.

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• Four more weeks to go and…The Ivy Dubai opens

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  Dubai; It’s official! The Ivy Dubai opens in exactly four weeks on June 9th at Jumeirah’s Emirates Towers Boulevard. Over the last few weeks, FooDiva’s been lucky enough to taste a number of dishes from the Ivy menu (well there have to be some perks to the job), described as “empire food at its best”. […]

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• Honyaki opens at Madinat Jumeirah

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  Dubai; Hurrah – finally a licenced sushi joint arrives in new Dubai! Honyaki (translates to the sharpest of all Japanese knife blades by the way), has opened at Madinat Jumeirah Souk replacing Caviar & Prunier. So FooDiva and fellow foodie The Hedonista grabbed lunch by the window overlooking Madinat’s amphitheatre and meandering canals. It’s teeny, […]

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• North Indian ‘Amala’ – spicing up the Palm?

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  Dubai; FooDiva’s visited Jumeirah Zabeel Saray on the Palm a couple of times; once in soft opening with hardly any F&B (food & beverage) operational, so we settled for a caesar salad lunch at the pool bar, and second time round with the intention of afternoon tea, but having skipped lunch, a delicious club sandwich […]

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• Does Center Cut it for FooDiva?

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  Dubai; “What would you request as your last meal?” Morbid perhaps, but FooDiva was posed this question recently. Without a doubt, a juicy, tender steak, cooked rare. So with another new steakhouse on our shores, FooDiva ventured to the Ritz-Carlton DIFC’s, Center Cut. Yes Anglophiles, I too prefer the original and correct English spelling of […]

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• FooDiva walks in on ‘Wok In – Chow Down’

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  Dubai; FooDiva loves the sound of a quirky restaurant name, especially when it’s new on the scene, as is Wok In – Chow Down, the new Pan-Asian eaterie at Mövenpick Hotel Deira. So with chef friend (the Brit one) in tow, we decided to wok in on its power lunch deal. Interior is red, red, […]

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• Sweet, Sprungli and Swiss

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  Dubai; When I heard that Sprüngli, the famous 175-year old Swiss confectioner was retailing sweet goodies at Mövenpick Hotel & Apartments Bur Dubai, another Swiss success story, a FooDiva review suddently jumped to the top of my wish list. I should add the review that follows is a result of a tasting session, where FooDiva was invited – […]

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