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  Meet chef Virgilio Martínez as he opens Lima Dubai

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  If you’re as addicted to Chef’s Table as I am, I bet you feel you already know the dashing and softly spoken Virgilio [pronounced Vir-hilio] Martínez Véliz. He tends to drop the surname. His...

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  Does The Lighthouse show the way to casual, comfort dining?

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  Finding my way to Dubai Design District, or D3 as it's lovingly called, is a challenge in itself and not being able to see The Lighthouse is ironical. I lay the blame on bad signage in a new free...

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  How does The Atlantic Dubai compare to Melbourne?

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  The Atlantic’s home location of Melbourne boasted three species of Australian oysters when I dined there last month - Coffin Bay, Smoky Bay, and Tasmanian Pipeclay Lagoon. On the...

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  Is Il Borro a tasty Tuscan treat?

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  The new Il Borro Tuscan Bistro tucked away in Madinat Jumeirah's Al Naseem hotel in Dubai has been imported from the Ferragamo family's sprawling estate in Tuscany. Does it stay true to its roots serving regional Tuscan...

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  Rockfish: location, location and only location

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  Rockfish, a "Mediterranean seafood" restaurant in the new Jumeirah Al Naseem is a classic example of a restaurant in Dubai that relies solely on a dashing location to attract mainly tourists. The setting is a little set back...

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  Is Ají hot on flavour and service?

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  How times are changing. Dubai can finally boast a beach and seafront location with licensed restaurants outside a hotel environment. Club Vista Mare on Palm Jumeirah developed by Nakheel sits on the eastern trunk...

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  New Dubai restaurant openings (2017)

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  What's on our plate for Dubai's restaurant scene this year? It's becoming trickier and trickier to extract confirmed restaurant openings from operators and investors - one sign...

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  Morah: where Middle East meets Mediterranean

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  Newly opened Canadian restaurant concept Morah, promising Eastern Mediterranean cuisine, is the younger sibling of Weslodge. Perched just above, in the same tower of the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, on the...

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  FooDiva’s 30 favourite Dubai restaurants (2017)

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  The number one question I am always asked when I explain what I do, is simply - “what is your favourite restaurant?” It’s very hard to single out one sole restaurant in Dubai as I have...

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