Dubai Restaurant Reviews By FooDiva

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  Out with Gordon, in with Table 9; Meet Scott and Nick

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  Dubai; When this media invite landed in FooDiva’s inbox, my heart started racing. What were Scott Price and Nick Alvis up to? What about Gordon Ramsay? And why Mojo Gallery as the venue? A few days later, and two days before this press event, Gordon Ramsay announced he was pulling out of his Dubai restaurant.

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  Voulez-vous Voi?

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  Dubai; Voi, I can’t begin to describe how eagerly I’ve been awaiting your opening. Ever since FooDiva reviewed your cousins, North Indian Amala and Turkish Lalezar at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray on the Palm, I’ve been counting the days…so a month into opening here’s our restaurant review.

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  Taking Toro Toro by the horns

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  Dubai; When Mexican chef Richard Sandoval of Maya acclaim opens a new restaurant in a new hotel in new Dubai, Latin American Toro Toro at Grosvenor House's new tower jumps to the top of FooDiva's review list.

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• A slice of nostalgia for Canadians, but is Tim Hortons really all it’s cracked up to be?

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  Dubai; With all the buzz surrounding the opening of Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons - you just need to read Tahira Yaqoob's feature in The National for a taster - we had to get cracking on a FooDiva review.

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• What do 1762, a Dubai deli and a ‘roast’ beef Yorkshire pud wrap have in common?

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  Dubai; For starters, the sandwich was born in 1762. Credit to the Earl of Sandwich who asked for his roast beef to be served between two slices of bread to prevent his hands from getting all greasy during his game of cards. Or perhaps he was just hiding the odd ace or two?

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• Italian tonight? Medzo at Wafi Restaurants

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  Dubai; We all have a favourite Italian, restaurant that is, and FooDiva's in her Bur Dubai years was Medzo at Wafi. It’s since reinvented itself (well over a year ago am ashamed to admit) with not just a new interior, but a complete menu revamp thanks to Nonna Chef and restaurant manageress Livia.

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• Room for another Dubai steakhouse? The Rib Room at Jumeirah Emirates Towers

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  Dubai; Jumeirah Emirates Towers has relaunched its steakhouse restaurant yet again; now by the name of The Rib Room. Quite cleverly, the hotel’s Agency wine bar has relocated right next door which am sure helps pull in the punters.

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• Cantonese franchise Royal China opens in Dubai

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  Dubai; Another franchise restaurant knocks on Dubai’s door; Cantonese outfit Royal China with locations across London, Singapore and Shanghai. Infact I seem to recall befriending the Bayswater restaurant many moons ago in FooDiva’s London days.

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• Itching for Japanese; Icho [formerly Benkay]

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  Dubai; Walking into the lobby of the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Dubai (formerly JAL Hotel and more on that later), here’s what I encountered...

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