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  Gaucho Dubai – an Argentine restaurant or steakhouse?

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  Dubai; Having interviewed the man behind Gaucho Dubai and attended an impressive media opening, FooDiva was most excited to finally review the all-Argentine meat and wine list. So how does the brand's second Middle East location (at DIFC) fare?

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  Tea For You…and me

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  Dubai has for a little while, had a home-grown tea shop brand, by the name of Tea For You - well actually it's about to celebrate its first birthday next week.

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  Dubai rings in Chinese new year

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  Dubai; On the eve of Chinese new year, FooDiva would like to wish friends and fans celebrating a very happy 2012, as we ring in the year of the legendary water dragon. But more importantly who doesn't love a good Chinese...meal that is?

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  Table 9 at Hilton Dubai Creek – worth booking a table?

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  Dubai; Two months into opening and with promising reviews, FooDiva was looking forward with sky-high expectations I should add, to a Table 9 restaurant reservation at Hilton Dubai Creek. Now incase you're not familiar, we're talking about Scott Price's and Nick Alvis' new home-grown restaurant brand replacing Gordon Ramsay's Verre.

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  New year, new Gourmet, plus a Seville travel feature

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  Dubai; Now onto my monthly update of all things Gourmet. The January issue is out on the shelves, and aside from my expert column, here's a flavour of what you can tuck into this month.

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  Hakkasan Dubai – does it match the London experience?

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  Dubai; Unless you recognise the discreet Hakkasan logo, you'd be hard pushed to find the entrance to the upmarket Cantonese restaurant chain's first outpost in Dubai in the shadow of Emirates Towers Boulevard.

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  How does the new W Grill & Cocktail Terrace at Wafi fare?

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  Dubai; Wherever I turn of late, a new steakhouse springs up, whether it's called just that, or a grill, same difference frankly. Gaucho at DIFC, Terra Firma at Intercontinental Festival City, The Grill at Citymax hotel, or W Grill at Wafi. Does this town not have enough decent steakhouses already?

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  Ladies who lunch Italian-style, plus a competition – brought to you by Bice Mare

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  Dubai; With the festive season fast approaching, we have an end of year competition to win not just one but two prizes FooDiva Friends – both courtesy of Italian seafood ristorante Bice Mare at Souk Al Bahar.

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  A 14 Michelin star weekend in Vienna

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  Vienna; A PR calls FooDiva a few weeks ago, "We'd like to fly you to Vienna on an international press trip for the Stars, Food & Art Michelin-chef gala dinner at Sofitel. Six chefs with a total of 14 Michelin stars. Weekend of December 1st. Would you like to go?"

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