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New Dubai restaurant openings (2017)
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What's on our plate for Dubai's restaurant scene this year? It's becoming trickier and trickier to extract confirmed restaurant openings from operators and investors - one sign...
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Morah: where Middle East meets Mediterranean
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Newly opened Canadian restaurant concept Morah, promising Eastern Mediterranean cuisine, is the younger sibling of Weslodge. Perched just above, in the same tower of the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, on the...
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Will luck strike for La Môme?
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Remember Forty Four Bistro in the Warwick hotel? Well, the Belgian owner closed it down and has opened a French restaurant, La Môme, just across the Sheikh Zayed, on the 49th floor of the Nassima Royal hotel, replacing Tre...
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Does Rüya successfully reimagine Turkish cuisine?
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Set on a waterfront terrace in Grosvenor House, Rüya is an elegant Turkish restaurant and lounge recently opened in Dubai Marina. The menu is playful, paying homage to what Rüya calls traditional Anatolian cuisine...
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Fish Beach Taverna: what’s the catch?
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When gorgeous photos of a new Dubai restaurant, Fish Beach Taverna, located at Le Meridien Mina Al Seyahi start to appear on my Instagram feed, I can't help but get excited about what promises to be an "Aegean" culinary...
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Nathan Outlaw at Al Mahara: does the expensive price tag serve quality?
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When I looked at the online menu for chef Nathan Outlaw’s new seafood restaurant in Dubai at the Burj Al Arab, the ‘cheapest’ dining option was an...
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Carnival by Tresind: finally the right dose of fusion?
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It used to be Indego by Vineet in the golden olden days, then there was Rang Mahal and Tresind, followed by Farzi Café – an ongoing effort in Dubai to make Indian cuisine more creative and contemporary, and now I hear...
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Is Namu worth dining for the Korean or Japanese fare?
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We have a new Japanese and Korean licensed restaurant in Dubai. It's the latter cuisine I am more excited about, given Dubai only has one other...
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Does Muchachas have to be a true Mexican cantina?
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I had nearly given up on reviewing Muchachas, the new ‘Mexican cantina’ in Dubai by the Tom and Serg lads. Third time lucky (or unlucky perhaps), I scored a reservation. If I wasn't...
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