Dubai Restaurant Reviews By FooDiva

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  What’s new for dinner on the Palm?

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  It’s a helluva long drive, by Dubai standards that is, as our car eases its way around the east crescent of Palm Jumeirah passing Atlantis, Sofitel, the Waldorf Astoria construction site, and finally our first destination...

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  Is La Serre the new La Petite Maison?

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  A striking illuminated glass boîte juts out from the sexy new Vida boutique hotel in Downtown Dubai. Once inside, an organised frenzy greets us with chefs at play in the open-plan kitchen, a bar buzzing with punters and a near full restaurant on a Thursday evening...

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  Top 10 afternoon tea experiences in Dubai

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  Dubai; There's something pretty special about an afternoon or high tea experience as it's often referred to. Whenever I travel to cities with a colonial history I always find myself searching out afternoon tea. My favourite to date has to be...

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  Vietnam – a culinary travel guide

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  I've long had a soft spot for the refined flavours of Vietnamese cuisine, most probably because of the French influence. First an obscure restaurant when I was at uni in England many moons ago. Here in Dubai...

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  A Fraiche New Bistro

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  Dubai; I am back at JLT which appears to have become a little bit of a second home for me. Yes there's another new café on the block and in fact, in the same tower as Nofara. This time it's a French-Canadian bistro...

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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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  It’s time to get cracking

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  It's time to get crackin' - screams our waiter's polo shirt. Neon signs plaster the walls. A sea of red chequered paper tablecloths blankets this casual restaurant. Diners sport plastic bibs, whilst gripping...

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  The café craze at JLT – Nofara

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  If there's one district in Dubai worth salivating over these days it's Jumeirah Lake Towers, aka JLT. This block after block of gleaming skyscrapers is becoming a little bit of a foodie destination...

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  77 Veggie Boutique – Dubai’s first all-vegetarian, organic café?

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  “Eat veggies only? An all-vegetarian café?” – my sentiments as the carnivore in me wrestles with this new concept knocking on our Dubai doorstep.

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