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  A posh seafood shack

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  It opened as a fishmonger in response to a desperate need for fresh fish market-style in New Dubai – who wants to traipse to Deira fish market after all? Not diva moi. Mind you, we do now have the Umm Suqueim fish...

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  Fancy a FooDiva tour of Dubai’s dining and food scene?

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  Thanks to a few requests recently, I have toured visiting food, restaurant and hotel industry professionals around Dubai’s dining and food...

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  Don Alfonso 1890 – an (almost) bona fide Italian experience

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  Allow me to take you back to the fall of 2007. I was a university student studying abroad in Rome and without going into all of the (culinary)...

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  Sapori Di Bice – a casual, al fresco Italian restaurant

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  Sapori Di Bice is the first casual Italian restaurant by the Bice family and it sits in Jumeirah’s new al fresco Citywalk mall, where high-end shops and eateries are dotted around...

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  5 progressive dinners in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

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  I’ve blogged about dining differently before at a chef’s table, but we seem to have a teeny trend cropping up with dine-around dinners across the UAE. It’s a concept sometimes...

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  Win a cut of West 14th – competition by Oceana Beach Club

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  I often mention West 14th as the most affordable licensed steakhouse in Dubai, and its latest offer provides proof. The in-house butcher entices...

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  How authentic is Brussels Belgian Bar & Bistro?

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  So it opened as Bapas in The H Hotel six months ago, but has since rebranded to Brussels Belgian Bar & Bistro. The same ownership remains, but the word ‘bapas’ didn't resonate...

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  Does Rhodes 44 at St Regis Abu Dhabi live up to the name?

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  On entering Rhodes 44 at the St Regis Abu Dhabi, I was immediately transported back to my youth carving out a career as a chef. Gary and I...

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  Eat Greek…in Dubai

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  Dubai; I am stunned. I expect a monstrosity of a mall, but instead The Beach Mall is sleek and sexy - a low-level, al fresco space with not a tower in sight. In case you’ve not visited, it’s the newish shopping precint at...

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