Dubai Restaurant Reviews By FooDiva

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  From Retro to Tang to Watatsumi

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  Back in 1999 when I first move to Dubai, a restaurant opens by the name of Retro with damn good classic French cuisine in a modern setting. A few years later in...

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  Tong Thai – spicy enough?

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  Dubai; I am back again. I, well actually we, follow the hostess as we pass one private dining booth after another, with the most beautiful ornate Thai art adorning the walls. A glorious neon orange-fronted bar...

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  Can Picante spice up the Portuguese restaurant scene in Dubai?

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  I had high hopes for Picante, one of two new Portuguese restaurants to open in Dubai this year. High hopes because Dubai desperately needs a decent Portuguese...

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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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  Goodbye Cellar, hello Nomad

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  Dubai; Who remembers The Cellar, the Dubai dining institution at the Aviation Club? Well with the opening of the Jumeirah Creekside Hotel...

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  Giannino at Meydan Beach Club – a new Italian stallion?

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  FooDiva should have heard of Giannino, the Michelin and celebrity star-studded Italian restaurant in Milan - but the fact is I hadn't and the concept has now descended on Dubai...

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  Alfie’s by Dunhill, plus a damn good restaurant deal

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  Dubai loves importing international restaurant brands, so it comes as no surprise to see Dunhill, the men’s luxury lifestyle brand open its restaurant concept Alfie’s at Jumeirah Emirates Towers Boulevard, following on from...

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  Gaucho Dubai – an Argentine restaurant or steakhouse?

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  Dubai; Having interviewed the man behind Gaucho Dubai and attended an impressive media opening, FooDiva was most excited to finally review the all-Argentine meat and wine list. So how does the brand's second Middle East location (at DIFC) fare?

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