Restaurant Reviews

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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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• 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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• 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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• Jamie’s Italian in Dubai; his first restaurant outside UK

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  Dubai; FooDiva’s been longing to review Jamie Oliver’s first restaurant outside British shores since it soft opened in Dubai a month or so ago, but I was hoping for its licence to come through first. Always nice to have a glass of fruity red with one’s favourite pasta, no? Anyhow, patience has never been my virtue, […]

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• Can ‘Can Can’ impress?

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  Dubai; You gotta love Dubai for its string of hotel openings. With the new Ritz-Carlton DIFC just open this week, FooDiva and good friend Mr B popped along yesterday to try out the F&B (industry lingo for food & beverage). As you drive up to the hotel entrance, a ten-storey outdoor waterfall cascades down the building directly into […]

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• To Stay or not to Stay…

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  Dubai; With a three-star Michelin chef at the helm (all-be-it all the way from Paris), Stay by Yannick Alléno at the One & Only The Palm Jumeirah Dubai was high on FooDiva’s wish list. So with a 7pm booking on a Tuesday night (word of warning they have two seatings 7 and 9pm), friend and […]

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  Is Chingón too cool for its own good?

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  Chingón promises to take Dubai’s dining scene by storm, but the closest it comes, is the actual storm raging outside the Grand Millennium Hotel in Business Bay. Chingón, which is slang for 'cool', is the latest modern Mexican...

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  3BK: what on earth is an upscale multisensory global dining experience?

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  “Upscale multisensory global dining experience”. Words that strike fear through my stomach as another Dubai restaurant – 3BK - attempts to find a niche in one of the most competitive food...

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