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Where can I lunch over Ramadan in Dubai?…oh and breakfast too please
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It's that time of year again with Ramadan knocking on our door and despite living in a Muslim society, Dubai is a pretty tolerant one, so we're lucky many stand-alone restaurants and cafés do obtain a special licence to operate in daylight...
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Beef cuts, cooking steak plus FooDiva’s top steakhouse picks in Dubai
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Steak has just been voted the UAE's most favourite dish - not surprising given the carnivorous culture we live in - but almost two thirds of this vote is from women. Now that's...
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Your guide to all things cheese – an interview with a cheese connoisseur
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She devised the walk-in cheese room, a little library that the likes of Wholefoods Market and other gourmet stores have since copied...
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Dubai has a new chic café
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Every 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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A damn good dining deal in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and globally
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Set menus for business lunches are aplenty here in Dubai, but when it comes to dinner, we have to pay full whack for à la carte or an umpteen-course degustation menu. Why can't we have...
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Dining differently in Dubai…at a chef’s table
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Dubai; I dine out a lot, in restaurants that is. But I don't often dine INSIDE the kitchen. Not my kitchen, even though on occasion I do, but a restaurant's.
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The Brazilian churrascaria craze hits Dubai
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Dubai; Traffic is steaming on a Thursday night. Our taxi driver doesn't know how to reach the hotel, and neither does Google maps so we decide to jump out and make our own way...
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Meet Pierre Gagnaire in Dubai
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He has 12 restaurants around the world including two with three Michelin stars each in France. He's humble and sweet-natured but sometimes, due to the language barrier I expect, can come across as...
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The new Maya – Mexican or Tex-Mex?
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Maya always had a good reputation for serving authentic Mexican cuisine as opposed to the Americanised Tex-Mex prevalent elsewhere in Dubai. Well it's reopened...
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