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  Taste Tortuga with a competition – presented by Madinat Jumeirah

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  “The next big thing on the food and restaurant scene this year is a Mexican renaissance,” so claimed chef-cum-TV star Anthony Bourdain during our interview at Cayman Cookout...

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  Toko docks in Dubai

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  Are the powers that be at Vida Downtown Dubai recreating a mini DIFC restaurant scene? First La Serre to rival La Petite Maison, and now Toko, a contemporary Japanese restaurant concept imported from Sydney to mimic Zuma perhaps?...

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  Peek into the UAE’s next culinary festival with a competition – presented by Gourmet Abu Dhabi

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  If you love gourmet food and fine dining, well let’s be honest you wouldn’t be reading this post otherwise, then the capital’s annual 16-day culinary festival is just around the corner...

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  5 diversely different dining spots in Dubai

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  FooDiva should be regaling you with waistline-friendly dining options given new year resolutions and all, but as an occasional believer in portion-control, gene management and exercise – all in moderation of course (my two mantras are Mireille Guiliano’s French Women Don’t Get Fat and Dr D’Adamo’s Genotype diet)...

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  Meet the chef-cum-restaurateur behind Atelier M

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  Grandiose is perhaps an understatement for Dubai’s latest dining spot. The elevator opens on the seventh floor directly into an old-world restaurant reminiscent of The Great Gatsby era – minus the flapper dresses...

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  Any plans for New Year’s Eve?

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  If you're a lastminute.com kind of character when it comes to social arrangements like I am, and you're at a loose end on New Year's eve, here's a round-up of restaurants serving à la carte in Dubai - and all with a view of this town's fireworks...

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  An Arabesque restaurant in Dubai oozing atmosphere

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  Dubai; I am drawn back to this new hotspot, not just for cocktails at the buzzing bar, but the lure of dinner in a hugely atmospheric restaurant. If you’ve read my last review you’ll know how much value FooDiva attaches to ambiance in evaluating a dining experience. We’re at a new...

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  Top 12 alternative dining options to toast the festive season in Dubai, plus a competition

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  A wee while ago, I started thinking about a festive round-up that handpicks restaurants in Dubai not offering astronomically expensive brunches, lunches and dinners over Christmas and New Year, and...

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  How does Far-Eastern Umai at Oberoi Dubai fare?

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  On a high, literally, from cocktails at Dubai’s new sexy rooftop bar Iris, we head downstairs for dinner with two restaurants in mind. First, Ananta, the Oberoi’s Indian but it’s eerily quiet with no sense of place. Surely...

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