Dubai Restaurant Reviews By FooDiva

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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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  A hard act to follow?

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  Dubai; Stepping out of the lift on the 42nd floor, a swimming pool looms ahead. Where ARE we going? Thank goodness someone intercepts us and...

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  Open sesame…Simsim

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  Correct me if am wrong, but whilst restaurants with Levantine cuisine are abundant in Dubai, it’s hard to find one with a focus on Palestinian dishes...

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  Beef cuts, cooking steak plus FooDiva’s top steakhouse picks in Dubai

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  Steak has just been voted the UAE's most favourite dish - not surprising given the carnivorous culture we live in - but almost two thirds of this vote is from women. Now that's...

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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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  Dubai has a new chic café

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  Every now and again, Dubai surprises us with the opening of locally conceptualised eateries, and Comptoir 102 Café is just that, and more...

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  Dining differently in Dubai…at a chef’s table

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  Dubai; I dine out a lot, in restaurants that is. But I don't often dine INSIDE the kitchen. Not my kitchen, even though on occasion I do, but a restaurant's.

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  The Brazilian churrascaria craze hits Dubai

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  Dubai; Traffic is steaming on a Thursday night. Our taxi driver doesn't know how to reach the hotel, and neither does Google maps so we decide to jump out and make our own way...

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  The new Maya – Mexican or Tex-Mex?

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  Maya always had a good reputation for serving authentic Mexican cuisine as opposed to the Americanised Tex-Mex prevalent elsewhere in Dubai. Well it's reopened...

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