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Nice Náis Italian Kitchen
12 commentsFinding 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
13 commentsAustralian 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
16 commentsDubai; 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?
26 commentsA 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
8 commentsDubai; 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
17 commentsDubai; 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
9 commentsDubai; 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?
179 commentsFooDiva 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
11 commentsDid 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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