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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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• Not just one burger, but three

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  Dubai; There’s something hugely comforting about tucking into a good, juicy beef burger…well along with cup cakes it’s FooDiva’s other weakness. Plus a whole lot more am sure. So with Dubai in the midst of a burger craze…fast, slow, gourmet, mini…you’d be hard pushed not to find it on every menu. Here’s FooDiva’s top three […]

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• At.mosphere – does it meet FooDiva’s sky high expectations?

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  Dubai; When a PR-girl turned journalist hears of biggest, longest, widest (admittedly a daily occurence in Dubai-land) or in this case highest, eyes light up, especially for FooDiva when it involves a new restaurant opening. Yes it’s At.mosphere, bizarre punctuation I know, the world’s highest restaurant which opened at Burj Khalifa earlier this year, 122 […]

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• What’s in a bottle of water?

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  Dubai; Now we’ve all been preached at some point in our lives about the importance of drinking water, in fact a minimum of 1.5 litres a day. But how often do you ever consider the quality of the water you’re gulping down? And I am not referring to bottled versus tap water – but mineral […]

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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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• The Ivy in Dubai, for one night only

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  Dubai; “Every night should be a party at The Ivy. You will never go to The Ivy and have a dull night,” – so says Fernando Peire, Director of The Ivy London in a FooDiva interview. And with these words in mind, The Ivy experience comes to Dubai for one night only on Wednesday March […]

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• Prime beef at Prime Gourmet?

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  Dubai; Now when you’re shopping around for jewellery, you don’t expect to stumble across a butchery do you? Well Dubai can finally stake claim to its first dedicated butcher shop – Prime Gourmet – located at Emaar Gold & Diamond Park. FooDiva must admit it’s been open a few months, but with all this eating out, I’ve […]

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• Pierre Gagnaire and melt-in-your-mouth macaroons

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  Dubai; FooDiva’s first taste of the French culinary genius that is Pierre Gagnaire was five years ago at his London restaurant Sketch, when my date managed to secure us a table as walk-in guests. No he didn’t have ‘wasta’, but as an F&B (industry lingo for food & beverage) veteran, he knew very well that a restaurant always […]

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• Riedel; read on before discarding a bottle of vino

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  Dubai; Don’t you love that feeling of learning something new?…well FooDiva just did through an educational glass tasting by Georg Riedel – well it had to be food related, n’est-ce pas? Yes you heard right, not simple wine tasting…but glass. In case you didn’t know, Riedel are the 250-year old Austrian wine glass specialists, and […]

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