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  Do not expect traditional Iraqi food at Yaba

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  “Warning: This restaurant doesn’t serve traditional Iraqi food.” That's the alert on the menu and exterior signage of a new homegrown restaurant in Dubai, Yaba by young...

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  Book a table at Teible

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  Homegrown. Chef-led. Unlicensed (without booze). Local, seasonal produce, protein included. Fermentation. Pickling. Ageing. A new Dubai restaurant at Jameel Arts Centre by the name of Teible...

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  Goodbye Palm Grill. Hello Tamoka.

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  Remember the sand-in-toes gem Palm Grill at Ritz-Carlton Dubai on JBR Walk? Well say goodbye, and hello to new Latin-American restaurant Tamoka, with a separate beach bar...

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  Lola Taberna Española for pork, glorious pork

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  Discovering a Dubai restaurant with a licence to cook pork is like searching for a diamond in the desert. So a new independent Spanish tapas restaurant that reveals a menu with 19 out of 57...

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  Unlicensed to thrill at Lana Lusa

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  Lana Lusa is a new homegrown Dubai restaurant from the team behind La Cantine du Faubourg and Ninive, paying serious homage to the Portuguese owner, Jessica Viveiro. Set in Jumeirah’s Wasl...

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  The Pangolin: it’s not all in the name

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  The Pangolin. This scaly anteater, which looks like a giant moving artichoke, has purported trafficking links to the origins of Covid-19. It also happens to be Sergio Lopez’ (ex-Tom & Serg) new dining...

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  Vamos to Bebemos

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  The Garhoud district of Dubai appears to be undergoing a culinary renaissance. Who remembers the glorious French restaurant, Café Chic at the Meridien Dubai Airport Hotel, that was so à la minute for its time? Well, sadly that shut shop...

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  Can Opa smash it?

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  Another Greek restaurant in Dubai. Another Greek restaurant review? That's my thinking as we trudge towards another ‘authentic’ experience, but in the same way that the plain elevator in the Fairmont Dubai on Sheikh Zayed opens to a mesmerising...

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  Is Taverna Greek Kitchen authentic?

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  Goodbye Left Bank. Hello Taverna. Another licensed Greek restaurant opens in Dubai – this time overlooking Souk Madinat’s waterway. Operated by Food Fund, the Greek-South African restaurateurs who also own Eat...

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