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Which Dubai restaurant will you visit first?
Share your comments“Which Dubai restaurant will you visit first once you're comfortable venturing out?" To help inspire you, I asked some of this emirate's top restaurateurs, chefs and F&B operators to name their...
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A guide to licensed Dubai restaurants delivering
Share your commentsFor the first time in Dubai with the COVID-19 crisis in full swing, high-end licensed restaurants are adapting their business models and pivoting to delivery. Some of these announcements are shared on...
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An open letter to all food delivery aggregators in the UAE
1 commentI quote Harvard Business Review: “Practical, useful acts of kindness are good for humanity, and good for business. Acts of kindness are also good for the people who do...
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Chuan: a case for Chinese restaurants
Share your commentsOh the irony. I am frequenting Chinese restaurants more than ever. And going by how quiet these establishments are in Dubai, I am the anomaly. The threat of coronavirus has caused such discrimination amongst the...
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India: a culinary travel guide
Share your commentsI returned from India with stomach intact and no Delhi belly, but sans voice, courtesy of tremendous smog in the north. A good job this isn’t a podcast. I learnt my tummy lesson on my first visit 18 years...
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FooDiva’s 28 top restaurants in Dubai (2020)
2 commentsWhat makes you return to a restaurant? Yes the food has to be good – but, for me, efficiency and warmth of service draw me back. We’re talking about the hospitality business...
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Should you visit Saudi Arabia now?
Share your commentsUnless you’ve been living in a cave over the last few months, the news that Saudi Arabia is opening up has made headline news around the world - thanks to a country’s marketing machine in overdrive with...
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Is Chingón too cool for its own good?
4 commentsChingón promises to take Dubai’s dining scene by storm, but the closest it comes, is the actual storm raging outside the Grand Millennium Hotel in Business Bay. Chingón, which is slang for 'cool', is the latest modern Mexican...
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To pop into Kayto or not?
Share your commentsPromoting a new Dubai restaurant as a six-month pop-up is, likely, a clever marketing ploy to entice diners quickly and often - before changing the concept to lure them back in again. With that in mind, I half-expect an outdoor-only venue solely operating for the winter...
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