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Omnia Gourmet – Silvena Rowe’s first café in Dubai
17 commentsSilvena Rowe seems almost custom-designed for Dubai, and also seems to have a plan to exploit her built-in local market advantages. Those advantages
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Dubai has a new chic café
13 commentsEvery now and again, Dubai surprises us with the opening of locally conceptualised eateries, and Comptoir 102 Café is just that, and more...
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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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Tea-total
9 commentsLooks like tea is finally taking off here in Dubai, with the opening of a dedicated tea salon and boutique - Singaporean luxury tea brand, TWG Tea...
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Sophie’s – a new home-grown café opens in Dubai
13 commentsDubai; When FooDiva heard the founders of Okku, the fabulous home-grown Japanese restaurant at Dubai's Monarch hotel had opened another locally developed concept, a so-called 'gastro-café', Sophie's on Palm Jumeirah, I had to pop in.
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The mighty return of the original Farmers’ Market
10 commentsDubai; Not only is FooDiva loving the sublime, balmy weather these days, but so does local produce which thrives in the current harvesting season. Hence the original Farmers' Market in Dubai that championed a trend in all things local fruit and veg is now back for its third season at the Souk Al Bahar terrace every Friday.
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A slice of nostalgia for Canadians, but is Tim Hortons really all it’s cracked up to be?
15 commentsDubai; With all the buzz surrounding the opening of Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons - you just need to read Tahira Yaqoob's feature in The National for a taster - we had to get cracking on a FooDiva review.
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