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  Nice Náis Italian Kitchen

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  Finding authentic Italian food in Dubai is as hard to come by as a white truffle in Alba this season. Sadly this is one cuisine that’s become a victim of globalisation with restaurants here trying to please too many palates. Italian cuisine is so diverse...

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  Meat your beef

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  Australian Blackmore Wagyu beef, which from what FooDiva tasted recently at Al Maha is good enough to rival original Wagyu from Kobe in Japan (pre-Fukushima nuclear disaster). Incidentally, Tomo...

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  The world’s most expensive cocktail?…plus a Christmas lunch goodie

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  Dubai; Could it be the world's most expensive cocktail? Well with a name like 'Diamonds Are Forever' you would think so. The cocktail tipple mixes...

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  Can the Taste Initiative champion change in Dubai?

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  A monolith of a concrete structure stares down the Sheikh Zayed; impossible to miss as you drive towards Mall of the Emirates, Dubai-bound. Well that's...

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  New kids on the block

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  Dubai; No sooner have I polished off my last morsel and pressed the publish button, another new restaurant or café opens. So much so, FooDiva has a trio of goodies...

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  An interview with Chef Nobu in Dubai

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  Dubai; Sauntering into Nobu at Atlantis, I find the chef himself, Nobu(yuki) Matsuhisa standing behind his sushi counter grinning shyly as the camera clicks away for a publicity shoot.

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  Goodbye Cellar, hello Nomad

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  Dubai; Who remembers The Cellar, the Dubai dining institution at the Aviation Club? Well with the opening of the Jumeirah Creekside Hotel...

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  Giannino at Meydan Beach Club – a new Italian stallion?

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  FooDiva should have heard of Giannino, the Michelin and celebrity star-studded Italian restaurant in Milan - but the fact is I hadn't and the concept has now descended on Dubai...

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  Sugar and spice and all things nice – Zanzibar

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  Did you know Zanzibar’s name originates from the Arabic Zinj el Barr meaning land of the blacks? And that Zanzibar was the original Omani capital?...

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