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  La Carnita Dubai: do first impressions always count?

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  When I call a new casual Mexican restaurant just open in Dubai, La Carnita, on a Friday, for an evening reservation, the hostess advises that only a 7 to 9pm slot is available. A booking strategy or is...

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  Hotel Cartagena: does a fictional story enhance the dining experience?

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  Hotel Cartagena is not a hotel, as I thought when the first email landed in my inbox a couple of months ago. But it is IN a hotel. A new Latino restaurant...

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  Can east meet west at Morimoto Dubai?

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  When I see that my favourite dish of all time, bouillabaisse, is on the menu at a new restaurant in Dubai by chef Masaharu Morimoto, I am intrigued and excited to see if parity can be...

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  How does Asia de Cuba in Dubai compare to Abu Dhabi?

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  As a loyal patron of imported Latin-American restaurant concept Asia de Cuba in Abu Dhabi, I am excited to see how the Dubai counterpart fares at The Westin Mina Seyahi Beach Resort...

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  Luigia Dubai: a pizzeria where quality AND quantity rule

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  A new licensed Italian restaurant in Dubai boasts a menu with 33 pizzas, and that excludes five calzone dishes. Couple that with feedback from foodie friends raving about the pizza is...

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  10 best wine bars in Dubai

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  Traditionally you can identify a wine bar at twenty paces. Atmosphere? Check. Wooden surfaces and a cheese selection? Check and check. Lighting a quarter turn from pitch black? You got it. In Dubai though, it can be hard to find a place...

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  Does the Mexican food at Luchador match the view?

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  I have discovered a new way of dining out on a weekend in Dubai. I arrive at my chosen restaurant for an early cocktail, around 5.30pm pre-‘sunset’. I order one starter with a cocktail, a second appetiser with a glass of wine. And so on with main courses and dessert. Out by 9pm. I am coining this...

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  The Fish House: a restaurant with a twist

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  The Fish House does exactly what it says on the tin, or in today’s world, the tin is social media. A contemporary fish restaurant is championing locally sourced seafood where possible, with a cooking style that has just enough of a twist to make the food intriguing. Don't expect your average Lebanese-style...

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  Is Ninive a restaurant or a shisha spot?

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  I find it off-putting when restaurants are described as shisha spots. Shisha, as does any smoking, ruins the palate and taste buds – so why would I choose to dine there? The opening of a new home-grown Middle Eastern restaurant with a twist in Dubai is too good an opportunity to miss though, so I...

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