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  Dining differently in Dubai…at a chef’s table

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  Dubai; I dine out a lot, in restaurants that is. But I don't often dine INSIDE the kitchen. Not my kitchen, even though on occasion I do, but a restaurant's.

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  The Brazilian churrascaria craze hits Dubai

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  Dubai; Traffic is steaming on a Thursday night. Our taxi driver doesn't know how to reach the hotel, and neither does Google maps so we decide to jump out and make our own way...

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  Meet Pierre Gagnaire in Dubai

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  He has 12 restaurants around the world including two with three Michelin stars each in France. He's humble and sweet-natured but sometimes, due to the language barrier I expect, can come across as...

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  The new Maya – Mexican or Tex-Mex?

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  Maya always had a good reputation for serving authentic Mexican cuisine as opposed to the Americanised Tex-Mex prevalent elsewhere in Dubai. Well it's reopened...

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  Rang Mahal by Atul Kochhar – traditional or fusion Indian?

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  Since I interviewed Atul Kochhar last year at Taste of Dubai when he also showed us how to make sea bass curry, I've been longing for his Indian restaurant, Rang Mahal to open at the newish JW Marriott Marquis Dubai...

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  Wheeler’s of St James docks into Dubai

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  "I own the global brand, the oldest fish brand in the world. I was part of Forte when the hostile takeover with Granada happened, so I ended up buying it because the brand may have died and that would have been very sad," said Marco Pierre White when...

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  A steakhouse in the world’s tallest hotel

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  I am slowly but surely working my way through the restaurants at the world’s tallest hotel, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai on the Sheikh Zayed. Out of the six currently open, FooDiva's starting with the highest...

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  Tomo tomorrow?

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  Ask any Japanese diner in Dubai and they will rave about Chef Chitoshi Takahashi’s cuisine, as I do. Well after over three decades, he has left Kisaku at the Khaleej Palace hotel and is now ensconced in his new home...

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  The world’s most expensive cocktail?…plus a Christmas lunch goodie

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  Dubai; Could it be the world's most expensive cocktail? Well with a name like 'Diamonds Are Forever' you would think so. The cocktail tipple mixes...

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