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FooDiva on CNN, plus a new-look blog
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“CNN is filming a travel show on Dubai and we’d like you to be our go-to person on restaurants. Can we meet tomorrow to discuss?”...
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For the sake of sake: a guide to all things sake
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Dubai; If you love a tipple of sake, do you prefer it served warm or chilled? I've always enjoyed mine at room temperature until I travelled around Japan three years ago where it's frowned upon. Etiquette says...
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A new dining guide for Dubai, plus musings on restaurant concepts
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Dubai; My passion and business of reviewing restaurants may be primarily online, but I still like to delve into print reviews and guides. There’s something reassuring about leafing through a book that my ipad’s Kindle reader will never replicate. If you think so too,
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Meet the chef: Atul Kochhar talks menus, curries and Michelin
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In 2001, two men in London became the very first Indian chefs whose restaurants were each crowned with a Michelin star at exactly the same time. According to Atul Kochhar, “I tease Vineet [Bhatia] because alphabetically I come first!”
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Top 10 afternoon tea experiences in Dubai
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Dubai; There's something pretty special about an afternoon or high tea experience as it's often referred to. Whenever I travel to cities with a colonial history I always find myself searching out afternoon tea. My favourite to date has to be...
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A Fraiche New Bistro
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Dubai; I am back at JLT which appears to have become a little bit of a second home for me. Yes there's another new café on the block and in fact, in the same tower as Nofara. This time it's a French-Canadian bistro...
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From Retro to Tang to Watatsumi
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Back in 1999 when I first move to Dubai, a restaurant opens by the name of Retro with damn good classic French cuisine in a modern setting. A few years later in...
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It’s time to get cracking
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It's time to get crackin' - screams our waiter's polo shirt. Neon signs plaster the walls. A sea of red chequered paper tablecloths blankets this casual restaurant. Diners sport plastic bibs, whilst gripping...
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The café craze at JLT – Nofara
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If there's one district in Dubai worth salivating over these days it's Jumeirah Lake Towers, aka JLT. This block after block of gleaming skyscrapers is becoming a little bit of a foodie destination...
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